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Rail bill headed to Senate floor

The rail bill that is the subject of the special session squeaked out of three Senate committees and is headed to the Senate floor this afternoon where its fate remains in doubt. The Senate...

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Union deal with Tri-Rail, transportation officials means Senate approval likely

A last-minute deal between the AFL-CIO, Tri-Rail and state transportation officials has satisfied union leaders that their workers won’t be laid off under a bill now being debated in the Senate. The...

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Senate gets set to vote on rail

The Florida Senate is poised to take a final vote on a rail bill approved by the House yesterday after less than two hours of debate. The measure faced fierce opposition in the Senate but a last-minute...

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Senate signs off on rail deal, headed to guv

The Florida Senate gave a final thumbs-up on a rail bill that is now headed to Gov. Charlie Crist, who has pledged to sign it into law. The third time was the charm for the chamber, which passed it...

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Grand jury sought on DOT ‘Wafflegate’

Tea Partiers have asked Leon County State Attorney Willie Meggs to convene a grand jury to investigate state transportation officials’ use of code words in e-mails. Tea Party Chairman Fred O’Neal filed...

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Crist orders investigation into DOT ‘Wafflegate’

Gov. Charlie Crist ordered his inspector general to investigate the state’s top transportation officials’ use of code words in e-mails. Crist made the request after Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink...

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Flap over pancakes won’t stop Crist from signing rail bill

Gov. Charlie Crist ordered an investigation into “Wafflegate” but his concerns about transportation officials’ possible violations of the state’s Sunshine laws aren’t keeping him from signing the bill...

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Scott gives DOT an attaboy

Gov. Rick Scott continued his tour of state agencies Monday — stopping at the Florida Department of Transportation and seeming to give a couple hundred tense employees some reason to believe they’ll...

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More train hi-jinks: Scott puts brakes on SunRail

Gov. Rick Scott has put the brakes on the $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train in Central Florida by freezing $235 million in contracts for the project until July while he decides whether to allow it to...

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Gov. Rick Scott says SunRail, hi-speed rail “two totally different” projects

Gov. Rick Scott defended his decision to allow a controversial Central Florida commuter rail project to move forward, saying he legally had no authority to block the $1.5 billion SunRail line as he did...

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