With the state Legislature heading to Tallahassee to kick off a special session Monday on congressional redistricting, two Democrats in the Florida delegation announced Friday they would not run against each other, even if they end up in the same district.
Republicans were ready for a street fight Thursday night in a compelling, sometimes fierce presidential debate -- main event in the first of the 2016 race -- with front-runner Donald Trump in the center position among a field of 10, going on the offensive from the first question.
Seven Republican presidential candidates lagging in the polls debated in the undercard match-up on Thursday, generally avoiding attacking each other while firing away on President Barack Obama and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clitnton -- and throwing a few jabs at businessman Donald Trump who is leading the polls on the Republican side.
Less than a year into his second term as Florida's Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Atwater says he is asked daily about future political ambitions.
And so far, the former Senate president and former bank president --- who can't run again for the CFO post because of term limits --- professes that team Atwater hasn't made any decisions.
"We're not maneuvering our energy in any direction at this point for any future role," Atwater said, insisting that was his "straight up honest answer."
The special legislative session to hammer out Florida’s congressional redistricting is only five days away, and many state lawmakers are suiting up to get down to business when they return to the Capitol for the third session this year.
U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., announced Thursday she will go to federal court to stop congressional redistricting, insisting that last month’s Florida Supreme Court decision violated the federal Voting Rights Act.
With most of Thursday's focus on tonight's two Republican debates, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced it will hold six presidential primary debates, including one in Florida.
After eight hours of testimony, discussion and presentations, the Florida Development Financing Corp. approved the use of $1.75 billion through Private Activity Bonds (PAB) for All Aboard Florida to expand passenger rail through counties convinced the "service" will negatively and forever affect their communities' safety and character.
The Senate might be patting itself on the back for extending participation in the International Space Station, but NASA Administrator Charles Bolden wants Congress to know his agency is being forced to rely on Russia for launches instead of returning the flights to this country. And nobody at NASA is happy about it.
It's a contract "modification" worth $490 million to Russia.
With the Florida Legislature returning to Tallahassee next week to start a special session on congressional redistricting, the base map of the state’s 27 congressional districts was released on Wednesday.
