While Florida politicians were considering a vast overhaul of the state's troubled Medicaid system, a Tampa company that administered care for half a million poor and needy residents was busy lining their pockets with campaign donations. ...more

February 13, 2009

Miami and Miami-Dade County commissioners are scheduled to cast their final votes Friday on a proposal for a retractable-roof, $515 million stadium in Miami's blighted Little Havana neighborhood. It will be the last step before groundbreaking for the stadium, which is projected to open in 2012. ...more

February 12, 2009

In this city blanketed by hundreds of thousands of visitors, tight security and giddy celebration amid the winter cold, Barack Obama takes his historic oath of office today as the nation's 44th president. ...more

January 19, 2009

We have taken Charlie Crist to task for successfully campaigning for the governor's mansion on a pledge to continue the policies of his predecessor, Jeb Bush, and then breaking that promise more than once. We have no problem with Crist having his own ideas on how to address the state's problems. We just thought he should have been a bit more forthcoming when he was running for governor about the various ways he was planning to tack away from the course Bush followed. ...more

June 21, 2008

Mike Wyckoff is an unlikely proponent of something Florida politicians and environmentalists have been trying to prevent for decades: The exploration and production of oil and natural gas in the waters off Florida's Gulf Coast. ...more

June 14, 2008

"Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes That Run Our Government," by Dana Milbank (Doubleday, $26) ...more

February 3, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist, with a politician's ability to evade interrogation, has been dodging one question more than any other lately: Could he be a candidate for vice president in 2008? ...more

November 20, 2007

Florida may not have any Democratic delegates at the party's national convention next year, but it will have a huge influence in choosing the eventual nominee, political strategists said Sunday at the state party convention. ...more

October 29, 2007