Charlie Crist

  When it comes to the lottery, we are now complete: The Florida Lottery announced Thursday that it is adding Mega Millions to its portfolio of games.   It starts May 15. That makes Florida the 43rd state to join the lottery game, which made news last...

TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Wednesday. Here's what we're reading this morning. * The Orlando Sentinel writes that Charlie Crist is leading Rick Scott in the polls. * The Sun-Sentinel reports that Miramar is looking for a new direction after...

TALLAHASSEE – If the question is re-election, it isn't working. The latest Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows Gov. Rick Scott upside-down in his favorability — and losing to either Charlie Crist or Alex Sink on the...

Public Policy Polling is a Democratic-affiliated firm that does robo-polling. Notwithstanding that, PPP over the last several years has reliably predicted the outcome of enough Florida races that its affiliation and methodology can't be held against it....

TALLAHASSEE — It's Gov. Rick Scott's Cabinet, and we're all just living in it. With the news that Florida's unemployment rate has now dipped below the national average, Scott directed his Department of Economic Opportunity chief,, Jesse Panuccio, to...

One of the longest-running special-interest food fights in the state Capitol was renewed Tuesday morning when a House committee waded back into a debate over whether doctors should be allowed to charge higher prices than pharmacies when they prescribe...

Thanks to term limits, Broward voters will elect a slew of new people to the state House of Representatives in 2014. Spring 2013 may seem awfully early to even think about this, but political insiders say it’s not. “Nothing gets done...

TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Wednesday.   Here's what we're reading this morning.   * The Orlando Sentinel writes that Charlie Crist is leading Rick Scott in the polls.   * The Sun-Sentinel reports that Miramar is looking for a new...

So John Morgan is throwing his political heft — code for megabucks — behind an effort to legalize medical marijuana in Florida. It's the lift the marijuana lobby has long dreamed about. Morgan is the perfect mainstream guy for the job....

Florida Democrats have been abuzz the past few days over a rumor that former Republican governor and (still undeclared) Democratic gubernatorial prospect Charlie Crist might be headed to Washington. “Not so,” Crist replied in an e-mail to...

Over two days, we revealed this year's list of “The 25 Most Powerful People in Central Florida” — as chosen by a panel of leaders from the business, nonprofit and political communities. Below is the full list of 25 - with nutshell...

Next week, politicians from around the state — and from both sides of the aisle — are uniting in Orlando to both help the environment … and honor one of the state's legal and political patriarchs. The cause is the establishment of the E....