Last week, Florida and a dozen other states asked the federal courts to measure the new health care law against the Constitution's requirements. In the simplest of terms, this new law is an unprecedented and unconstitutional expansion of federal power that will cost Florida taxpayers billions of dollars.
WASHINGTON -- The 2006 summit that preserved the peace occurred in a laundry room in the Minneapolis Metrodome after the Twins beat the Red Sox 8-1. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, with center fielder Torii Hunter in tow, met with Red Sox manager Terry Francona to assure him that Hunter had not intentionally sinned.
As a Roman Catholic, I have heard more than the usual share of other Catholics expressing frustration about the Church's handling of what seems to be a never-ending controversy. Great harm has come to some young people who have been the victims of molestation and similar behavior by a small percentage of priests.
Age: 65
Residence: Jupiter
Time in the Legislature: 8 years
Political Affiliation: Republican
Spouse: Sharon
Children: Mason, Reagan
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
When you look back on your life you sometimes think about things you wish you had done differently or done at all.
When Federal District Court Judge Federico Moreno ordered construction to resume on the 16,700-acre A-1 reservoir, some of the most significant figures in the past 20 years of Everglades restoration gathered in South Florida to celebrate.
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 31, 2010.....Major changes to a popular scholarship program that pays for the majority of Florida's students to attend college easily won approval in the Florida Senate Wednesday.
The Florida Senate prescribed an overhaul for Medicaid as part of a unanimously passed $68.6 billion budget Wednesday.
Along party lines, senators passed an amendment that would allow residents with higher incomes to pay deductibles or supplement Medicaid with private insurance and allow the Legislature to change eligibility requirements for certain optional programs.
Its a measure that the amendments powerful Republican sponsors say will allow the state to control the terms of Medicaid spending as Florida faces roughly $19 billion in Medicaid costs.
