It's not another BP disaster, but an explosion and fire on an offshore drilling platform spread a mile-long sheen of oil in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday afternoon.
Sixty-nine Florida businesses and government entities have been accepted into a new federal program designed to help employers and unions maintain health coverage for early retirees not yet eligible for Medicare.
In selecting a running mate for lieutenant governor, Republican nominee Rick Scott could double-down on his outsider reputation and select state Sen. Paula Dockery.
The race for chief financial officer is heating up with a web attack ad by Democratic challenger Lorranne Ausley on a subject that may prove perilous for her party’s nominee for governor.
A combination of negative ads and poll-driven speculation in the media ate away at Rick Scott's double-digit lead in the Republican gubernatorial campaign and almost cost him the election.
State Rep. Sandy Adams was clinging to a 0.8 percentage-point lead over Winter Park City Commissioner Karen Diebel in the 24th Congressional District Republican primary early this morning.
Pam Bondi, a little-known Hillsborough County prosecutor just four months ago, triumphed over two more established party rivals to win the Republican nomination for attorney general.
State Sen. Dan Gelber won the Democratic nomination for attorney general Tuesday, handily beating fellow Sen. Dave Aronberg and turning his fire on Republicans.
Former state Sen. Daniel Webster cruised to victory over six Republican opponents and will face Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, and TEA Party candidate Peg Dunmire in November.
The bare-knuckle brawl between Bill McCollum and Rick Scott has been stoked by two other bitter rivals: their campaign managers, who also happen to be former partners.
