A new poll shows Florida is behind lowering sanctions with Cuba. St. Leo University released a poll on Thursday showing a majority of Floridian s- -63 percent -- support easing restrictions on Cuba while 16 percent want the current sanctions to stay in place and 9 percent call for ending all trade with that communist nation.
Businessman Paul Spain is running for Congress again but he has set his eyes on a different seat than the one he ran for last time out.
CNN announced on Wednesday night it will host a debate between the Republican presidential hopefuls in Florida on March 10, five days before the Sunshine State hosts its primary.
While slicing and dicing other areas of the budget, lawmakers plan to boost the state's spending on prisons by $43 million to address needs such as replacing vehicles and fixing leaky roofs and to wipe out a years-long deficit.
The Florida School Boards Association, one of the groups heavily invested in the lawsuit over Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship program, decided Wednesday it wouldn't be appealing a Leon County Circuit Court judge's dismissal of the case.
Former Gov. Charlie Crist went to bat for his old running mate Annette Taddeo on Wednesday and Florida Republicans went on the attack against last year’s Democratic gubernatorial ticket.
Taddeo, the former chairwoman of the Miami-Dade Democrats, is running for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., and Crist is clearly behind his old political partner.
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., currently running for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., unveiled a proposal to reduce the federal gas tax on Wednesday.
DeSantis teamed up with U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, a frequent legislative partner of Rubio’s, to unveil the Transportation Empowerment Act on Wednesday. The proposal would cut the federal gas tax by 14.6cents over a gallon over a five-year period to 3.7 cents and give the states more power on how to spend federal monies for transportation and infrastructure projects.
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, running for the Democratic nomination to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., doubled down Wednesday on his support for raising the minimum wage, drawing fire from the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF).
“What helps workers, businesses, and the economy as a whole?” Murphy asked on Wednesday. “Raising the minimum wage. That's why I'm sponsoring the Raise the Wage Act in the House. The Raise the Wage Act would raise the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020, and it would benefit more than 2.2 million Floridians.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released a report Wednesday indicating no changes in citrus from the Sunshine State -- news an official from the Florida Department of Citrus described as “welcome.”
Florida politicos should expect the 2015 special session to end slightly early. Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, said Wednesday he anticipates wrapping up budget negotiations by Tuesday, June 16. That means state lawmakers will vote on the final budget next Friday, June 19, a day before the scheduled end of session.
Legislators have been chugging ahead with budget negotiations since the beginning of the month, working into the weekend for meetings deciding allocations in various areas of the state budget.
