Behind the jokes on national television aboutback waxing, Gov. Charlie Cristis in a fight for his political life.
A poll released Tuesdayshows former House Speaker Marco Rubio trouncing Crist for the Republican Senate nomination, 60-28.
Legislation moving the burden of proof from retailers to injured plaintiffs passed the House Criminal and Civil Justice Policy Council and will be brought to the House floor, but Republicans and Democrats alike agree the bill still needs work.
The South Florida Water Management District faces a defining vote at its meeting this week, one that could bring the agency to the fiscal brink and force an increase in property taxes for homeowners in 16 South Florida counties.
A bill that would give the Senate president, House speaker and other leading lawmakers the right to establish committees that can campaign and raise funds for members of their political parties will be considered at the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee Tuesday morning.
Supporters of SB 880 say it will improve financial accountability in state campaigns.
Everyones been clamoring for more transparency, and this provides it, said incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island.
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 8, 2010.With lawmakers already frustrated over a lack of oversight, recent reports on the states landmark $536 million Everglades agreement with U.S. Sugar Corp. may add momentum for a legislative response in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the controversial deal, a key House lawmaker said Monday.
Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has, if you called the tail a leg? When the audience said "five," Lincoln corrected them, saying that the answer was four. "The fact that you call a tail a leg does not make it a leg."
That same principle applies today. The fact that politicians call something a "stimulus" does not make it a stimulus. The fact that they call something a "jobs bill" does not mean there will be more jobs.
Greece this past weekend saw the worst rioting since the debt crisis began. After Athens had announced new tax hikes and budget cuts to reduce a deficit of 13 percent of gross domestic product, mobs drove guards from Greece's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and attacked police.
The union representing Florida teachers lashed out Monday at a bill that would allow teachers hired after July 1 to function under a different set of rules.
Stakes are rising in Florida's brewing water war with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"Potentially, this will cost businesses $100 billion to $200 billion, just in capital costs," Kurt Spitzer, executive director of the Florida Stormwater Association, told Sunshine State News Monday.
"Frankly, we're mystified by the (proposed) rules."
While most state lawmakers cheer Florida education's "race to the top," the state teachers union is engaged in a "race to mediocrity."
Why do I say that?
Because -- except for the colossally expensive class-size amendment -- the Florida Education Association hasn't been on board for a single significant reform since the mid-1990s, when education in the Sunshine State ranked in the nation's bottom quartile.
