St. Lucie County (Florida)

(UPDATED AT 3:55 P.M. WITH NEW INFO THAT WEST PLANS TO LIVE IN HIS NEW DISTRICT AND MOVE THERE LATER THIS YEAR, SEE BELOW)... Depending on whose version you believe, lightning-rod rookie Republican Congressman Allen West's decision to abandon Broward........

If the Florida Legislature lessens the state???s role in growth management, as expected, Palm Beach County Commission Chairwoman Karen Marcus said she will push for the county to maintain requirements for developers to help pay for new roads and schools.....

Florida's elected officials can be generous to a fault – at least with your money. They're particularly gracious handing out incentives and tax breaks to companies and organizations dangling the prospect of jobs. Even if the company plans to add...

A simmering rage was building, with South Florida rallies featuring celebrities wearing hoodies and high school kids holding up bags of Skittles. This was a month after Miami-Dade high school student Trayvon Martin was killed in Central Florida by...

First, when redistricting made his re-election a challenge, Congressman Allen West fled from Broward County. Now, after the votes from his new turf have been counted and partially recounted, West is taking flight from reality. The departing one-term...

The periodic eruption of twinkles from the capacity crowd in the Fort Pierce (Fla.) Central High School auditorium Tuesday night seemed to lend support to the argument of my critics: Allowing the public to sit in on negotiations between a school board...

Gov. Rick Scott went before the Florida Legislature and offered a huge dose of sellf-congratulation as well as praise for lawmakers. “Two years ago, we met together facing crippling debt, record-high unemployment and a downward spiral of job losses,...

TALLAHASSEE — Secretary of State Ken Detznermet with several election supervisors this afternoon in Tallahassee to discuss problems with the 2012 election and plans to meet with additional county officials in the coming weeks, the governor's...

In case you missed it, Osceola's superintendent has announced he's retiring early, fed up with criticism from some Osceola County School Board members. That means Osceola is again searching for a new superintendent and in a time when interest in these...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be running fourth in the latest poll of how Republican presidential contenders are doing in Florida, but that's not stopping him from moving aggressively to set up an organization in the Sunshine State. Today, Perry's campaign...

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Progress Energy Florida faced two key questions Tuesday as it asked regulators to approve passing along about $140 million in nuclear costs to customers: Will it ever build two reactors in...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink has added 24 Florida sheriffs — and three former sheriffs — to her list of endorsements. That makes a law-enforcement trifecta for her, having earlier won the nod of the Police Benevolent...