As the Legislature and now Gov.-elect Rick Scott consider giving doctors immunity from lawsuits in return for treating Medicaid patients, a new report warns that such an arrangement would cost taxpayers at least $69 million a year. Ch... Read More
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In her last meeting of the Florida Cabinet, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink took BP claims administrator Ken Feinberg to task for failing to live up to his promise to swiftly respond to oil spill claims from Floridians and Florida business owners. S... Read More
Times metro columnist Ernest Hooper ran into Alex Sink at a high school football game in Tampa. Sink, who narrowly lost the race to governor to Rick Scott, told Hooper that in the wake of her gubernatorial bid, she has gone around the state thanking s... Read More
PolitiFact Florida looks into a claim from former Gov. Jeb Bush that Rick Scott won a majority of the Hispanic vote in Florida. Bush is relying on exit polling -- shouldn't a Bush know better? Read PolitiFact Florida's analysis here. * Read More
Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink issued the following statement Monday blasting House and Senate leaders for backing down from an agreement to override a veto of HB 5603, a bill aimed at limiting the cost of workers' compensation claims w... Read More
Thousands of Florida military veterans, many of whom have failed to claim benefits to which they are entitled, are being contacted by the state Department of Veterans Affairs under a new state program that uses drivers’ licenses to reach th... Read More
Former Sen. Rod Smith, the recently defeated Democratic Lt. Gov candidate and a 2006 failed gubernatorial candidate, looks like he is pulling together enough supports to replace Karen Thurman, outgoing Florida Democratic Party chairwoman, who saw one o... Read More
A platform in the basement of the Capitol has been the stage for some of the state's brightest political stars twice a month for the past four years. But Tuesday, it was more like a political gallows: Two seated behind the rostrum lost statewide ele... Read More
In what that Florida Department of Elections is calling in an email today it's "First Unofficial Final Tally,"the county breakdowns of Republican Rick Scott's win over Democrat Alex Sink are in. And the number is: 61... Read More
