Don Gaetz

TALLAHASSEE — While the game is a sellout, there is apparently room for some like-minded and deep-pocketed Republicans to watch Saturday night's much-hyped Florida State-Clemson football game alongside some of the Legislature's most powerful...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal plan to raise cash together this Saturday in Gainesville ahead of the top-ten football showdown between No. 4-ranked LSU and the No. 10-ranked Florida Gators. The cash is for...

TALLAHASSEE — State Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, was officially sworn in as the Senate President for 2012-2014 and promised to make changes in the state leading to stricter ethical guidelines for lawmakers, improved elections and a better higher...

TALLAHASSEE — New Senate President Don Gaetz wants to usher in ethics reform and greater health-care access, but he also pledged Tuesday to get to the bottom of this month's election fiasco — and he is pointing a finger at South Florida...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature's new class of legislators are taking the oath in Tallahassee today, and a host of challenges await them. All told, 44 new House members and 15 new senators are taking office, some new and some re-treads. In the...

TALLAHASSEE — The two men taking the reins of the Florida Legislature this week are a character-study of shifting political eras. Incoming House Speaker Will Weatherford is the epitome of how term limits have accelerated the race to power: The...

The folks at Americans for Prosperity — the David Koch-supported group that poured millions of dollars into ads in Florida in a fruitless effort to deny re-election to President Barack Obama and  Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson – is now...

TALLAHASSEE — The incoming leaders of the Florida Legislature say they want to clean up the state's murky campaign-finance laws by doing away with third-party funds that lawmakers use to accept giant checks from corporations, unions and wealthy...

TALLAHASSEE – Florida's economic-development strategy for years has been a taxpayer-financed piggy bank handing out big bucks to companies that made grand job-creation promises and were seldom held accountable for their flops. That's been changing...

TALLAHASSEE – New House Speaker Will Weatherford wants to spend the next two years tackling pension, university and health-care reforms, and the more immediate goal of fixing problems with Florida's elections system exposed by last week's...

TALLAHASSEE — New House Speaker Will Weatherford wants to spend the next two years tackling pension, university and health-care reforms, and the more immediate goal of fixing problems with Florida's elections system exposed by last week's...

TALLAHASSEE – Cockroaches have a survival instinct to scurry from the light. And so do some of Florida’s highest-paid elections lawyers and consultants, who have done their darnedest this year to cover up the financing behind their advertising...