Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to national Democrats, released a new poll Tuesday that showedformer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who moved to the Sunshine State last year, is the favorite to win the Iowa caucus if he decides to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
The Florida AFL-CIO calls contemplated changes to the state's pension system "radical." It's long past time the union started being honest with its members.
Pension reform is coming to the public sector, just as it has to the private sector. As former New York City school chancellor Joel Klein wrote the other day:
Florida GOP Raises $7.7 Million in Homestretch; Maryland Firm 'Gets to Work' on Inaugural
The Florida Republican Party raised $7.7 million the last two months of 2010, including the homestretch of an election season in which the GOP claimed the governor's office, swept the Cabinet and made gains in the state House, Senate and in the congressional delegation.
Florida senators held the first in a series of meetings Monday dealing with illegal immigration, with the goal of crafting legislation that will help the state enforce immigration laws and reduce social costs.
They say that, in politics, "overnight is a lifetime." In other words, the journey from triumphant hero to discredited scapegoat can be very brief.
In the wake of the Republicans' triumphs in last November's elections, great hopes are being held out that Republican control of the House of Representatives can slam the brakes on Barack Obama's march toward a completely government-controlled economy and ruinous deficit spending.
Buttressing former Gov. Jeb Bush's claims, a new annual report by Education Week gives high marks to Florida's public schools.
As the battle to become the next chairman of the Republican Party of Florida enters its final week, candidates angling for the post continue to unveil endorsements.
The stakes were raised Monday in the debate over reforming Floridas public pension system, as one union official decried the proposed radical changes and the myths public officials expound whenever they talk about the system.
Attempting to connect invisible dots to link Sarah Palin and Jared Loughner, leftist conspiracy theorists continue to suggest that right-wing mayhem is on the loose.
