With U.S. Rep. Connie Mack looming as his likely Republican opponent in November, Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson took off the gloves to bash Republicans as extremists on Thursday, as he continues his efforts to win a third term.
A poll released Thursday shows that Democrat Bill Nelson can expect a tough contest to retain his Senate seat in November if he is challenged by U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican nomination.
The poll of registered voters shows Nelson beats out Mack, taking 43 percent while the Republican garners 39 percent.
A poll released by Quinnipiac University on Thursday shows a close race between the presidential candidates in the Sunshine State, with President Barack Obama holding a small lead over Mitt Romney.
The poll of registered Florida voters shows Obama taking 46 percent withRomney following at 42 percent.
Next month, the woman who actually beat out Oprah Winfrey for Winfrey's "dream job" will retire from that very job after 37 years.
In the latest skirmish in a legal battle about taxes paid by online-travel companies, a Leon County circuit judge heard arguments Wednesday about email exchanges involving a lobbyist for industry giant Expedia.
Attorneys for Broward County,alleging in a lawsuit that online-travel companies have not paid enough in hotel taxes, want access to the email exchanges involving lobbyist Jennifer Green. Broward is trying to bolster claims that Expedia has long known that it should pay the disputed tax amounts.
Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday he is less concerned about his approval ratings than the unemployment mark.
When asked following an appearance before the Rotary Club of Tallahassee, Scott didnt directly address the results of a Quinnipiac University poll released earlier in the day that indicated Floridians have a low opinion of their governor.
The number I look at every month is our unemployment rate, Scott told reporters at the Leon County Civic Center event.
With George LeMieux bowing out of the Republican U.S. Senate primary, Connie Mack -- now an extremely heavy favorite to win the GOP nod -- thanked his former rival for backing him before trying to focus on the Democrats. But other Republicans in the race -- namely, former U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon -- show no signs of following LeMieux to the sidelines.
Despite engaging in some heated exchanges with LeMieux, Mack thanked his former rival after the former U.S. senator announced that he was ending his campaign.
Gov. Rick Scott, who earlier this year vetoed a proposal that would have allowed universities to seek unlimited tuition hikes, doesnt believe the state Board of Governors will back the maximum hikes requested on Thursday.
Scott wouldnt say if he is considering a means to block the 15 percent tuition hikes that have been requested by eight of the states 11 public universities if the proposals are approved by the Board of Governors.
As President Barack Obama prepares to visit Florida on Friday, the television airwaves in the Sunshine State are increasingly full of ads either backing or bashing his bid for a second term.
Obama carried Florida in 2008 and polls show the Sunshine State should be close in November when the president will face Republican candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachuetts in the general election.
