Miami-Dade commissioners could lift a ban on Tuesday that for nearly five years has prohibited neighborhoods eager to break away from the county from becoming independent cities. A simple majority vote could revive the stalled efforts of five communiti... »
Here's how members of the Florida Senate voted Monday on an amendment that would have gutted a major prison privatization bill (SB 2038) by replacing it with a study. A yes vote would have effectively killed privatization; a no vote... »
Rebuffed by a court, the Legislature is again pushing to privatize more than two dozen South Florida prisons, and the plan appears more controversial than ever because of a new layer of secrecy. Before a standing-room-only crowd, the Senate Rules... »
