Throughout Broward County, voters will be making choices on a variety of referendums, bond issues and ballot questions that will affect the qualify of life for many residents.
During their two debates, Charlie Crist and Rick Scott competed to sound like the bigger friend of Florida families, but they never discussed a problem facing almost all Florida families — costly auto insurance.
While Amendment 2 may have good intentions — to provide relief to Floridians suffering from serious illnesses — the poorly written language of the amendment will have irreversible, unintended consequences on our reputation as a family-friendly and business-friendly state.
The Broward and Palm Beach Metropolitan Planning Organizations have been working together to ensure the residents, businesses and visitors along the Florida East Coast railroad corridor can get some well-deserved quiet. Today, for safety reasons and per federal law, the trains operating in...
Something's wrong when an incumbent city commissioner has a majority of his colleagues actively campaigning against him. Such is the re-election campaign of Cooper City Commissioner John Sims, who hopes to win a third term representing the city's first district.
Mayor: Harry Dressler
For years, Margate has been trying to attract new development along State Road 7 in hopes of building a "downtown."
One out of 28 children in the U.S. has a parent in prison or jail, a rate so astonishing, and growing, that "Sesame Street" felt the need to add a fuzzy little blue-haired character, Alex, to talk about his locked-up dad.
With midterm elections so close, it was inevitable that Ebola would become another depressing political point of division. A scary disease, a scare-mongering media and an easily scared American people make the politics of fear its own epidemic.
District 1: Barry Dockswell
In January 1990, when the dreary and declining Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev was opening to the world, McDonald's arrived as a symbol of American prosperity and freedom. Long lines of Russians, used to stores with empty shelves, were stunned by the cornucopia of burgers, fries,...
Florida's Attorney General, Pam Bondi, is at it again. Just Wednesday, she filed papers in Broward County Circuit Court opposing a divorce settlement by two lesbian partners who were joined by civil union in the state of Vermont.
There's only one Florida race that matters this year. It's the one pitting incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Scott against former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, now a Democrat, and it's a dead heat.
WASHINGTON — David Perdue took the cheap and easy route.
In response to the woman who decided not to vote for governor, she needs to realize her inaction would result in an automatic default to the incumbent, Rick Scott.
I was shocked to see the photo in the Oct. 14 paper of the hazmat workers moving waste barrels to the rear of the building where the Dallas nurse lives.
Sometimes, drawing several challengers can be seen as an indication that an incumbent city commissioner is not doing a good job. That's not the case in Lauderhill.
100 of South Florida's most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week.
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