Mike Haridopolos

Here's Florida Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad’s prepared text, announcing that Gov. Rick Scott had signed off on Central Florida's $1.2-billion commuter rail project: Good morning, thank you for joining me today.  As you all know, SunRail is...

By David Royce, The News Service of Florida ST. PETERSBURG — The four Republican candidates for U.S. Senate generally agree on most issues facing the nation, with a couple minor exceptions, and spent most of a debate on Thursday directing most...

Now that Casey Anthony has been acquitted of killing her two-year-old daughter — but sent back to jail for lying to police about Caylee's whereabouts — Florida legislators are pushing and shoving to file bills that make it a felony to fail...

Former state Rep. Adam Hasner has announced he raised just $560,000 — well below the $900k racked up by U.S. Senate rival Mike Haridopolos – the the quarter that just ended. The Palm Beach County Republican also said he expects his other major...

WASHINGTON — After a third-place finish in a 2010 congressional race, Craig Miller, former CEO of Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, is hoping that upping the stakes can better his luck. On Tuesday, Miller plans to announce his intention to run for U.S....

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux announced today that he received more than $950,000 in contributions over the last three months — a haul that his campaign said amounts to “winning the fundraising quarter over 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...

Does Mike Haridopolos' decision yesterday to quit the race for the U.S. Senate fundamentally change what the incumbent, Democrat Bill Nelson, can expect to face in the November 2012 general election? Unlikely. Haridopolos and Adam Hasner were the...

TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Mike Haridopolos has hired House Majority Office press guru Lyndsey Cruley to be his new press secretary. Cruley has been handling media for the Legislature's redistricting hearings, and is a 2009 graduate of Florida...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate has picked up the $109,000 tab for state Sen. Gary Siplin's four-year legal battle over an ethics complaint lodged by a former Orange County sheriff's deputy. Last February, a state appeals court ruled the Orlando...

VIERA — After a legislative redistricting hearing in his home county, Senate President Mike Haridopolos didn't mince words Thursday about the U.S. Senate race he quit last week and who he won't be backing in it. “I can tell you one thing: I...

VIERA — Senate President Mike Haridopolos on Thursday urged a hometown crowd to have realistic expectations when lawmakers re-draw political maps next year, saying “even if you draw a perfect square or perfect circle” people in the...