Subject:

Lawton Chiles

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    End of the Diaz-Balart Dynasty

    The Republican brothers are headed for defeat, and Cuban-American politics will change forever.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Live Blogging the Congressional Debate Double Header

    The Republican brothers are headed for defeat, and Cuban-American politics will change forever.

  • News

    February 14, 2008

    Rappers' Slight

    Flo Rida and Missy Elliott at Sunset Place?

  • News

    July 20, 2006

    The Ghetto Governor

    Dorrin Rolle’s dedication to his district is in question

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Widow Speak

    Stephanie Teele asks a court to overturn the felony conviction of Miami's most famous suicide

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    The Incredible Hinsul Lazo Interview

    Stephanie Teele asks a court to overturn the felony conviction of Miami's most famous suicide

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    The D Word

    Say anything you want, but just don't call them Democrats

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Tow Head

    Junkie, jailbird, cat burglar, widow, bride, entrepreneur Laurie Lichtman keeps on truckin'.

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    No More Mayor Loco

    Xavier Suarez is still a little crazy after all these years, but in Miami politics that can be an advantage

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Politics & Parties & Power

    How to campaign in the new House District 25? There's always Cuba.

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    Collision Course

    On one side are politicians and influential business interests. On the other are environmentalists and some very wealthy private citizens. In the middle is Homestead Air Force Base. Dead ahead: An explosive confrontation.

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    Like Father, Like Son

    Young Demetrio Perez knows that when it comes to politics in Miami, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger

  • News

    August 24, 2000

    Schoolhouse Knocks

    Although the Liberty City Charter School helped make Jeb Bush governor, four years on it's barely passing

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    The Energizer

    Forget the bunny. Robin Parker has a battery that might save the world.

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    Donkey Demise

    Miami-Dade's Democratic Party is a shambles. Blame Joe Geller, candidate and chairman.

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    A Life in Transit

    It's not easy driving a jitney in Miami. If the county regulators don't get you, the freeloaders will.

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Courting Disaster

    Judge Cindy Lederman, champion of justice and advocate extraordinaire, bends the rules on the bench

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    Street Sweepers

    The City of Miami's court-approved plan to deal with the homeless is one part tough love, two parts blind hope

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    Empire of the Son

    With plenty of help from mama Carrie, Kendrick Meek is hoping to upset long-time State Sen. Bill Turner

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Manny Alonso-Poch Finally Abandons Ship

    How one man's financial sinkhole became the area's newest artificial reef

  • News

    May 28, 1998

    Prestige Politics

    How one man's financial sinkhole became the area's newest artificial reef

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    Machine Gunners Are People Too

    What's a poor automatic-weapons freak to do when his trigger finger gets itchy? Head out to the Dade County range, of course.

  • News

    January 29, 1998

    X Mayor

    Legal experts and insider politicos agree: Voter fraud will soon force Xavier Suarez from office. Then What?

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    It's Lonely at the Top

    In the first weeks of his administration, Xavier Suarez isn't making many new friends, and he's not influencing many people either

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    The Candidate

    Xavier Suarez on the campaign trail: A pair of fifteen-dollar shoes and cures for all Miami's ills

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Barroom Brawl

    Local club owners are feuding with the state liquor commission over drug busts. So far neither side is backing down.

  • Calendar

    July 24, 1997

    Calendar for the week

    Local club owners are feuding with the state liquor commission over drug busts. So far neither side is backing down.

  • Calendar

    May 15, 1997

    Calendar for the week

    Local club owners are feuding with the state liquor commission over drug busts. So far neither side is backing down.

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Scalded: The Afterburn

    A state fraud investigator says he was punished because he tangled with U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    Scalded

    A long-time aide. A few thousand dollars' worth of dubious insurance receipts. A cauldron of allegations. U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey has been . . . scalded

  • News

    November 9, 1995

    The Politician's Best Friend: A Lobbyist Whose Clients Have Money

    A long-time aide. A few thousand dollars' worth of dubious insurance receipts. A cauldron of allegations. U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey has been . . . scalded

  • News

    July 13, 1995

    Barring Inquiry

    Federal agents probe a local neighborhood's recent vote to install barricades and guardhouses

  • News

    May 11, 1995

    Secrets and Sunshine

    One thing is clear: Some county commissioners broke the law last December. Another thing isn't so clear: Will they ever be punished?

  • News

    October 20, 1994

    Running on Empty

    A century of messing with Mother Nature has robbed the Everglades of too much water. Now we don't even have enough for ourselves.

  • News

    October 12, 1994

    We are now scrambling to find additional supplies of water. Among their most immediate measures, they recently requested permission from the state to pump more water for treatment at the Hialeah-Preston plants.

    A century of messing with Mother Nature has robbed the Everglades of too much water. Now we don't even have enough for ourselves.

  • News

    September 14, 1994

    Lard Corps

    Local black leaders are wondering why the U.S. Justice Department called them together to chew the fat about Guantanamo

  • News

    August 31, 1994

    The Case of the Invisible Candidate

    , The 107th District state House race provides a mystery worthy of Dashiell Hammett

  • News

    June 15, 1994

    As Sweetwater Turns

    There was nepotism on the police force and a councilman got busted for hawking fake IDs. But a slew of investigators haven't even begun to sort out the perpetual brouhaha that masquerades as city government.

  • News

    February 16, 1994

    Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle is Channel 35's hostess with the mostest

    There was nepotism on the police force and a councilman got busted for hawking fake IDs. But a slew of investigators haven't even begun to sort out the perpetual brouhaha that masquerades as city government.

  • News

    February 9, 1994

    The Case from Hell (and Back)

    New allegations and secretly recorded tapes -- the Nogues family's child-abuse debacle might never end

  • News

    September 29, 1993

    Daud Descending

    With prison just around the corner, Miami Beach's former golden boy looks back at the gravity of his corruption and broods on the sorrow of his fate

  • News

    August 4, 1993

    In the Line of Firing

    Conchy Bretos gets dumped from her county job, the list of suspects grows, and the State Attorney's Office is nowhere to be seen

  • News

    July 28, 1993

    The parents couldn't believe what they were seeing. The children were frightened by what they heard. The staff resented their intrusion. And the school was supposedly a model of racial harmony.

    Conchy Bretos gets dumped from her county job, the list of suspects grows, and the State Attorney's Office is nowhere to be seen

  • News

    June 23, 1993

    A Tale of Tent City

    Last spring, when Dade County united with a local charity to help the hurricane's homeless, the partnership sounded too good to be true. It was.

  • News

    June 23, 1993

    It's the Booze Talking

    They say the first step to recovery is admitting your addiction. And now they say it on the radio.

  • News

    December 23, 1992

    Her Brother's Keeper: Part 2

    It wasn't quite the resolution he or his sister had hoped for, but John Popejoy's child-molestation case is finally closed

  • News

    June 24, 1992

    Program Notes

    It wasn't quite the resolution he or his sister had hoped for, but John Popejoy's child-molestation case is finally closed

  • News

    April 22, 1992

    The Corner of Calamity Avenue and Disaster Street

    The Florida Department of Transportation finally graduates from a three-year crash course in traffic-accident avoidance

  • News

    September 11, 1991

    13 Pages of Allegations

    The Florida Department of Transportation finally graduates from a three-year crash course in traffic-accident avoidance

  • News

    January 23, 1991

    Alberto Gonzalez -- Wild Man at the Plate

    The Florida Department of Transportation finally graduates from a three-year crash course in traffic-accident avoidance

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