Howard Goodman: The state Senate appears ready for battle over a GOP plan to turn over a lot more of the state’s prisons to private companies.

Ralph De La Cruz: Confrontational and secretive Ash Williams, the man responsible for Florida’s $120 billion pension fund, was unanimously reappointed. The question: Why?

Ralph De La Cruz: One of the most expensive nuclear accidents in United States history happened right here in Florida a little over two years ago. And chances are, you probably never even heard about it.

Ralph De La Cruz: State Sen. Mike Fasano asked for public records pertaining to an investment by the State Board of Administration. His bill for those records: $10,750.13.

Ralph De La Cruz: Over the past four years, lawmakers have tried to deregulate an industry that has shown an inability to regulate itself.

Ralph De La Cruz: Sen. Mike Fasano is a rare breed — a legislator who isn’t afraid to buck his party when it’s wrong.

Ralph De La Cruz: What Floridians can learn from the state’s chief executive.

Ralph De La Cruz: Critics have called Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to shut down a database that would track pain pill prescriptions “inexplicable.”