In recent years, Florida Republicans have contrasted the way government is run in the Sunshine State with the dysfunction in Washington, D.C., insisting things were run smoothly in Tallahassee. That fiction was exposed Friday as the two chambers of the state Legislature were at each other’s throats over congressional redistricting.
It looks to be game over -- at least for now -- for the Florida Legislature, which couldn’t reach an agreement on a set of redrawn congressional maps during the August special session.
Gov. Rick Scott announced in Naples on Friday that the unemployment rate in Florida dropped to 5.4 percent as almost 17,000 new jobs were created in the month. In June, the unemployment rate was 5.5 percent, the lowest it had been since March 2008.
Lost in the shuffle while Donald Trump leads the polls and dominates media coverage of the Republican presidential race, this week U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., tried to make the case that he represented the nation’s future as he called for a “New American Economy for the 21st Century.”
Senate leaders crafting new districts for the chamber in 2012 held confidential meetings to discuss maps with lawmakers before the maps were made public, while at the same time boasting about "the most open and transparent redistricting process in Florida's history," according to court documents.
Depositions and other evidence in a long-running lawsuit about the Senate districts were released this week, at the same time that lawmakers are holding a special session to redraw congressional lines that were struck down as unconstitutional gerrymanders by the Florida Supreme Court.
For basically anyone involved in the Common Core State Standards, the road to the implementation of the national education standards has been anything but smooth. The same is true for any Republican hoping to snag the party’s presidential nomination -- and one website has doled out a “report card” on how each candidate is responding to concerns about Common Core.
A new poll shows former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has the lead in the Florida Democratic presidential primary but there is room for Vice President Joe Biden if he decides to enter the race. Biden is currently contemplating launching a third presidential bid.
Businessman Donald Trump is now beating former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., in his Sunshine State hometurf while Dr. Ben Carson has moved up to catch U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for third, a new poll shows.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is losing steam in Florida, the largest swing state in the 2016 general election, a new poll shows. Quinnipiac University released a poll of Florida voters on Thursday which shows Clinton, the favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, underwater in the Sunshine State. A solid majority of those surveyed -- 55 percent -- view her as unfavorable while 37 percent see Clinton in a favorable light.
As relations between Florida A&M University's president and board chairman reached a new low this week, lawmakers who are FAMU alumni called Wednesday for Chairman Rufus Montgomery to resign his post --- but he quickly refused.
Senate Minority Leader Arthenia Joyner of Tampa, Sen. Dwight Bullard of Miami, Rep. Mia Jones of Jacksonville, Rep. Alan Williams of Tallahassee and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum --- all Democrats and FAMU alumni --- called for Montgomery's resignation following months of conflict.
