The first meeting of Gov. Rick Scotts Task Force on Citizen Safety and Protection took place on Tuesday in Tallahassee to get organized for a series of public hearings around the state in their own version of a listening tour.
As she promised, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota announced Thursday that she is backing former rival Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination.
Bachmann, a favorite of the tea party movement, ranked briefly last summer as the chief conservative rival to the former Massachusetts governor when she won the Iowa Republican straw poll. She later was eclipsed by a procession of other candidates -- Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, businessman Herman Cain, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.
A poll released by Quinnipiac University on Thursday offers a snapshot of who voters in three pivotal battleground states in the 2012 presidential election -- Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania -- hope Mitt Romney will choose as his running mate.
A poll released by Quinnipiac University Thursday shows its close in Florida between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the now almost-certain winner in the Republican presidential primary.
Thirteen people have been charged in the hazing death of Robert Champion, the drum major for Florida A&M University's "Marching 100," whose death shook the university and led to the suspension of the iconic band.
Eleven individuals were each charged with a single count of hazing resulting in death, a third-degree felony, and two counts of hazing, a first-degree misdemeanor, according to information released by the office of State Attorney Lawson Lamar. Two more people were each charged with a single count of hazing.
The two leading Republicans looking to take on incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November -- Connie Mack and George LeMieux -- looked on Wednesday to showcase their conservative credentials and tie themselves to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, one of the most popular GOP leaders in Florida.
One of the leading conservatives in the Florida Legislature -- Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala -- announced Wednesday that he is backing former U.S. Sen. LeMieux for the Republican nomination.
A week after his staff said he would be heading to the political sidelines, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced he is suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and is offering his support to former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.
In the eyes of those who run companies, Florida is now the No. 2 best state in which to do business.
For business advocates and lobbyists in the Sunshine State, moving into second place on Chief Executive magazines survey of CEOs' "Best and Worst States in which to do Business" is a compliment to the efforts of Gov. Rick Scott and state legislative leadership.
