Mike Lapointe

Several thousand people descended on Sanford, Florida yesterday to attend the "Justice for Trayvon Martin" rally in Fort Mellon Park. Sanford, a small community about 25 minutes north of Orlando, was the site of the February 26 fatal shooting of the teenager Trayvon Martin by a neighorhood watch civillian, George...

The controversial "parent trigger" bill has been a hot topic in discussions over education policy in Florida recently. The Florida Senate blocked a piece of legislation last Friday that would give parents - and likely private business interests - significantly more influence over the state school system.

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Every 10 years, state lawmakers are required to re-draw electoral district maps to coincide with changes in state population. This year, it's Florida's turn, and developments in Tallahassee since 2010 have put the state squarely in the national spotlight. What's at stake in Florida today goes to the very core...

After winning Nevada on Saturday, Mitt Romney is now the clear front-runner in the Republican presidential nomination. With 101 delegates secured, all he needs is 1,043 more.

There's still a long way to go.

Primary contests are notoriously complicated; different states have different rules that change in different...

Last Monday, Republicans held a debate at the University of South Florida in preparation for the Florida presidential primary on January 31. The remaining candidates answered conventional questions and launched conventional attacks against one another. What made this event so unconventional however - and so much more interesting than the...