Discussing the role of single people in the election of 2012 on my weekly podcast with Jay Nordlinger "Need to Know" (available on Ricochet.com or Nationalreview.com), your humble columnist chose the insensitive way to address it.
Casino giant Genting is folding its effort to get a statewide gambling legalization initiative on the ballot, with the company saying it wants to support legislators' efforts to make a broad examination of gaming in the state.
Attorney General Pam Bondi was a no-show at Thursday mornings meeting of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, but legislators still heard from various public agencies who warned that budget cuts are compromising the administration of justice across Florida.
Pam Bondi, unfortunately, has a conflict today, but we look forward to her joining us in the near future, announced chairman Rob Bradley, R-Orange Park, after a series of introductions by senators and subcommittee staffers.
A proposal by university presidents to trade tuition increases for an increase in state funding wont be a simple pass-fail proposal through the Legislature.
Gov. Rick Scott may have applauded the presidents' proposal on Wednesday because he has opposed across-the-board tuition increases.But he didnt embrace the $118 million the presidents say is needed to cover the money they would otherwise collectively project tuition would produce for the 2013-2014 school year.
Florida's top insurance official on Wednesday was given a January deadline to come up with a series of proposals to reduce the size of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and to further reduce costs in the state's auto-insurance market.
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said he would comply with requests from Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Chairman David Simmons, R-Maitland, who said depopulating Citizens and restoring the state's private insurance market was one of his top priorities as he starts two years as head of the committee.
The nations oldest and most prominent conservative lobbying organization released Wednesday its second annual ideological ratings of Floridas Republican and Democratic legislators.
