Gary Siplin

The Word of God Church will host a debate over Fair Districts Amendments 5 & 6, on Tuesday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m., at 1733 Mercy Dr., Orlando. State Sen. Gary Siplin will be arguing against the amendments, State Rep. Geraldine Thompson will a...

As the Senate debated the teacher merit-pay bill last week, there was another impassioned discussion about whether a child's economic status should be a factor in the “value-added” system that would judge teacher success. Sen. Gary Siplin, D-...

TALLAHASSEE — A Florida Senate committee introduced one ethics proposal Tuesday that would bring more scrutiny to the financial investments of legislators and block them from voting on measures that they could financially benefit from. But with...

A bill that would give Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam’s office the power to decide what to feed kids in schools across the state made it past its first hurdle in the Florida Senate. The senate agriculture committee unanimously approved the...

TALLAHASSEE — Officials with the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority tried to make their case to state Senate budget-writers Thursday to avoid a state takeover of the toll-agency. But they didn't make much of an impression. After fielding...

For this game of musical chairs, they could sell tickets. Check out the possible participants: former congressional firebrand Alan Grayson; state Sen. Gary Siplin of droopy-drawers fame; Siplin's wife, Victoria, who has worked as an office manager in ...

Gov. Rick Scott will talk to "Central Florida Spotlight," which airs at 12:30 p.m. Saturday on WFTV-Channel 9. Moderator Craig Patrick interviews Scott about jobs growth, SunRail's future and the governor's critics....

Word has it Orlando PD chief Val Demings is retiring to run for Gary Siplin's Florida Senate seat. He is being term limited out – thank God. Talk about selling herself short.  A Democrat in the Florida Senate has no clout, no ability to get anything...

From the Miami Herald's Mary Ellen Klas: On the 22nd floor of the Capitol, where the view overlooking Tallahassee is stunning, and the floor to ceiling windows let the sunshine in, Gov. Rick Scott held his first official event since being sworn in as...

Alan Crotzer could not have been the man who, with two others, kidnapped and raped a Tampa mother and child in 1981 then tied the woman to a tree. That man was 6 feet tall and a light-skinned black man. Crotzer is 5-feet-5 and dark-skinned. Still, a...

Are you sick of scandals? Tired of rising power rates and rigged elections? Well, you're obviously not a Florida legislator. Because at a time when most of us are craving reform, politicians in Tallahassee are actually fighting it. The latest scams...