Gov. Rick Scott defended his firm stance against Obamacare and the push for Floridas universities to prepare students for a more technological future in an address to editors and publishers of the still influential but struggling newspaper industry on Friday.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement didnt uncover any violation by the three state Supreme Court justices up for merit retention in using a court employee to prepare campaign documents.
However, there is still a lawsuit active seeking to keep the justices from the ballot, which Gov. Rick Scott noted in a release Thursday.
A group of Floridians and aerospace proponents, headed by Gov. Rick Scott, will jet across the pond this weekend to showcase the Sunshine State at one of the largest aviation industry trade events in the world.
Enterprise Florida will have a booth for a number of Florida companies to showcase their wares with others in the 86-strong delegation at the Farnborough International Airshow.
A provision in a 2008 law restricting the ability of public insurance adjusters to contact homeowners immediately after a storm was struck down Thursday by a unanimous Florida Supreme Court.
Prompted by claims that public adjusters were taking advantage of distraught homeowners following the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons, the Florida Legislature passed an insurance industry-backed effort to limit adjusters' activities, including contact between public adjusters and customers within the first 48 hours following a hurricane, tornado or other major storm.
PHOENIX -- The federal government is a bull that has found yet another china shop, this time in Arizona. It seems determined to inflict, for angelic motives and progressive goals, economic damage on this state.
WASHINGTON -- Though overshadowed by the shocking Supreme Court decision on health care, the court's Arizona immigration decision, issued three days earlier, remains far more significant than appreciated.
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota went to bat Thursday for the man who beat him out for the Republican presidential nomination -- former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.
Floridas three Cabinet members -- Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam -- are worth a collective $8,846,996, according to recently filed financial disclosure reports.
The overall mark is slightly downfrom the prior year, 2010, with Putnam, the wealthiest, dropping $300,000. Bondi has the least but now is able to report an income, showing the largest single-year gain at $200,000.
