Christian Ziegler wants to make life a little easier for Republican state committeemen and women if they select him to be the Republican Party of Florida’s next chair. Gone, Ziegler says, are the days of scrambling to quickly draft up press releases, make event flyers and reach out to voters. A new development is on the horizon -- and it will focus all on collaboration among the party faithful.
With one of President-elect Donald Trump’s chief domestic priorities being a $1 trillion infrastructure and transportation plan over the next ten years, a South Florida Republican on Capitol Hill will play a major role in shaping its final version.
This week a South Florida Republican congressman once again paired up with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in urging the federal government to recognize the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
On Tuesday, Cruz and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., brought out the “Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act.” While noting members of the Muslim Brotherhood are classified as terrorists, the organization as a whole is not. This not a new topic for the two Republicans who brought out a similar proposal back in November 2015.
Not enough of Florida's college students are graduating in four years, Gov. Rick Scott says, but fear not -- Scott says he's got a plan to fix the problem.
Talkers magazine, well regarded in the talk radio community, has looked at the top stories and people of the last year and, not surprisingly, the presidential race overshadowed everything else.
Speakers at the 32nd annual Everglades Coalition conference in Sanibel over the weekend highlighted the complexity of restoring the Everglades ecosystem -- though the theme of the event, “Three Estuaries, One Solution,” concentrated largely on the benefits of sending and storing water south of Lake Okeechobee.
Former House Speaker Steve Crisafulli bowed out of a potential race for agriculture commissioner on Tuesday, leaving the 2018 campaign for the Cabinet position without a clear front-runner.
Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, comes from a family with deep roots in the state's citrus industry and had made no secret of the fact that he was considering a bid for agriculture commissioner. Adam Putnam, who currently holds the post, is term-limited and expected to run for governor in 2018.
But in a statement issued Monday, Crisafulli said he was out of the race.
Like many Republicans, Gov. Rick Scott has repealing Obamacare on the brain now that President Barack Obama is leaving office. On Monday, Scott penned a letter to Congress calling for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to repeal and replace the president's controversial healthcare law.
Florida Lieutenant Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera is signing off for Republican Party of Florida chairman Blaise Ingoglia, endorsing him for his reelection bid Monday morning.
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., is set to play a major role on investigating the IRS, health-care, Social Security and Medicare as he will take over the U.S. House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee.
