Video: Rick Scott, Ash Williams discuss debt, Sen. Fasano and reaffirmation
Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet reaffirmed Ash Williams, the man in charge of Florida's investments, on Wednesday morning.
View ArticleTeacher Protection Act moves forward by slim margin
A proposal known as the Teacher Protection Act caused a stir in the House Civil Justice Subcommittee today. The bill, authored by Republicans Reps. Jeff Brandes, of St. Petersburg, and J.W. Grant, of...
View ArticleRick Perry on a 'lighter version of Obama,' the Keystone pipeline and the...
In the post-card perfect downtown of Greer, Rick Perry popped in on the local businesses lining Trade Street to shake a few hands, tout his record as Texas governor and make political fodder of the...
View ArticleA chat with NBC's Chuck Todd
We were able to catch up with NBC's Chuck Todd, who was in Tallahassee Tuesday for an Environmental Summit, and get in a couple of questions about Florida politics. Here's what he had to say. Q: Could...
View ArticleHaridopolos joins Romney team and offers up endorsement
Senate President Mike Haridopolos broke his silence Wednesday and endorsed primary frontrummer Mitt Romney for the Republican Presidential Primary saying the negative attacks propelled him to to entre...
View ArticleRick Scott wants Internet Cafes shut down, says they're 'not legal'
Gov. Rick Scott is no fan of the so-called Internet Cafes that operate slot machine look alikes using a loophole in the state's sweepstakes law. At a media availability with reporters Wednesday he said...
View ArticleReturn of prison privatization sets off a furor
Rebuffed by a court, the Legislature is again pushing to privatize more than two dozen South Florida prisons, and the plan appears more controversial than ever because of a new layer of secrecy. Before...
View ArticleDiaz-Balart meets with Daimler execs over Che Guevara photo
A week after the company that manufactures Mercedes-Benz luxury cars apologized for a marketing campaign that used the image of Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, company officials met with...
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Florida stadiums not sheltering the homeless on off-nights? Pay up, lawmaker...
There are dozens of homeless people who sleep on the street every night just blocks from the shiny AmericanAirlines Arena in downtown Miami. According to an obscure law, AAA should be acting as a...
View ArticleCitizens reverses course on strict home valuation system
Just days after a Tampa Bay Times story about seemingly high “replacement value” costs placed on homes by Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-run insurer is reversing course on its strict...
View ArticleMitt Romney: I'm in Monday's Tampa debate
Mitt Romney will be in Tampa on Monday night for the GOP presidential debate on the campus of USF. His campaign confirmed his plans to the Tampa Bay Times this morning after he took flak from Newt...
View Article'This Gingrich thing -- you can feel it."
ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- Newt Gingrich was in his element: On stage, a rapt crowd hanging on his words, the spotlight of the national media upon him as he surges in South Carolina the day before Saturday’s...
View ArticleFL update: Nearly 200,000 Republicans have voted early, by mail.
The political world is glued to South Carolina this morning as voting gets underway in the first-in-the-South primary, where polls suggest Newt Gingrich could run away with the election. A new American...
View ArticleMitt Romney to give Cuba, Latin America policy speech at Miami's Freedom Tower
In the shadow of Miami's Freedom Tower comemorating Cuban exiles, Mitt Romney is scheduled to lay out his Cuba and Latin American policy plans Wednesday. The speech underscores how important the Cuban...
View ArticleIt's Gingrich
AP: COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Newt Gingrich stormed to an upset win in the South Carolina primary Saturday night, dealing a sharp setback to Mitt Romney and scrambling the race for the Republican presidential...
View ArticleWhat Gingrich's S.C. Romney-stomping means for FL's 'battle royale'
Columbia, S.C. -- Newt Gingrich crushed the once-mighty Mitt Romney in South Carolina’s first-in-the-South primary, in a victory that transformed Florida’s upcoming vote from a snoozer into a...
View ArticleEarly voting begins slowly in South Florida
With the field of Republican candidates down to four, GOP voters trickled to the polls on the first day of early voting in South Florida with plenty of opinions about their choice to challenge...
View ArticlePoll: Miami-Dade voters divided on two county charter amendments on primary...
A frustrated electorate ousted Miami-Dade’s mayor in a historic recall election last year that signaled voters’ hunger for change, and distaste for business as usual at County Hall. Ten months later,...
View ArticleNo Florida primary endorsement from Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush will not endorse a candidate before Florida's presidential primary, his spokeswoman tells the Buzztonight. "He is staying neutral," Jaryn Emhof said. After Newt Gingrich's win in South...
View ArticleBroward Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to rally Florida Dems during GOP primary
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the DNC, will be all over her home state in the coming week as Democrats hope to display their organizational muscle amid the GOP primary. Wasserman Schultz said...
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