Friends, opponents remember Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles 25 years after his death Chiles famously remarked that “the old he-coon walks just before the light of day” — and the He Coon label stuck.

Columnist Steve Bousquet looks at the growing speculation over who will be Florida’s next lieutenant governor. Question No. 1 ...

Gov. Lawton Chiles, ... The governor, 68, was apparently alone in the mansion’s workout room when an agent of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement […] Skip to content.

In this week’s Florida Time, we recount how Lawton Chiles walked 1,000 miles and Bob Graham worked 100 jobs to etch their names into state annals ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $6.25 million that the Legislature budgeted for restoring the Ocklawaha River and dismantling the ...

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 ...

This year has been far less serious than 1998, however, when losses statewide hit $620 million and Gov. Lawton Chiles declared a state of emergency. More people and higher risk ...

Former Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles, a Lakeland native, was an early investor in Red Lobster. When Red Lobster first opened, among the early menu items were a half-dozen oysters for 65 cents and a ...