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Legislators 'Thwarted The Will Of The Voters' On Amendment 1, Backers Say
For a lot of Florida voters and a lot of environmentalists, one of the big disappointments of this chaotic legislative session is the apparent fate of → Read More
State Economist Warns 'We Will Feel It' If Medicaid-Related Hospital Funds Are Lost
TALLAHASSEE -- State House Republicans emerged from a closed-door meeting on Tuesday apparently still resolved to oppose expanding Medicaid for 800,000 → Read More
Medicaid Dispute Still Threatens On-Time Legislative Adjournment
Unionized medical staff from Jackson Health System taunted Governor Rick Scott in the capitol rotunda over his opposition to expanding Medicaid. → Read More
Florida Cabinet Approves Land Sale For Nation's Biggest Mall
Miami-Dade County is about to acquire 82 acres of state land that could one day be the site of the largest mall in America. The vacant land is just west → Read More
Florida Legislators Keep Priorities Straight By Balancing Local And State Issues
Every county in South Florida has big problems for the Legislature to solve this year. Some of them you may know about, some are pretty obscure. But all → Read More
U.S. Senate Candidate Murphy Faces Opposition From Inside Democratic Party
There's only one declared candidate so far for the Marco Rubio U.S. Senate seat. And he's already earned a vote of "no confidence" from a wing of his own → Read More
Low Bar For Florida Death Penalty Juries Triggers High Court Review
The Supreme Court will examine Florida's capital punishment system in its next term, and legal experts believe Florida's death penalty itself may be in → Read More
Expanded Medicaid's Time May Have Come At Last, Miami-Dade Legisators Say
The stars seem to be aligning for Medicaid expansion in the Florida Legislature this year. After two years of blunt refusals to even consider it, some top → Read More
West Palm Beach Mayor Vows Clean Water Will Come Before Baseball Complex
Local leaders in West Palm Beach are looking forward to hundreds of jobs and a fatter economy from a proposed $135 million spring training baseball → Read More
Billions Of Dollars At Stake In Medicaid Expansion Choice
State health policy experts said Thursday prospects for expanding Medicaid in the Legislature this year remain dim because of unwillingness in the → Read More
LISTEN: Florida's First 15 Hours Of Same-Sex Marriage
Just after midnight on Tuesday morning, gay marriage became legal in Florida. But the first marriages started in Miami-Dade County about twelve hours → Read More
Same-Sex Weddings At Broward Group Ceremony, But Not Marriage Equality
In Fort Lauderdale, about 100 couples were issued legal marriage licenses starting at a minute after midnight. Some will have to endure the state's three → Read More
Mass Gay Marriage Wedding Won't Discriminate: Straights Welcome, Too
If you were to pick the most likely city for a gay marriage celebration, it might very well be Fort Lauderdale, which has been attracting lesbian and gay → Read More
Animal Rights Campaigners Get Little Traction At Hialeah Pig Slaughterhouse Protest
A roast pig for dinner on Christmas Eve is a cherished tradition in many Cuban families. Part of that tradition is the family trip to the slaughterhouse to → Read More
Obama's Cuba Move Shows How Anti-Castro Passion Still Burns In Miami's Exile Hearts
President Obama's announced opening to Cuba this week touched off vehement reactions in parts of South Florida's Cuban community. But it also exposed → Read More
Did Art Basel Devastate The Local Arts Scene? Or Did NY Times Get It Wrong?
Under the headline "Those Artsy Early Birds Flew Away," the New York Times this week sketches a history of Art Basel Miami Beach as an ill-conceived money → Read More
Broward County, Nearing Its Centennial, Considers Its Founding Crime
Broward County is a few weeks into a year-long run-up to its centennial in October of 2015, a century since Florida's second-biggest county was → Read More
What Bishop Frade May Have Meant When He Called President Obama A Sodomite
Miami's downtrodden, disenfranchised and undocumented probably have no greater friend than Bishop Leopold Frade, spiritual leader of Southeast Florida's 33 → Read More
For Immigrants, Obama's Executive Order May Fall Short
President Obama on Thursday will outline the executive order he plans to issue to protect thousands of undocumented immigrants from deportation. That news → Read More
Miami Boat Show Plans New Home At Miami Marine Stadium
In the 1980s, Gloria Estefan performed at the Miami Marine Stadium, just before the striking concrete structure fell into disuse and neglect. With her → Read More