Of sex offenders who have left prison since 1999, 594 have committed another sex crime, many within days after being released, a Sun-Sentinel investigation found.
Charges against Carletha Cole, the woman who accused former Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll of having an inappropriate relationship with a female staffer, are going to be dropped, the Associated Press reports.
Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi have set their sights on another aspect of the health care reform law: the people hired by the federal government to help uninsured Floridians.