Ana Maria Ruiz Perea of Winter Haven High became the first Polk County student elected as governor at the annual Girls State ...

Kenneth “Buddy” MacKay, who as lieutenant governor became Florida’s most recent Democratic governor in 1998 on the sudden death of Gov. Lawton Chiles, died New Year’s Eve afternoon at his home in ...

TALLAHASSEE—In a rare departure from party loyalty, the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature on Monday overrode the ...

Florida — Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay, who lost to Jeb Bush in 1998 but still served 23 days in office after the sudden death of Gov. Lawton Chiles, has died. He was 91. The former ...

A celebration of life for the late Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay will be ... following the December 1998 death of his predecessor, Lawton Chiles; MacKay was his lieutenant governor.

IN MEMORIAM — “Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay, who lost to Jeb Bush in 1998 but still served 23 days in office after the sudden death of Gov. Lawton Chiles, has died. He was 91,” reports ...

It’s been 18 years since Boca Raton, Florida, was rocked by two murder cases and a kidnapping at a local mall, and a retired FBI agent believes the unsolved crimes are connected.

On July 2, 1998, Florida Governor Lawton Chiles ordered a mandatory evacuation of the entire county—the first time an entire county in Florida was evacuated due to wildfires. According to Al ...

Tallahassee, Fla. — Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay, who lost to Jeb Bush in 1998 but still served 23 days in office after the sudden death of Gov. Lawton Chiles, has died. He was 91.

Flags already are at half-staff for the late President Jimmy Carter, however, until sunset on Tuesday, Jan. 28, under a ...

Lawton Chiles. The Democrats were re-elected in 1994 ... "Gov MacKay was one of Florida's greatest leaders and statesmen with a career of service that benefited all the people of Florida ...

had a more profound influence on Florida than many of the people who were actually elected to the office. Among his profound achievements: Persuading former Sen. Lawton Chiles, with whom he had ...