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Associated PressFebruary 15, 2017

Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer, whose office prosecuted thousands of cases during his tenure ranging from terror plots to billion-dollar Ponzi schemes to purveyors of prescription drug “pill mills,” announced Wednesday he will resign after nearly seven years. Ferrer, 50, said in a news release he will step down as South Florida’s top federal prosecutor […]

Peter SchorschOctober 30, 2014

Come next Tuesday (or maybe early Wednesday morning), we will know who is left standing in the Florida’s governor’s race. We will know whether the three incumbent members of the Cabinet have been re-elected. We’ll know whether it’s legal to smoke medical marijuana. Come Election Day, we’ll know a lot more than we do right now. […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 8, 2014

Judging by the ugly tone of the Rick Scott vs. Charlie Crist political campaign ads, this is shaping up to be the Scott Rothstein election. For those who may be living in a cave without wi-fi, Rothstein is the former South Florida attorney who was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for perpetrating a […]

Darryl PaulsonNovember 3, 2013

With Charlie Crist set launch his bid as the Democratic nominee for governor, he will have to address the following 10 questions. No. 1: Will Crist exercise better judgment concerning his friends, advisers and political associates? Crist’s hand-picked choice to lead the Florida Republican Party, Jim Greer, was a disaster of monumental proportion. Greer is […]

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