The legal arguments about Florida's political maps continue to mushroom.
While the Florida Supreme Court and the Legislature grapple with how congressional districts will be drawn, more legal fights are building in federal courts.
Even with redistricting still up in the air, U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., could be facing two new opponents. Under the base map used by the Legislature earlier this month to draw up new congressional districts, Webster would face a far different district than he did in either of his past congressional elections. He currently represents parts of Orange and Polk counties and most of Lake County. Under the base map the Legislature is using for congressional redistricting, his new district would be far more Democratic, taking in only parts of Orange County and bringing in 150,000 voters -- more than 90,000 of them Democrats -- currently represented by U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla.
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla, now the president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis and Richard Bowen, a contributor with the Financial Crisis Institute, weighed in on last week’s stock market fluctuations and warned there could be more problems.
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Running in the open Republican primary to replace U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., in Congress, former New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer announced on Monday he had signed the pledge from Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) not to raise taxes.
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Tallahassee attorney Mary Thomas, running for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., next year, showcased her support for Americans for Tax Reform’s (ATR) “Tax Payer Protection Pledge.”
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A year until the primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate, the two leading Democratic candidates continue to pound away at each other with both of them trying to pin Wall Street on their opponent. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and is not expected to run for a second Senate term.
U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., honored the 52nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech on Friday, offering his take on the historic speech.
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With college football season about to kickoff, Florida TaxWatch showcased a report on Monday which finds a winning program helps lift universities.
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Look for lawmakers to revisit Florida's new drone law. Maybe later rather than sooner. But certainly tweaks are on the horizon for a law governing a budding industry that few understand and even fewer trust. The bill the Legislature passed last session and Gov. Rick Scott signed May 14 -- the Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act -- lays out a gold-plated welcome mat for personal injury law firms looking to establish a new cottage industry.
On Sept. 5, 2014, Russian agents crossed into Estonia and kidnapped an Estonian security official. Last week, after a closed trial, Russia sentenced him to 15 years.
