Gov. Rick Scott released a statement Thursday night on the shooting death of two Miami policemen. Said the governor:
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By Kevin Derby
Travel and Leisure magazine has ranked America's favorite cities, and Florida's premier municipalities -- Orlando and Miami -- did very well, with Orlando being ranked the No. 1 city for a family vacation.
By Kevin Derby
Two Miami-Dade police officers were killed Thursday morning while trying to serve an arrest warrant for homicide. One of the suspects accused of shooting the officers was killed by return fire. The other was taken into custody.
Later in the afternoon, Congressman Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, briefly expressed condolences to "all those affected by the tragic and senseless deaths of two Miami-Dade officers this morning."
By Kevin Derby
Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, wants the U.S. Senate to take up the repeal of the federal health care law signed by President Barack Obama last year. Representatives in the House passed repeal legislation Wednesday.
By Kevin Derby
Noted political pundit Larry Sabato weighed in on the Republican field for 2012 -- and put U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in the second tier of presidential possibilities. While Rubio was behind the front-runners, he was included at the same level of more established candidates, including former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and U.S. Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana.
By Kevin Derby
Existing home sales in Florida rose slightly in 2010, bucking the national trend, but rampant foreclosures supressed sales prices, according to data released Thursday by the Florida Association of Realtors.
Home sales jumped 5 percent last year over 2009, but the median sales price was $136,500, a 4 percent drop. Still, sales trends in the Sunshine State reversed those across the rest of the nation, which experienced a 4.8 percent decline in 2010, the weakest year for home sales since 1997.
By Kevin Derby
Former New York Gov. George Pataki, who has been pushing for repeal of President Barack Obamas federal health care law, thanked U.S. House Speaker John Boehner for the repeal vote that passed the House on Wednesday. Pataki, who leads the Revere America PAC, is contemplating running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis was tapped as vice chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee on Thursday, and will serve under a fellow Floridian, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, who chairs the committee.
It is an honor to continue to serve, not only the veterans in my district, but also those throughout the nation. As our men and women in uniform continue returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, this committee has an important role in ensuring that their needs are met.
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Gov. Rick Scott takes to Twitter from 7-7:30 p.m. Thursday, when he will hold a virtual town hall meeting.
The governor invites questions @FLGovScott.
"I will answer as many as I can," he tweeted.
With nearly 5,000 followers on Scott's Twitter account, expect a lot of traffic.
By Kevin Derby
Jon Bussey, who headed Gov. Rick Scott's Florida Lottery transition team, is joining Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm National Strategies LLC (NSI) as the vice president of its Florida practice.
Bussey was also the chief of staff for the Department of Lottery and the Department of Transportation under former Gov. Charlie Crist, and served under former Gov. Jeb Bush in the Department of Community Affairs.
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