Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, released a video update on committee work on Thursday. Gardiner touched base on issues ranging from education to the economic damage from the oil spill in the Gulf to the State of the Union.
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By Kevin Derby
Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the one of the most tragic moments in Floridas history -- the Challenger disaster that claimed the lives of astronauts Dick Scobee, Michael Smith, Gregory Jarvis,Christa McAuliffe,Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka and Judith Resnik. Canceling the State of the Union address scheduled for that night, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation, offering a tribute which is still poignant after all these years.
By Kevin Derby
With reports out that Gov. Rick Scott is contemplating creating a state department of commerce, leaders from the business community said on Thursday they were open to the proposal.
By Kevin Derby
Democratic presidential candidate Randall Terry -- the pro-life activist who founded Operation Rescue and who Floridians may remember for his role in the Teri Schiavo case as well as his challenge to the late Senate President Jim King in the Republican primary back in 2006 --offered stinging words for President Barack Obamas State of the Union address. Terry is challenging Obama in the Democratic primaries in 2012.
By Kevin Derby
Attorney General Pam Bondi and law enforcement leaders including FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey and Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen are warning Floridians of a new drug threat in the form of MDPV (Methylenedioxypyrovalerone), also known as bath salts. Bondi set up an emergency rule to add MDPV to the list of banned controlled substances.
By Kevin Derby
Early Thursday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is contemplating running for the Republican presidential nomination, offered her take on President Barack Obamas State of the Union address.
The Presidents State of the Union address boiled down to this message: The era of big government is here as long as I am, so help me pay for it. He dubbed it a 'Winning The Future speech, but the titles acronym seemed more accurate than much of the content, noted Palin.
By Kevin Derby
Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan took to the House floor on Wednesday to repeat his call to prevent Cuba from drilling off the Florida coastline.
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By Kevin Derby
While most of the leading Republican presidential candidates have been fairly quiet in their takes on President Barack Obamas State of the Union address, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who ran for the GOP nod in 2008 and is almost certain to do so again in 2012, offered his view on the speech on Wednesday afternoon.
By Kevin Derby
Deriding a law that requires septic tank inspections once every five years that was passed last year as "one-size-fits-all," Sen. Charlie Dean, R-Inverness, who chairs the Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee, said he wants to rework the law to allow for greater local control. He has filed a bill that would repeal the law, which requires the Department of Health to conduct inspections on septic tanks.
By Kevin Derby
The U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to requests made by then-Gov. Charlie Crist, current Gov. Rick Scott and members of the Florida congressional delegation to have counties across the Sunshine State declared disaster areas due to the cold weather that impacted the state in December and January.
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