Mike Haridopolos

Palm Beach County government and business leaders converge on Tallahassee Wednesday for a day-long lobbying blitz aimed at the Florida Legislature. Timed with the beginning of the legislative session, the lobbying trip seeks to push for local issues...

Firefighters and the governor are adding some extra attention to Palm Beach County???s annual lobbying push in Tallahassee. Palm Beach County government and business leaders have converged on Tallahassee today for a lobbying swing intended draw the...

Jack Furnari, a longtime Boca Raton political activist, is a longtime friend of Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, and supported his candidacy for U.S. Senate. Haridopolos dropped out of the U.S. Senate race on Monday. ???I???ve known...

Florida Senate Presidnet Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, has created a seventh leadership position for the majority party, and given it to state Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Wellington. She'll serve as deputy majority leader. The Republican majority...

Sid Dinerstein, chairman of the Palm Beach County Republican Party, isn???t happy about the move by the state???s top elected Republicans to set the presidential primary early in the new year. The move is to be made official Friday by......

The incoming leader of the Florida Senate, state Sen. Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, is endorsing one of the two candidates in the Republican Primary for a Broward-Palm Beach county seat. Haridopolos endorsed state Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort...

TALLAHASSEE – You have to forgive Florida's reform-minded lawmakers if they don't want to preclude all their current colleagues from cashing in as lobbyists. This week, the Senate amended its sweeping ethics reform bill (SB 2) to allow current...

TALLAHASSEE – There's an obvious reason why Florida politicos spend so much time talking about the cleansing effect of transparency without ever hopping in the tub. Whether in war, business or politics, informational advantages are powerful forces...

They determine whether your taxes rise or fall. Some control massive work forces. Others decide what kind of entertainment your family can enjoy. Some of them even mete out justice and influence what you can vote on. They are Central Florida's power...

TALLAHASSEE – It's time everyone meet the new Gov. Rick Scott, the softer, family-friendlier version who cares about the poor, public schools and state workers. Florida voters are going to get a lot of opportunity to be reintroduced to the...

TALLAHASSEE — Cockroaches hide from the light. And so do some of Florida's highest-paid elections lawyers and consultants, who have done their darnedest this year to cover up the financing behind their election advertising. This election, we've...

TALLAHASSEE -- Ethics reform is a frequently prescribed but seldom swallowed political tonic in Florida. Maybe that will change next year, but history and the alignment of politicians' incentives suggest otherwise. Corruption and cries for reform have...