Waving aside objections from the Florida Bar and the ACLU, the House Judiciary Committee approved an "anti-Sharia law" bill on Wednesday.
"We're trying to anticipate problems we see in other states and address them proactively," said Rep. Larry Metz, R-Eustis, sponsor of House Bill 1209.
"This will preclude unjust results in cases where the outcome could be different if we didn't have the bill."
The gloves have come off as former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, now running in the Republican primary to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, took aim at GOP rival U.S. Rep. Connie Mack on Wednesday, attacking the congressmans character and his handling of personal finances -- even comparing Mack to Charlie Sheen.
Mack's camp fired back, attacking LeMieux as an "insiders insider and a truly extraordinary political hack."
LeMieux called Mack the Charlie Sheen of Florida politics before adding that may be disrespectful to Charlie Sheen.
A "compromise" engineered by state Sen. Jack Latvala sailed through committee Wednesday and left the door open for the continued sale of Floridians' Social Security numbers.
With a brusque call by sponsoring Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, to "move this bill," SB 1208 was quickly passed by the Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability without discussion or debate.
Amid a sea of students in yellow shirts, Gov. Rick Scott pushed legislators to advance bills on Wednesday that would require county school districts to loosen their tight grasp on construction money needed to build charter schools.
You know that the future of our state is 100 percent tied to your education. If you dont get a great education there are not going to be any jobs, Scott said during the 2012 School Choice Rally in the Capitol Courtyard.
Why would companies want to build their businesses here in Florida if we dont have a great education system?
Before the Presidents Day congressional recess, both houses of Congress voted to pass legislation extending a 2 percent cut in the amount employees must pay into Social Security.
An examination of administrative earmarks around the time of congressional votes on key pieces of President Obamas agenda suggests the White House used its power to fund local projects as a means to buy votes for major legislative efforts.
Former Gov. Charles Buddy Roemer of Louisiana said on Wednesday that he will drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination but will continue his bid for the American Elects nomination. He also said he will seek the nomination of the Reform Party.
With Michigan and Arizona holding primaries on Tuesday, polls unveiled on Wednesday find Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is leading the pack of candidates in both states.
An NBC News/Marist poll released on Wednesday finds Romney with a small lead over Rick Santorum in the Michigan Republican presidential primary. While Santorum led in polls of the Great Lakes State last week, polls unveiled this week have found the race much closer and some have had Romney ahead.
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum leads the GOP pack in a national poll unveiled on Wednesday.
Santorum tops a national poll fromQuinnipiac University with 35 percent, followed by Mitt Romney with 26 percent. Newt Gingrich stands in third with 14 percent, followed by Ron Paul with 11 percent. When pitted head-to-head, Santorum takes 50 percent and Romney garners 37 percent.
Bill Nelson scares America with a fundraising letter invoking "Karl Rove's dark-money group" and not a howl from a media watchdog. Not even one.
