Adam Hasner: I raised $535k this quarter
From a press release for Republican Senate candidate Adam Hasner: · U.S Senate candidate Adam Hasner announced a third quarter fundraising total of $535,000. · To date, the Hasner...
View ArticleLayoffs continue at Department of Children and Families
The state's painful budget crunch isn't over yet. Nine DCF employees were laid off this week, and another 14 were told their jobs would be cut come Nov. 24. The laid-off employees worked in the...
View ArticleInside Rick Scott's BlackBerry
The Governor's Office released 87 pages of public records Friday showing e-mails Gov. Rick Scott sent and received in the final days of his transition into office that have yet to be made public. The...
View ArticleAfter giving traffic school bid, it's heavy-handed tactics get DMV into a bind
Six years ago, traffic school owner Kenneth Underwood signed a contract with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in what seemed like a win-win deal for both. At no cost to the...
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Florida's 'shadow' inventory of foreclosed homes could delay economic recovery
Officially, there are 3.5 million homes for sale nationwide. But there are millions more lurking in the shadows — hidden neatly away on banks’ balance sheets, stalled in foreclosure court proceedings,...
View ArticleMiami commission race going negative
It’s a classic political whodunit: Who paid for a pair of attack fliers suggesting that retired nurse Kate Callahan, a challenger to Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff in the November election, was...
View ArticleMany Hispanics on fence about Obama in 2012
KISSIMMEE -- Manuel Santiago was out of work when Barack Obama ran for president in 2008 and the promise of a better future lured him to the polls. Today, Santiago delivers part time for Pizza Hut....
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Casino proposal would create gaming commission with rigor of Nevada and NJ
If Florida is going to be home to Las Vegas-style casinos, it has also got to have Las Vegas-style regulations, say the authors of a massive bill to bring resort casinos to South Florida. That...
View ArticleMike McCalister raises only $71k in FL Senate race
Mike McCalister, the retired Army colonel running for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, hasn't received a ton of respect in this race despite polling at or near the top of the field. Part of it...
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It's a boy! Sen. Anitere Flores announces birth of baby No. 2
Miami Sen. Anitere Flores and Dustin Anderson announced the arrival Lucas Ignacio born at 10:50 a.m. this morning at Miami's Mercy Hospital. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 5 oz.,20 inches long. The couple's...
View ArticleBan banks' debit card fees? State Rep. Clemens says it can be done in Florida
Banking giants Bank of America and Wells Fargo would not be allowed to charge Florida customers for use of their debit cards under legislation filed Monday by Rep. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth. His bill,...
View ArticleFlorida university salaries added to Gov. Scott's public records website
Gov. Rick Scott's office has expanded their public records website to include the $2.66 billion in salaries for more than 52,000 workers at Florida's 11 universites. The data is from May and another...
View ArticleLawmakers on fundraising push ahead of early session
Campaign fundraisers are part of the agenda in Tallahassee this week. The Republican Party of Florida just had its strongest quarter of the year, pulling in five times more donations than the Florida...
View ArticleAdam Putnam steals school lunch from Department of Education
The federal government has granted Commissioner Adam Putnam's request to move oversight of school food and nutrition programs to his agency, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Florida...
View ArticleRumsfeld to raise money for Allen West
Politico's lobbying-and-fundraising tipsheet, Politico Influence, reports that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will help Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation raise money next week in Washington....
View ArticleRick Scott has concerns with Cain's 9-9-9 plans
It might make sense for Rick Scott, the lifelong businessman turned governor to endorse Herman Cain, the lifelong businessman turned Republican candidate for president. But don't hold your breath....
View ArticlePolitiFact Florida: Just how big is Genting's proposed Miami casino?
Big, PolitiFact Florida reports. Bigger than any casino now operating in the world. Read more here.
View ArticleRick Scott concerned about Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan
It might make sense for Rick Scott, the lifelong businessman turned governor to endorse Herman Cain, the lifelong businessman turned Republican candidate for president. But don't hold your breath....
View ArticleThe Ron Paul budget
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is releasing an 11-page "Restore America" plan tht's full of budget cuts and spending freezes. The plan is here (Download RestoreAmericaPlan) and a 6-point...
View ArticleLiberal media? Obama coverage "unrelentingly negative" but kind for Perry, Cain
From Pew Research: Rick Perry received the most favorable coverage of any candidate for president during the first five months of the race, but now Herman Cain is enjoying that distinction, according...
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