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Special to South Florida Times MIAMI LAKES — Registering voters is a critical part of the campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama, his wife told …

WASHINGTON — House Republicans won a historic political fight to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress but the GOP likely is still …

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott now says Florida will do nothing to comply with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and will not expand …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida Gov. Rick Scott now says Florida will do nothing to comply with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and will …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ A pair of constitutionally questionable measures and legislation designed to crack down on no-fault auto insurance fraud are among about 150 …

LONGWOOD — A national coalition pressing for the scrapping of “stand your ground” laws announced it has submitted a petition with more than 375,000 signatures …

Associated Press  JACKSONVILLE — Marissa Alexander had never been arrested before she fired a bullet at a wall one day in 2010 to scare off …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Gov. Rick Scott’s embattled chief of staff abruptly resigned from his job on Saturday following a series of news stories detailing …

Associated Press ORLANDO — Three more people with ties to what authorities described as a white supremacist group were in jail Tuesday on felony hate …

The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE — The Republican-led Legislature’s do-over of the state Senate redistricting map won approval Friday from the Florida Supreme Court which rejected …