Despite a transition to managed care meant to tame huge increases in Medicaid spending, the health-care program for low-income Floridians still threatens to consume almost half of the state's revenue growth, an economist told lawmakers Tuesday.

Despite a transition to managed care meant to tame huge increases in Medicaid spending, the health-care program for low-income Floridians still threatens to consume almost half of the state's revenue growth, an economist told lawmakers Tuesday.
State lawmakers and the plaintiffs in the case over congressional redistricting maps each filed their own set of maps in a Tallahassee circuit court Tuesday, bringing Florida a step closer to having a new set of maps which could radically change Florida’s political landscape.
With more than a year to go, Florida voters have already soured on many of the leading presidential candidates.
Florida Democrats like Vice President Joe Biden but former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remains their preferred presidential candidate, a new poll shows.
A new poll has bad news for presidential hopefuls former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in their own backyard. Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, released a poll on Tuesday showing the two candidates trailing in the Republican primary in their backyard.
As Oriental fruit flies threaten South Florida agriculture, leaders across the Sunshine State are taking action.
Running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016, U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., pointed to a report from Cato Institute which showed the federal debt now stands at $107,000 per household.
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U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., ripped into U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., as they continue to run to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016.
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It's game on for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
In his latest web ad, the Republican presidential hopeful talks a whole lot of football -- and of course, politics.
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., teamed up with two Democrats in the Senate--Mark Warner of Virginia and Ron Wyden of Oregon--to allow students have more information on colleges and universities.
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