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Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE — A measure intended to let voters voice opposition to the U.S. health care overhaul was kicked off Florida’s Nov. 2 …

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – A nasty Democratic Senate primary turned spiritual Sunday as Rep. Kendrick Meek told a church congregation that he forgives billionaire …

Arriving in mailboxes near you: ballots for the Aug. 24 statewide primary election. But that does not mean it’s time to vote. The early arrival …

With millions of gallons of crude gushing from a well in the Gulf of Mexico, oil company executives scrambling to shift blame and coastal businesses …

TALLAHASSEE (AP) _ Records show Florida spent about $1,200 on security for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford when he visited to be with his Argentine …

TALLAHASSEE (AP) _ Now that Republicans have made him the U.S. Senate front-runner, Marco Rubio is trying to weather potentially damaging revelations about his credit …

The plight of Florida’s Charlie Crist – a Republican governor who apparently can’t win his own party’s Senate primary – underscores the divisions dogging an …

TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Charlie Crist has chosen his former chief of staff to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez.

TALLAHASSEE (AP) _ Republican Sen. Mel Martinez’s decision Friday to step down 16 months early gave Gov. Charlie Crist the perfect gift: his pick of …

It is encouraging to hear that federal disaster officials are redoubling efforts to close gaps in this year’s hurricane preparedness plans. Most of us have …