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Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau Chief

Mary Ellen Klas joined the Miami Herald as Tallahassee bureau chief in 2004, and has been covering Tallahassee politics since 1988. A native of Minnesota, Mary Ellen worked as a business reporter for The Palm Beach Post in 1986, after graduating from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. She became The Palm Beach Post's Tallahassee bureau chief in 1990 and, from 1994 to 2004, she worked as a senior reporter for The Post and for Florida Trend.

Featured Statements

Al Gore
stated on October 11, 2016 in a campaign speech:

Says electric utilities "are trying to fool you into amending your state Constitution in a way that gives them the authority to shut down net metering."

By Joshua Gillin • October 21, 2016
Will Weatherford
stated on March 28, 2012 in remarks to the press:

"It's the first time in the nation this many members have been drawn (by a Legislature) into the same districts where it wasn't a court order."

By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2012
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 21, 2010 in a television ad:

State pension fund staffers "lost billions. Then Sink gave them bonuses."

By Mary Ellen Klas • September 23, 2010