While U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., has said he has no intention of running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, other candidates seem more than willing to take his place as one of the conservative favorites in the field.
Presidential Derby
Marco Rubio Names Veteran Conservative Cesar Conda as Chief of Staff
A day after announcing his committee assignments, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio named conservative stalwart Cesar Conda, a veteran of Beltway politics and policy, as his chief of staff.
House Committee Starts the Process of Scrapping Corporate Income Tax
One of the chief items on Gov. Rick Scotts economic agenda is the elimination of the corporate income tax -- and it looks like he will be getting help from a key committee in the Florida House.
State and Nation Mark 25th Anniversary of Challenger Disaster
Millions of Americans -- in fact, hundreds of millions throughout the world -- remember where they were and what they were doing 25 years ago Friday.
Marco Rubio Announces Committee Assignments
Newly inaugurated Republican Sen. Marco Rubio announced his committee assignments in Washington Thursday, setting the stage for the issues he will focus on in his first years on the national stage.
USDA Declares Florida Counties Disaster Areas Due to Cold Weather
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agreed to requests Wednesday made by former Gov. Charlie Crist, current Gov. Rick Scott and members of the Florida congressional delegation to have more than half of the counties across the Sunshine State declared disaster areas due to the severe cold that gripped the state during November and December.
Florida Republicans Back Military Trials for Terrorists
More than nine years after the 9/11 attacks, two Florida Republicans in Congress, both of whom are receiving some attention as possible candidates to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, introduced measures on how the United States tries captured terrorists.
Political Bits and Pieces
Carol Browner, who headed the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation under Gov. Lawton Chiles, is leaving her post at the White House, where she ran the Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy.
Florida Politicians See SOTU in Their Own Red or Blue
Obama Stresses Cooperation in State of the Union
Confronted by a new Republican majority in the U.S. House and a sluggish economy, President Barack Obama offered his second State of the Union address Tuesday night, calling for a new era of cooperation.