Rep. John Mica is looking for a new political home as a congressional remap chipped off chunks of the veteran lawmaker's Central Florida district.
Mica's choice appears to boil down to the 6th Congressional District, a coastal district extending northward to just below Jacksonville, or the 7th Congressional District, centered largely in Seminole County.
A bill some have called a cornerstone of the social conservative agenda this session, allowing public school students to run their own prayer sessions at organized events, has been expanded to include all grades.
The Senate will vote on the bill Wednesday.
The last-minute change introduced Tuesday on the Senate floor also removes the term noncompulsory from the initial bill.
Newspapers already struggling for classified ad revenue fended off an attempt to reduce the cash stream from foreclosure legal notices.
The House Civil Justice Subcommittee narrowly rejected a bill that would have allowed those required to publish a foreclosure notice the option to do so on an Internet site instead of posting the legal notice in a newspaper.
Rep. Richard Steinberg, D-Miami Beach, said requiring the notices in newspapers is a public benefit.
Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, the chairman of the House Redistricting Committee, is rejecting comments making the rounds that he is leading efforts to drive U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, from office.
There are rumors that the Florida Legislature has targeted Congressman Allen West. This is patently false, Weatherford stated in a Facebook posting. I personally have supported and endorsed Allen West. I will continue to support this extraordinary member of Congress who has brought a much-needed conservative voice to Washington, D.C.
Neil Cavuto, cable television's unapologetic free-market voice, its vocal deficit hawk, describes his world as "an economic field of dreams," a paradise for viewers trying to make sense of trends driving today's uncertain economy -- and at the same time keep up with the 2012 presidential election.
Cavuto, 54, who directs content and coverage for Fox Business Network, talked to Sunshine State News in a telephone interview Monday about a host of election issues, from the GOP candidates to Florida Gov. Rick Scott and President Barack Obama.
A bill to allow workers' compensation insurance companies to keep about $25 million a year instead of returning the profit to the businesses that pay the premiums passed a House committee on Monday with the support of two of the state's biggest business advocates.
California has a huge state debt and Washington has a huge national debt. But that does not discourage either Gov. Jerry Brown or President Barack Obama from wanting to launch a very costly high-speed rail system.
ATMs at strip clubs and Internet cafes would be off-limits for public assistance debit cards under a bill narrowly backed by the House Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee Monday.
However, the bill, HB 1401, is expected to undergo a major rewrite, as the proposal also pushes for prohibitions on certain junk food purchases with the debit-style cards that are issued through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as food stamps, before the proposal reaches the Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee.
We got mixed signals from a turbulent political week.
