Rarely does a political party issue a document so scathingly critical of itself and its most recent presidential nominee as the report of the five-member Growth and Opportunity Project of the Republican National Committee.

Florida is on track to be the first state in the nation to implement statewide nutrient standards for its waterways, and the state is doing it its own way.

Our country is a nation built upon great ideas. American values have been the key to our success and vitality; however, throughout our history it has been the muscle, sweat, ingenuity and dreams of immigrants that have fueled our nations prosperity.

Nearly 1,000 members of the Florida National Guard will be advised Thursday they face one-day-per-pay-period furloughs from the end of April through the end of September due to the national fiscal sequestration.

Another 400 soldiers from Florida wont be eligible for deployments as required periodic medical exams will be postponed, Major General Emmett Titshaw, head of the Florida National Guard, told the Cabinet on Tuesday.

Controversial legislation known as the parent-trigger bill continues to spark debate at the state Capitol.

On Tuesday a House committee passed the bill over the objections of parents who spoke against the measure.

The bill allows parents to organize petition drives that would let them take control of failing schools.

Supporters say its just one more tool for parents, giving them extra leverage over the operation of their childrens school. But critics say it opens the door to for-profit charter school groups to gain control of public schools.