Florida lawmakers crawled closer to striking a deal on new congressional maps Wednesday, though an official agreement hasn’t been reached just yet. There are only two days until the redistricting special session officially ends, and on Wednesday the full Senate took up an amended set of maps with slight differences from the original congressional base maps proposed before the legislative session began.
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., running for the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016 is taking aim at bigger game than his Senate rivals in former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not seek a second term in the Senate.
Gov. Rick Scott announced on Wednesday that Florida tourism continued to boom with a record-high number of guests visiting the Sunshine State in the first half of the year.
If you're rich enough, and you want to want to live in the United States badly enough, you don't have to cross a border in the dead of night. You can buy your way in. You can apply for an "investor visa" -- properly known as an EB-5 award.
Florida Power & Light received pushback Tuesday from South Florida officials and other critics as it requested $34.2 million from customers to continue planning a pair of nuclear reactors at its Turkey Point complex in Miami-Dade County.
The request, if approved by the Florida Public Service Commission in October, would place the cost for new nuclear power at 34 cents on a typical residential customer's monthly bill in 2016.
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Florida’s fight to allow concealed weapons on college campuses will live to see another legislative session come January. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, has resurrected a bill allowing college students with concealed weapons permits to carry firearms on campus. Just a few short months ago, legislation to allow guns on college campuses was close to becoming a reality.
The Python Challenge™ is back. Trademarked this time. "Building on the success of its 2013 Python Challenge™," the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida Inc. (Foundation) announced Tuesday additional details of the 2016 Python Challenge™.
The Florida House stepped closer to finalizing a new set of maps for Florida’s congressional districts on Tuesday, but the passage of a bill approving a set of base maps wasn’t met without criticism from several lawmakers who blasted both the Florida Supreme Court as well as the entire redistricting special session.
U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., who is running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the U.S. Senate in 2016 is wanting an investigation into the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department in light of last month’s report that tens of thousands of Americans were living in public housing despite exceeding the maximum earning level required to live there.
“With an ever-growing waitlist for housing assistance from those truly in need, these incidences of waste, fraud and abuse must be eliminated immediately,” Jolly said. “It is time to clean house at HUD.”
The Florida Farm Bureau announced its Legislators of the Year and Champions for Agriculture awards even as the Florida Legislature continues to hold a special session in Tallahassee this week. On Tuesday, the Farm Bureau named state Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, and state Rep. Katie Edwards, D-Sunrise, as Legislators of the Year. The group also recognized Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, for his work on agriculture issues. Both Crisafulli and Edwards have garnered buzz as potential candidates for higher office, including state agriculture commissioner.
