WASHINGTON -- Oh, to be the fastest woman in the world.
WASHINGTON -- Oh, to be the fastest woman in the world.
Future funding for Everglades restoration and other environmental programs would be enshrined in the state Constitution under a ballot initative proposal to guarantee the spending of $10 billion on such programs over the next 20 years.
With a week to go until the primary, the fight between congressional colleagues U.S. Rep. John Mica and U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams continues to intensify -- and Florida Republicans are taking sides.
On Tuesday, Adams unveiled the support of two fellow congressional freshmen from the Sunshine State --U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent and U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross. After serving eight years in the Florida House of Representatives in Tallahassee, Adams won a congressional seat in 2010. Mica was first elected to the U.S. House in 1992.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is adamant that there is no feud between her and legislators over Floridas share of a national mortgage servicing settlement.
But the two sides dont appear to be budging over how the money, totaling around $334 million, should be spent.
Bondi, addressing the media following the Florida Cabinet meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, disagreed with any contention that she and legislators are fighting over the settlement.
Its amazing what you can get used to.
Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), unveiled on Tuesday the second round of speakers who will address the GOP convention in Tampa later this month -- a lineup that now includes former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Priebus announced that besides Bush, Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania will speak to the convention.
A day after it was announced that Gov. Rick Scott would be among the speakers at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, his speech is a long way from being written.
But during an appearance on WCOA 1370-AM in Pensacola on Tuesday morning, Scott said -- as one would expect -- the topic will center on Floridas economy since he took office in 2011.
Republicans have seen their rank and file numbers grow this year in Florida by a near 3-to-1 clip against the Democrats, which remains the states largest political party in terms of overall registered voters.
While Republicans dominate the state Legislature, there are now 4,581,056 registered Democratseligible to vote in the Aug. 14 primary in Florida and 4,137,890 Republicans, according to the state Division of Elections.
Since the January primary, the Republicans have added 74,037 voters across the state.