Not many people noticed amid the Democrats' struggle to jam their health care bill through the House, but in recent weeks U.S. Treasury bonds have lost their status as the world's safest investment.
After a tense debate, the Senate voted Thursday to give parents and educators limited flexibility in implementing state class-size mandates.
After a tense debate heavy with consequences for school system, the Senate passed a state constitutional amendment that would loosen class-size restrictions.
Senate Joint Resolution 2, sponsored mainly by Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, passed the Senate 26-10. The vote closely followed party lines and the debate largely followed party arguments, with one notable exception that left the chamber pregnant with anticipation.
That's right, the Democrats did pass a health care bill that a plurality of Americans opposed. And it is in so many ways an awful piece of jumbled-up law. But it will not be the wedge issue that can in November deliver back to the Republicans those marginally safe seats now held by Democrats.
Will Sunday's Fox News showdown between U.S. Senate candidates Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio be fair and balanced?
Both men are telegenic and smooth -- even slippery in the best political tradition -- and neither camp is losing an opportunity to frame the impact of "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace," which will air live from Fox News' Washington, D.C. bureau (check local listings for times).
In Florida this week, the Senate passed Senator Don Gaetz's jobs bill. A good bill we should all support. It has a significant price tag so it will not be easy.
Florida remains the political frontline in the battle on health care.
As Florida Republicans in Washington demand the repeal of the new health-care reform law, Democrats in Florida blast Attorney General Bill McCollums lawsuit challenging the law's constitutionality.
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Florida, introduced a bill in Congress to repeal health-care reforms that President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday.
Monday, March 22, 2010
It is the beginning of week four. It is hard to believe that the session is almost half over.
Florida's Grapefruit League is lagging in the attendance race this year, losing its once-formidable lead to Arizona's Cactus League.
Since holding a 22-8 advantage in Major League Baseball Spring Training sites in 1998, Florida is now tied with the desert venue at 15 teams apiece and attendance has flattened accordingly.
A Senate committee has scaled back its attempt to tie the governors hands in negotiating a compact that would expand the gaming rights of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
On Wednesday, the Senate Regulated Industries Committee passed SB 622, a bill that requires the Legislature ratify the governors compact to give the tribe exclusive rights to blackjack and other casino-style card games. It would also lower taxes and license fees for some gambling activities at a number of pari-mutuel facilities. And, it would void the governors compact from last year.
