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TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Friday. Here's what we're reading this morning. * SpaceX is launching into space again this morning, the Orlando Sentinel reports. * The Sun-Sentinel reports that Citizens' Property Insurance is the target of a...

TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Wednesday. Here's what we're reading this morning. * The Orlando Sentinel reports that pill mill doctors often avoid prison, while street level dealers are locked up. * The Sun Sentinel writes that Florida...

The Florida Chamber of Commerce has begun airing television ads to help Republican state Rep. Scott Plakon of Longwood in his tough re-election battle with Democrat Karen Castor Dentel. The chamber has paid more than $60,000 worth of air time so far on...

The Florida Chamber of Commerce, which has been paying for television ads promoting Longwood Republican Rep. Scott Plakon in House District 30, is now sending mailers promoting the GOP candidate in a neighboring House race, too. The chamber mailers are...

It may be the least effective law in Florida. For two decades, Florida has barred candidates for local or state office from accepting more than $500 from a single donor per election. And yet, more than ever this election cycle, candidates for the...

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Tapping major players in Florida politics, a committee closely aligned with Gov. Rick Scott collected $2.85 million in contributions during the past three months, a new report shows. The...

TALLAHASSEE — The faith community appears to be diving into the prison privatization debate. Claudio Perez, president and CEO of South Florida Jail Ministries, delivered a letter to Gov. Rick Scott, Senate President Mike Haridopolos and House...

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Senate slapped down a controversial plan to move 14,500 prisoners in South Florida to private lockups, killing a proposal that potentially meant millions of dollars for the Boca Raton-based Geo Group. The plan, a top...

TALLAHASSEE — The political pollsters, consultants, and direct-mail gurus that entered Rick Scott's campaign orbit last year are reaping the biggest payouts from Republican Party of Florida coffers this year. The party's second-quarter report...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Police Benevolent Association Thursday asked a Tallahassee judge to block a state privatization plan for 29 correctional facilities in South Florida, saying the plan was unconstitutional. The case centers on a legislative...

TALLAHASSEE – The early winners in the Florida Senate’s $69.8 billion budget include private prison vendors, property owners miffed with water-management districts, and Gov. Rick Scott. The Senate’s spending proposal includes several...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida appears poised to hand more of the nation's third-largest prison system over to a handful of private companies. The Senate Budget Committee took up its $69.8 billion budget  Thursday and voted down an attempt to remove a...