Despite concerns by civil rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a mere sniff from a police dog is enough to constitute probable cause for a warrantless search, even if that dogs certification is expired and there is no documentation proving the dog has an accurate track record.
The Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee wants to lavish a little money on Orlando's soccer hopes and dreams, and you know what? My conservative conscience is completely at peace with it.
WASHINGTON -- RINO-hunting, the long-popular political sport that morphed in 2008 into a sort of hysteria-driven obsession, lately has become a suicide mission.
The proposed sweeping ethics changes that would expand the prohibition on legislators lobbying for the first two years out of office wont take effect until after the 2014 election.
The Senate Rules Committee agreed to set the lobbying ban timeline on Tuesday as they advanced, with little debate, the ethic reform package that may be one of the first pieces of legislation voted on by the entire Senate when the regular session begins March 5.
A bill that could help two Florida cities attract Major League Soccer took home a clean-sheet victory in its first appearance before a Senate committee a day after Orlandos efforts to field a team moved up, thanks to the addition of a Brazilian financial backer.
The Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee on Tuesday handed an 11-0 vote in support of Senate Bill 358, which would allow teams seeking to build stadiums in Jacksonville and Orlando to be eligible for about $2 million a year for 30 years in local sales tax assistance.
