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So this past weekend, the Associated Press published a story about some crappy book Florida Senate president and likely U.S. Senate candidate Mike Haridopolos received $152,000 in taxpayer money from Brevard Community College to write. Besides being of questionable quality, only one copy of the book existed. Well, like magic, Brevard…

With 14 states and the District of Colombia allowing the legal medical use of marijuana, acceptance of the issue is steadily growing in America. A new poll shows that 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medical marijuana as buzz grows that the issue could be placed on the ballot…

There’s a reason cash-strapped states don’t turn down federally funded projects on ideological grounds: because some other state — where the residents have tiny lobsters embroidered on their yacht pants, say, and all claim to be the third Affleck brother — will snatch that money right up for itself…

Sure, it’s just a big swamp, but a fervor to protect the Everglades flows through the souls of most Floridians. It’s our big swamp, dammit, and most of us understand its ecological importance. Apparently, though, our Illinois-born governor, Rick Scott, doesn’t share such a passion. His controversial budget proposal includes…

Politics and publicity opportunities make strange bedfellows. President Barack Obama and former Gov. Jeb Bush will appear together this Friday at Miami Central High School. Obama will be in town for a Democratic fundraiser but will swing by the school with Bush to address ways to turn around low-performing schools…

As Norman Braman walked out of the North Shore Branch Library — fresh off casting his vote to recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez — volunteers in yellow T-shirts greeted him like a hero. “This is the man!” exclaimed an older Hispanic woman shaking his hand. “What a beautiful man for leading…