Grant Smith and Mc Nelly Torres: Data shows that over the last decade, the likelihood that a murder in Florida will involve a firearm has steadily increased.

Ashley Lopez: Immigrants with family in the United States may now become permanent residents.

Suevon Lee: With total Medicare spending projected to cost $7.7 trillion over the next 10 years, there is consensus that changes are in order. But what those changes should entail has, of course, been one of the hot-button issues of the campaign.

Tracey Eaton: Roque se unió a Hermanos al Rescate y fue informante del FBI. Entonces traicionó a todos y se reveló como espía cubano.

Ashley Lopez: Political soothsayer Nate Silver says Florida is one of two tipping point states for the 2012 election.

Amy Green: El sector azucarero invierte fuerte para proteger un sistema de apoyo a los precios que les cuesta a los consumidores unos $2,000 millones al año en costos adicionales de alimentación.

Ashley Lopez: State health officials are on the defensive, refuting a recent story that claimed the state was hiding a serious tuberculosis outbreak in Duval County.

Howard Goodman: Are Florida Republicans trying to blunt the Democrats’ numerical advantage at the polls?

Howard Goodman: Where does Florida stand on same-sex marriage? It wouldn’t win in a vote.

Howard Goodman: Republicans have noticed that they aren’t scoring all that well with Latinos — and before the fastest-growing segment of the electorate slips away from them altogether, they’re trying to recover lost ground.