Herman, Cain, Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney to...
Five Republican presidential candidates are boycotting a proposed Univision debate due to allegations that the Spanish-language media giant tried to strongarm Sen. Marco Rubio, a vice-presidential...
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Bondi going after fraudulent timeshare resale companies
Attorney General Pam Bondi unveiled on Tuesday her first legislative priority ahead of the January session: cracking down on fraudulent timeshare resale companies. "Everyone's dream is to own a...
View Article"They may not love him but they'll still cast a ballot for him"
PPP polled the Florida Senate race again, and says it's "the same old story." The story? "Bill Nelson's approval numbers don't look terrribly impressive but he has a double digit lead over all of his...
View ArticleAllen West on C-SPAN's Washington Journal
U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, was on C-SPAN's Washington Journal this morning, and he covered a lot of ground: the GOP and White House plans to create jobs, funding the government, the...
View ArticleRomney warns Village residents of a 'Perry scheme'
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney returned to The Villages on Tuesday for a town hall meeting, where he was well-received by about 300 people at a recreation center. By Romney's count, it...
View ArticleRomney warns Villages residents of a 'Perry scheme'
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney returned to The Villages on Tuesday for a town hall meeting, where he was well-received by about 300 people at a recreation center. By Romney's count, it...
View ArticleVirtual education has Florida as leader, moving into “uncharted ground”
Florida legislators just heard an update – nearly an hour and a half long – on the impact of bills passed last session on school vouchers and virtual education. The basic result: More students with...
View ArticleDick Cheney, Joe Biden...and Marco Rubio
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., on Wednesday will be participating in the third annual Washington Ideas Forum, presented by The Atlantic magazine and the Aspen Institute. The event is described as "two days...
View ArticleAfter long delay, state sending out partial solar rebate checks
Some Floridians who applied for solar energy rebates will receive checks from the state this week in amounts half of what they requested and two years after filing their applications. Agriculture...
View ArticleCourts administrator to Legislature: Fund us, and we'll move along stalled...
A panel of lawmakers examined the scope of Florida's mortgage foreclosure crisis on Tuesday as the Legislature prepares to introduce legislation that would speed up the process. State leaders have...
View ArticleElder Affairs secretary vows to follow law and loosen control over advocates
After being chastised by the federal government for intimidating volunteer advocates for the elderly, the head of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs agreed to loosen its control over the...
View ArticleMike Grissom new RPOF exec director
Mike Grissom has been named as executive director of the Republican Party of Florida, replacing the departing Andy Palmer. “Mike brings a wealth of political experience to the RPOF,” said Chairman...
View ArticleMitt Romney close to scoring a Florida House Speaker trifecta endorsement
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who leads the pack in Florida, is close to racking up three big endorsements: future House speakers Will Weatherford, Chris Dorworth and Richard Corcoran,...
View ArticleFull Flop: Gov. Rick Scott subtracts a campaign promise in new math for job...
Rick Scott, the candidate, ran on a platform of creating jobs. That's why the businessman-turned-politician won a bruising Republican primary last summer, he said. That's why he squeaked by Democrat...
View ArticleNorth Miami Beach cop fired over threatening blog post
A North Miami Beach police officer slated to lose his job as part of the city’s recent budget cuts has indeed been fired — for sending a threatening post to a local blogger’s website. Officer William...
View ArticleFabiola Santiago: In Hialeah, government lurks in the shadows
From Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago: Hialeah has been an eccentric town since its early days, when Mayor Henry Milander handled city business from his butcher shop and, local legend has it,...
View ArticleGov. Rick Scott e-mails 'cleaned out' a third time
E-mails on Gov. Rick Scott's BlackBerry may have been lost in another technological mix-up inside his office, newly-released records show. Scott and his staff have acknowledged that his account and...
View ArticleObama appoints Shakira to Hispanic education advisory commission
The White House announced today that President Barack Obama is appointing pop star Shakira to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. In her biography, the White...
View ArticleBondi wants task force to study effects of prescription drugs on newborns
Attorney General Pam Bondi wants to head off what she views as a growing consequence of Florida's prescription drug crisis: babies born addicted to their mother's prescription drug of choice. Bondi...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich becomes 6th GOPer to boycott Univision debate.
Newt Gingrich just became the sixth Republican presidential candidate to refuse to appear on Univision because of how the Spanish-language network tried to "extort" Sen. Marco Rubio, in the words of...
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