Ellyn Bogdanoff

"Facing Florida With Mike Vasilinda" talks to Florida's Insurance Consumer Advocate Robin Westcott about auto insurance fraud. The program starts at 12:30 p.m. Sunday on WFTV and repeats at 4:30 p.m. Sunday on WRDQ. Florida Retail Federation CEO Rick...

TALLAHASSEE — Despite many business groups objecting to the plan, the Associated Industries of Florida released a statement Thursday saying it was going to put its full lobbying muscle behind the destination casino legislation being pushed by Sen....

TALLAHASSEE — Only a few more days until Thanksgiving. So, hope you're counting down the days until turkey, stuffing and sweet potatoes. While you daydream of sleeping in, the Macy's Day Parade and Thanksgiving dinner, here are the top five...

Jewish community leaders in Palm Beach County are filled with praise for a state law, which went into effect Friday, tightening the noose on investment in companies that do business in Iran and Sudan. The new law adds to a......

Amid a series of public corruption scandals that have so far hauled up eight Broward and Palm Beach county officials on charges, the top prosecutors in the two counties are joining forces to seek passage of a new law tightening the screws on dishonest...

Who won and who lost is most important, but all sorts of infomation is buried in the results of Tuesday's primary, especially when comparing South Florida with the rest of the state. Preliminary numbers from the state Division of Elections......

Candidates in several competitive state legislative races in Palm Beach County will be on stage together for a public forum Thursday night ??? with one conspicuous exception. Only two of the three candidates ??? Democrat Kelly Skidmore and independent...

Opposing candidates in hotly contested races are scheduled to appear before the Voters Coalition, the bipartisan Palm Beach County civic group. Congressional candidates speaking will be incumbent Democrat Ron Klein and his challenger, Republican Allen...

A range of Republican candidates will be on hand for the Boca Raton Republican Club???s ???Countdown to Election Day.??? Among them are agriculture commissioner candidate Adam Putnam, congressional candidates Joe Budd, Bernard Sansaricq and Allen West,...

TALLAHASSEE — A majority of the Florida Senate sent a letter to U.S. Secretary Ray LaHood Thursday, blasting Gov. Rick Scott's decision to scuttle the state's $2.7 billion high speed rail plan and pleading for more time. “This project would...

By Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel   An unlikely pair of South Florida legislators wants to eliminate mandatory prison terms for drug trafficking that they say stifle judges' ability to weigh the facts of each case, forcing them to impose sentences as steep as...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate passed a proposed constitutional amendment Tuesday that would place new handcuffs on the power of future legislators to tax and spend. The Senate voted 27-13 to place a new tax revenue cap for state government before...