U.S. Sen. Rick Scott’s office issued a press release Thursday regarding a senate resolution that celebrated the life of the late former U.S. Sen. and Fla. Gov. Bob Graham. “Senator Scott’s resolution had the rare co-sponsor support of all 99 senators,” the statement said. After Graham’s death on April 16, Scott shared his condolences:  “Bob Graham was a good man and a great Floridian who...

“Bob Graham was a colleague, friend, and devoted Floridian whose nearly 50 years of service to his beloved home state and to our country have made America a safer and stronger nation. ... He and I served together in the U.S. Senate, as respective chairs of the Intelligence and Foreign Relations committees in the wake of 9/11, working to heal a shattered nation and to protect America in a changing world.”  President Joe Biden...

    The spray of palms, white orchid and magnolia flowers, orange kumquats and gray Spanish moss atop Bob Graham’s casket represented one of his passions:  the landscape of Florida, and protecting its environment.      It was an elegant touch among several during the lying in state ceremony for the former Florida governor and U.S. senator on April 26 at the Florida Historic Capitol Museum in...

    This story was updated Friday, May 3 to reflect the decision of the Canvassing Board.     Miami Lakers chose attorney Bryan Morera to fill Seat 6 on the Miami Lakes Town Council.       In the runoff election on April 30, Morera received 1,177 votes, or 56.51% of ballots cast to Esther Colon’s 906 votes, or 43.49%, according to official results reported by the Miami-Dade County Elections...

Candidates Esther Colon and Bryan Morera met for the final time Thursday to describe how they would decide key issues before the April 30 runoff election to fill Council Seat 6. It’s a been a brief campaign season. Morera, 32, an attorney, and Colon, 70, a former manager of the Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and active volunteer in town, won first and second place respectively in the April 9 special election. The winner of next...