Ken Pruitt

TALLAHASSEE — Incoming House Speaker Will Weatherford has already begun assembling his House team, announcing this morning that he has named Tallahassee veteran Kathy Mears as his chief of staff and Ryan Duffy as his chief spokesman. “Kathy is...

In a troubling epilogue to a groundbreaking political career, former South Florida lawmaker Mandy Dawson was arrested Wednesday on federal tax evasion charges alleging she failed to pay nearly $25,000 to the IRS while serving in office. Dawson was hit...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate said goodbye to Senate President Mike Haridopolos , who is finishing his last regular session as a member of the Senate. Following a video with tributes from Gov. Rick Scott, former Gov. Jeb Bush, Chief Financial...

Republican congressional candidate Dan Webster still has not responded to the Orlando Sentinel's request for comment about the new TV attack from Democratic opponent Alan Grayson that labels him “Taliban Dan.” But a short while ago, the...

The folks at Florida TaxWatch have put together a 75-page ‘how-to’ handbook intended to help Rick Scott transition from campaigner to governor. A group chaired by state university Chancellor Frank Brogan solicited advice from more than 50 elected...

TALLAHASSEE — The Republican Party of Florida has dumped thousands of pages of credit card records on hapless media scribes today, and a few gems have already surfaced sorting through the paper in our very un-scientific manner: Former state Sen. Dan...

By John Kennedy, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Supporters of Gov. Charlie Crist are taking steps to armor his independent U.S. Senate campaign against an expected massive spending campaign by the national Democratic and Republican...

By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel SANFORD — When Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents raided the Oviedo home of ousted Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer in June, they not only handcuffed him and hauled him to jail, they also found boxes filled...

The Treasure Coast officially became Florida's research coast Saturday, as more than 200 people celebrated the grand opening of the Torrey Pines Institute of Molecular Studies and all it has to offer for Florida's and St. Lucie County's future. "Today we...

Former state Rep. Joe Negron, who made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in the shadow of the Mark Foley sex scandal, said today he'd run for Ken Pruitt's Senate seat, which includes parts of Palm Beach County. Negron, who now......

It looks like the top rung of the Florida Legislature is headed to Palm Beach on Oct. 21 for a ritzy fundraiser to boost the reelection chances of two area Republican state lawmakers -- Adam Hasner and Ellyn Bogdanoff......

Sen. Jeff Atwater, who represents most of coastal Palm Beach and Broward counties, today became Florida's 83rd Senate president, a role that for the next two years makes him one of the three most influential figures at the capitol. A......