When Congress returns the week of April 12 following recess, both the House and Senate have unfinished business to attend to. For the House, they must begin their work on the federal budget. Looking back at past years, this budget process would have been well underway. However, D.C.
A spokeswoman for giant U.S. Sugar said Thursday the $536 million deal between her company and Gov. Charlie Crist to sell the state 73,000 acres of mostly-citrus land in the Everglades is far from dead.
U.S. Sugar spokesperson Judy Sanchez wasn't fazed by the fact that a federal judge Wednesday overturned Crist's decision to put the massive A-1 reservoir project on hold while the state and U.S. Sugar worked on the land purchase.
"This does not preclude the state from moving forward with the U.S. Sugar purchase," Sanchez said.
Florida pharmacies might need to cut their staff and operating hours if state lawmakers change the way Florida calculates Medicaid reimbursement rates for prescription medication.
The Florida Retail Federation, which represents some of the states largest pharmacies, said a House appropriations bill would cut Medicaid reimbursements by 2 percent for brand-name drugs.
To take another cut would make it hard for us to sustain our Medicaid programs, said Sally West, the Federation lobbyist concentrating on the issue.
Former Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer pushed back Thursday against state GOP officials, threatening to sue the party to comply with terms of a severance package which officials say was never properly completed.
Greers attorney, Damon Chase of Lake Mary, has a seven-page agreement signed by Greer and top party leaders, dated Jan. 4, that would have paid him $11,250 monthly for 11 months. In turn, Greer was to step down as chairman.
Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp released his first-quarter fundraising numbers April 1. Kottkamp brought in $270,000 for his bid to become attorney general Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, was the first Democratic major statewide candidate for office to release his first-quarter fundraising for 2010.
WASHINGTON -- What is it like to be a foreign ally of Barack Obama's America?
A year before I enrolled at St. Augustine's Flagler College, I attended Mercyhurst College, a private, liberal arts school in Erie, Penn.
Pennsylvania's lottery system is designed to assist senior citizens, unlike Florida's, which is intended to improve education. Consequently, Mercyhurt's annual tuition ended up around $32,000. And that was in-state tuition.
While Floridas unemployment rate has skyrocketed over the last three years, government workers have largely been spared the same pains faced by private-sector employees.
The Florida House held a marathon session to pass its budget on Thursday. Unlike the Senates $69.5 billion budget that passed unanimously on Wednesday, the House passed its $67.2 billion on a 74-44 partisan-lines vote.
