The two leading candidates in the race for the Republican presidential nomination -- former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- added to their teams in South Carolina on Friday, unveiling major endorsements.
With little more than two weeks to go until Iowa Republicans kick off the procession of states that will determine the GOP nominee to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas is starting to raise some eyebrows with his campaign in the Hawkeye State.
With holiday and seasonal hiring in full swing, Floridas unemployment dropped to 10 percent in November, down from 10.3 percent in October, the Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday.
The latest rate is the lowest for the Sunshine State in 31 months and the DEO notes the number represents a 2 percentage point drop since Gov. Rick Scott took office.
The state needs to be less reliant on natural gas for its energy, especially when the majority of that source of power comes through just two pipelines from the Gulf Coast, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said.
Ending more than a year of talks, federal officials Thursday approved Florida's proposal to extend a controversial Medicaid managed-care pilot program through June 2014.
The announcement renews a requirement that most Medicaid beneficiaries in five counties enroll in HMOs or other managed-care plans. Also, it means that hospitals and other health providers will continue to tap into a $1-billion-a-year program that bolsters care for low-income and uninsured patients.
A 1,217-page, $1 trillion spending bill may garner enough votes to keep the federal government running Friday, but it has opened Congress to more ridicule.
The House Appropriations Committee's omnibus bill was released so late that it will require lawmakers to waive their three-day posting rule to vote on it.
Reminiscent of the way Democrats rammed the 2,000-page Obamacare bill through Congress, the spending plan now appears on a fast track to beat a midnight Friday funding deadline.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says she should have clarified a comment during a media conference last week that linked a tribal casino with a money laundering investigation.
I want to make it clear that I in no way am implying that the casino was involved in any crime, Bondi said Thursday.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida has said Bondis comment at the Dec. 8 media conference could damage its reputation.
Bondi said she was repeating a comment told her by a Hillsborough County sheriffs deputy.
For the Army and Marines who lost 4,500 dead and more than 30,000 wounded, many of them amputees, the second-longest war in U.S. history is over. America is coming home from Iraq.
Looking to reassure conservatives who have doubts about him due to his past positions, Republican presidential hopeful former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts attempted to tap into the legacy of Ronald Reagan on Thursday.
Floridas highest court says the state needs 71 additional trial court judges and one for the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland because of an increase in mortgage and civil cases and demands on reduced staff time by a growth in those who self-represent themselves in legal matters.
