Veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings appears headed for another term in Congress.With financial figures in from the second quarter of 2010, Hastings has raised more than $610,000 and has slightly less than $300,000 in the bank.
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By Kevin Derby
Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton, who came to office in 2003 calling himself a conservative and pledging not to raise taxes, will present to the City Council a proposal to raise property taxes by 9 percent on Wednesday. While Peyton is cutting back on library hours and city employee salaries, he is also looking to keep public funds going to after-school programs, arguing that they have helped reduced crime in Jacksonville.
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Heard enough Medicare horror stories? Here's another chapter in the making.
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Tuesday that Rotech Healthcare was awarded 17 contracts for service.
That's good news for the Orlando company, but potentially precarious for the public purse, warns the Accredited Medical Equipment Providers of America, a Miami-based trade association.
By Kevin Derby
Former President of the Florida Senate Ken Pruitt is running for St. Lucie County property appraiser in a special election. The Republican lawmaker-turned-governmental-affairs-consultant is looking to step into the position in place of Jeffrey Furst, who died of a stroke last week.
Qualifying for the position is set for Thursday.
By Kevin Derby
Rick Scott, the front-runner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, released a new radio ad, calling on the Legislature to pass an immigration reform measure during nextweek's special session, like the one backed by Arizona.
By Nancy Smith
A bit of peekaboo, I see you luck befell Florida Democrats on Tuesday, when the Democratic National Committee noticed how toasty the state's highest-profile races were getting and expressed its excitement with a tidy contribution.
The DNC tossed $333,000 of its $2 million mid-term pot to Sunshine State Dems. In fact, the national party gave big bucks like these only to states where Democrats have a chance of winning Ohio and Florida.
By Kevin Derby
Lets Get to Work Florida, a 527 organization that is supporting Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rick Scott, released a new video attacking Attorney General Bill McCollum, Scotts main rival for the GOP nomination. The ad hammers McCollum for switching positions on issues ranging from stem cell research to immigration laws. The ad closes with speculation of what McCollum would try to do to keep up with Scott, and then shows a photo of McCollum with no hair -- shades of Scotts increasingly famous bald head.
By Kevin Derby
A new pollreleased Tuesday by Reuters and Ipsos shows Gov. Charlie Crist leading the race for the U.S. Senate seat while Rick Scott is the favorite in the gubernatorial race.
The poll has independent candidate Crist at 35 percent while former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the likely Republican nominee, places second with 28 percent. U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, who is facing a tough primary fight for the Democratic nomination from billionaire financier Jeff Greene, pulled 17 percent.
When Meek is replaced by Greene, Crist leads Rubio 34 percent to 29 percent.
By Kevin Derby
Rudy Moise, running in a crowded Democratic primary to replace U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek in Congress, has launchedhis first television ad. The winner of the Aug. 24 primary will face an independent in November; no Republican candidate made the final ballot.
By Kevin Derby
At the steps of the old Capitol to launch a new organization to register African-American and Caribbean voters across Florida, Sen. Tony Hill, D-Jacksonville, weighed in on a number of topics, including the special session of the Legislature next week, extension of unemployment benefits and the need for an Arizona-style law on immigration in the Sunshine State.
Hill disagreed with Gov. Charlie Crists proposal to limit the session to focusing on forwarding a proposed constitutional amendment to the voters which would ban oil drilling in state waters.
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