So Florida Governor-Elect Rick Scott named his transition team, which was stocked with former Jeb Bush staffers, hard-core state Republicans, and even our own U.S. Sen. George “The Maestro” LeMieux.

TALLAHASSEE -- The most influential person in Gov. Rick Scott’s inner circle is unknown to most people in Florida, including Tallahassee’s political elite who make it their job to know everything.

Pete Alonso’s Battle for the Bay knocks giving back out of the park• Photos The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

She may be helping to shape the Sunshine State's future, but to the majority of Floridians she's a total unknown. To Gov.-elect Rick Scott, however, she's one of his most-trusted, longtime advisers.

As a new hire at Williams & Connolly in 1997, Enu Mainigi volunteered for a health care fraud case and resolved to take ownership of the budding practice area. Eighteen years later, Mainigi leads the ...