Could nursing mothers be exempt from jury duty? That's a question Florida lawmakers may soon answer. On Tuesday, a proposal allowing an exemption to women who are breast feeding passed its first test, with only one dissenting vote, the News Service of Florida reported. ...more

November 6, 2009

State Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach is expected to announce this morning that he is running in 2010 for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Mel Martinez. ...more

January 27, 2009

Florida House Democratic Leader Franklin Sands says he and his wife have a significant loss from what authorities say was a $50 billion pyramid scheme run by Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff. ...more

December 22, 2008

Florida Democrats may seek to remove the Democratic candidate who filed for the state House seat being vacated by Trey Traviesa, so they can replace him with a stronger candidate. ...more

August 20, 2008

TAMPA Florida Democrats may seek to remove the Democratic candidate who filed for the state House seat being vacated by Trey Traviesa, so they can replace him with a stronger candidate. ...more

August 19, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist told state agency heads Thursday that he wants construction projects sped up so more money can be pumped into the sluggish state economy. ...more

August 15, 2008

Call them Kool-Aid drinkers. Political romantics. Starry-eyed dreamers. ...more

May 25, 2008

After Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's disappointing showing in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, her campaign acknowledges she needs the banned delegates from Florida and Michigan for any chance of winning the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

May 8, 2008

National Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean waded into hostile territory Tuesday with a Tallahassee fundraiser and news conference where he played down the importance of the Florida presidential primary fiasco. ...more

October 10, 2007