Nurse practitioners in Florida got a lift this week from a Federal Trade Commission letter that branded House Bill 4103 "a pro-competitive improvement in the law."
HB 4103, sponsored by state Rep. Daphne Campbell, D-Miami, would lift restrictions on Florida's nurse practitioners and authorize them to practice at their "full scope."
With only two more space shuttle flights scheduled before the program is terminated, a congresswoman from Florida turned up the heat this week on NASA administrators as the Sunshine State dukes it out with other locations to house the retired orbiters.
Freshman Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams sent a letter on Tuesday to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, asking for one of the retired orbiters to be housed at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
A hard-hitting tea party ad is calling out Republican state Sen. Thad Altman and Rep. John Tobia -- and generating a bit of notoriety itself.
The radio spot produced by Tea Party in Action blasts the two Space Coast lawmakers for supporting the controversial high-speed rail project and for pushing an added fee on Miami-based Dosal Tobacco Co.
Marianne Moran, founder of the West Palm Beach-based Tea Party in Action, said, "The issue advocacy ad speaks for itself -- against ObamaRail and against people saying one thing and doing another."
A bill to raise the limits on campaign contributions to state candidates has raised the reflexive ire of liberals and the progressive press, but proponents say it promotes free speech and counters shadowy special-interest groups.
"Campaign finance limits that have not kept pace with rising media costs have contributed to the proliferation of third-party advocacy groups -- electioneering communication organizations and 527s that have no limit at all," a campaign consultant told Sunshine State News.
Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the passing of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care law backed by President Barack Obama -- and the constitutional challenge launched by Florida against it. While the law may have been on the books for a year, the debate on its merits continues to rage and appears likely to be a key issue in the 2012 presidential election. Democrats and their supporters across the state praised the law and vowed to continue to fight for it.
Bill Clinton adviser James Carville once sagely observed, "You never know what you're gonna get when you drag a $100 bill through a trailer park."
Gov. Rick Scott reeled out a virtual version of that exercise Tuesday when he opened up a "Facebook Town Hall" and invited questions from Floridians.
