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Charlie Crist, almost unique among political figures of his stature, has never had a consistent inner circle of advisers at his side.

Bono Mack lost her re-election bid in November to now-Rep. Raul Ruiz, a Democrat.

Florida's new state budget includes money for University of South Florida researchers so they can try to uncover the truth at the controversial Dozier School for Boys in Marianna.

The new policy takes effect Jan. 1. But the debate over the membership policy is unlikely to end, and it could trigger defections by those who disapprove of homosexuals being allowed to join.

Sen. Bill Nelson, Sen. Marco Rubio has made his position very clear on the following topics: The excessive IRS scrutiny of nonprofit status applications by conservative organizations, the Department of Justice's probe into Associated Press phone records and the DOJ seizing a Fox News reporter's emails.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has threatened to sue credit reporting agencies if they don't fix problems that DeWine and some 20 other State AGs have uncovered in the course of their months-long investigation.

May 23 - Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, today introduced legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Older Americans Act which supports Meals on Wheels and other critical programs for seniors.

The legislation introduced Tuesday in the US House by Representatives and the US Senate would add survivors to a priority list for social services outlined in the Older Americans Act.

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida received an $800,000 advance on publication of his best-selling memoir last year, more than enough to wipe out his college loan debt.

The IRS has been misapplying the law on tax-exempt status for years, several senators said Tuesday morning during a Finance Committee hearing on the scandal over the agency's handling of applications from Tea Party groups and other groups based on their names and conservative ideologies.

The IRS inspector general is wading into the central question posed by the agency's descent into scandal: How closely should political activities at nonprofit groups be scrutinized? The evolving debacle gripping the agency - which centers on IRS employees unfairly targeting conservative groups seeking nonprofit status - has clouded that question.

By a vote of 90-0 , the U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Sheri Polster Chappell to serve as a new judge for the Middle District of Florida, which includes Orlando.

"We tried that three times, and we had three good candidates - we had Jim Davis, Alex Sink and Bill McBride," Rich said Monday, referring to the last three Democratic nominees for governor.

U.S. Rep John Mica had a clear message for the modeling, simulation and training industry in Central Florida at a May 20 meeting: Contact Congress.

It was supposed to be the vacation of a lifetime, but for one Southwest Florida tourist, his dream trip to the suddenly turned into a nightmare he won't soon forget.

Charlie Crist, Florida's once governor, posted a note earlier this month on his Facebook page congratulating two states for legalizing gay marriage.

Senator Bill Nelson and Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Nelson called the credit coding practice "disturbing" and said that there are key differences between a short sale and a foreclosure and both have major but different implications for consumers' credit ratings.

Charges have been dropped against two older American tourists arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands after a bullet was found in each of their luggage on separate occasions as they prepared to depart.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is pushing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help St. Johns County potato farms after recent severe weather "caused the loss of about two-thirds of the local potato crop." "These farmers in St.

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