(updated at 12:40 p.m.) Joseph Bondi, the father of Attorney General Pam Bondi, has died after a lengthy battle with leukemia. He was 76. My beautiful Daddy went to Heaven yesterday, Pam Bondi posted ...

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John M. Martinez, the son of former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Orlando, has been named by Gov. Rick Scott to take the seat once held by Mildred Fernandez on the Orange County Commission. Martinez, 30, ...

The continuing saga of the Tampa Bay Times’ ethics "challenges" inveigled its way into a St. Petersburg City Council race when the newspaper jettisoned its equal-time rule to protect the relationship ...

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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is bringing back his proposal to allow local municipalities to purchase sand from foreign counties to help fight beach erosion. Back at the start of 2017, Rubio, U.S.

U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., has brought back his proposal for the U.S. Commerce Department to increase regulation on the international shark trade. Towards the end of last month, Webster brought ...

U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., scored a win this week as his proposal condemning the Assad regime in Syria and its supporters, including Russia and Iran, cleared the House. At the end of last month, ...

During his early days in office, Gov. Rick Scott convinced the Legislature that Florida would reduce prison costs by $1 million if it privatized services and competitively bid healthcare contracts.

Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, accused in a class-action lawsuit of rigging the 2016 Democratic primary in favor of Hillary Clinton, was cleared of fraud in a Miami federal court last ...

The South Florida Water Management District -- caught up in a legal tangle that involved 2012 Martin County commissioners and Martin environmental activist Maggy Hurchalla who advised them -- approved ...

Sarasota County won’t be joining the multi-district lawsuit against the state’s recently-passed, controversial education package, HB 7069. In a unanimous vote held Tuesday evening, the Sarasota County ...