While he lags behind former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts in the national polls in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul is making a splash in Iowa which will hold the first presidential caucus in three weeks.
With three weeks to go until the Iowa caucus, a new poll finds that former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich is leading in the Hawkeye State with former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas right on his tail.
Beating the field with registered Republicans, definite caucus voters and supporters of the tea party movement, Gingrich leads the new American Research Group poll of likely Republican caucus voters with 22 percent.
As he rises in the polls to lead the field of candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich is drawing fire from all sides.
With Gingrich leading in Iowa, which holds the first presidential caucus, one of his chief rivals for the Republican nomination, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, is on the airwaves in the Hawkeye State running a new commercial with an indirect shot at the former congressional leader.
Carolyn Timmann, director of open government in the executive office of Gov. Rick Scott, confirmed Monday that she will resign her $90,000-a-year post effective the first of the new year.
"I want to run for clerk of the circuit court back home in Martin County," Timmann said. "It's the job I've always wanted and it seems to me all of my training has been leading me to that seat."
Washington gridlock may turn out to be the salvation of the Obama administration.
Combatants in a battle over a new North Florida barrel racing venture brought their respective cases to the 1st District Court of Appeal on Monday with track owners saying they've gotten the state's blessing and their opponent crying foul.
At issue is whether the appellate court should issue a stay that would at least temporarily halt gambling at a new facility in Gretna while the issue of whether it is legal winds through the courts. The Gretna track, which received its permit in September, began holding barrel races on Dec 1.
Rick Scott isn't the only freshman Southeastern governor with horrid poll numbers. But after nearly a year in office, that's small solace for Florida's chief executive.
In what may be the most surprising fall from gubernatorial grace, South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley's approval rating has plummeted into the mid-30 percent range.
Meantime, North Carolina Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue lags 10 points behind her GOP rival in the run-up to the 2012 election.
The Florida League of Cities argues municipalities across Florida could save hundreds of millions of dollars by revamping pension and disabilities benefits that the state requires for law enforcement officers and firefighters.
The league, as a top priority for the 2012 session, wants Florida legislators to overturn state mandates that have been in place since 1999.
Las Vegas Sands, which has been keeping a close eye on Floridas gambling debate, has objected to comments Attorney General Pam Bondi made Thursday when she went public with her opposition to "destination gaming" bills in the state House and Senate.
Bondi, joined by Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and backers siding with the No Casino effort, called on state legislators to walk away from the proposal they say will grow crime and lead to a proliferation of gambling across Florida.
