The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) came out swinging at U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., for backing President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran over that nation’s nuclear program.
State Rep. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), rallied the GOP Saturday night, insisting next year’s presidential election will come down to the Sunshine State. He called for new outreach efforts and staying on point with a conservative message.
Continuing his bid to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., businessman and veteran Todd Wilcox warned conservatives over the weekend about an out-of-control executive branch and the expansion of the federal government.
Rick Perry ran out of money days ago. He was laying off staff and sitting at about 1 percent in national polls on Friday when he announced he would become the first in the 2016 Republican presidential race to throw in the towel.
The controversial legislation to allow firearms on college campuses will be brought back to legislative life Wednesday when it will be heard in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee.
All of the parties involved in a legal fight over the shape of the state's congressional districts have until Monday to submit maps they believe should be used in the looming 2016 elections, a Leon County judge ruled Friday.
An order approved by Circuit Judge Terry Lewis lays out the timeline for the latest stage of the courtroom battle, now in its fourth year. The Legislature's version of the congressional map was thrown out in July by the Florida Supreme Court, which said the plan violated the anti-gerrymandering "Fair Districts" standards approved by voters in 2010.
So far, the legislative effort to review lobbying firms' compensation reports hasn't appeared to find any signs of corruption or malfeasance. But some firms might want to clean up their books a little bit.
To try to gauge whether lobbying firms were leveling on reports they are required to file with the state about who's paying them to work the Capitol, the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee decided to look over those statements from 2014. The panel picked 26 lobbying firms to undergo random audits. In that first batch, 16 had "findings," meaning they got something wrong.
If this week’s events are any indicator, Florida’s redistricting drama is far from over even as the clock winds down to Oct. 17, when both chambers must reach some kind of agreement on Florida’s congressional maps. Ever since they left Tallahassee at the end of August, the question of which set of maps will get the rubber stamp has been looming over state lawmakers, who can’t come to a mutual agreement on which set is best for Florida voters.
U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., the one member of the Florida delegation who remained on the fence over President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, has finally taken sides. She annonced Thursday she opposes the deal.
President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran over its nuclear program took center stage in the race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., on Wednesday.
