The South Florida Water Management District has already spent $197 million to acquire nearly 27,000 acres of land last year as part of the state's deal with U.S. Sugar Corp., but it's unclear how much money will be available for the project in the coming years as Gov. Rick Scott's administration takes a closer look at government spending.
In a high-stakes skirmish on taxes, lobbyists are dueling once more over legislation that would impose a 40-cent-per-pack tax on a Florida cigarette maker.
State Sen. Thad Altman's proposed bill has the deep-pocketed support of Big Tobacco companies, who say they want to "level the playing field" by requiring Dosal Tobacco Corp. to pay the same fees they've been paying since settling the state's tobacco lawsuit in 1997.
The weakest part of our political system, by a considerable margin, is the presidential nominating process. It tends to exclude from consideration those with the greatest experience in what is uniquely the president's responsibility, foreign policy and military strategy.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agreed to requests Wednesday made by former Gov. Charlie Crist, current Gov. Rick Scott and members of the Florida congressional delegation to have more than half of the counties across the Sunshine State declared disaster areas due to the severe cold that gripped the state during November and December.
More than nine years after the 9/11 attacks, two Florida Republicans in Congress, both of whom are receiving some attention as possible candidates to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, introduced measures on how the United States tries captured terrorists.
Carol Browner, who headed the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation under Gov. Lawton Chiles, is leaving her post at the White House, where she ran the Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy.
A Florida official's report that claimed state authorities are not using immigration enforcement powers available to them prompted critics to conclude that there is no need to pass more laws to control illegal aliens.
This was a house party with a purpose.
