Tallahassee attorney Mary Thomas announced on Wednesday she was forming an exploratory committee as she looks at running for the Republican nomination to challenge freshman U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., in 2016.
A key staffer to one of the leading Republicans in Washington, D.C., has decided not to join the crowded field running for the congressional seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., who is running for the U.S Senate.
Gov. Rick Scott's disclosed net worth as of Wednesday was $146.8 million, an increase of $14.1 million from the start of his re-election year.
According to a newly-filed financial-disclosure report posted online Wednesday, the majority of Scott's money --- $128.8 million --- is cached in the "Governor Richard L. Scott 2014 Qualified Blind Trust." The four-page report provides a glimpse at Scott's net worth as of Dec. 31, 2014.
A law creating a 24-hour mandatory waiting period before a woman would be allowed to get an abortion went into effect Wednesday after Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an appeal staying a circuit court judge’s block of the law.
Businessman Todd Wilcox moved a step closer to running for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as he resigned his post as CEO of Patriot Capital.
Wilcox announced last month that he would leave Patriot Capital to focus on an exploratory effort for the Senate seat currently held by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not run for a second Senate term.
President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday the full normalization of relations with Cuba including opening an embassy in Havana on July 20. "This is a historic step forward in our efforts to normalize relations with the Cuban government and people and begin a new chapter with our neighbors in the Americas,” Obama said.
Beltway Democrats continue to climb on former Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chairwoman Annette Taddeo’s bandwagon but Republicans continue to note that she isn’t from the South Florida district where she is running for Congress.
Former Republican Party of Florida Chairwoman Leslie Dougher is looking to return to Tallahassee, this time as a member of the Florida House of Representatives.
After almost two years in the works, state gambling regulators on Tuesday released the latest version of proposed pari-mutuel regulations governing everything from how much jockeys can weigh to the shape and size of horse tracks.
But industry insiders predict that the rules face a challenge if they aren't revised.
Hardly a day went by during this year’s legislative session -- and most sessions before that -- that a well-dressed gentleman didn’t give public comment on, well, most any bill which even had the remote possibility of passing through the Legislature.
