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Gov. Rick Scott will never win any popularity contests with the liberals at Florida's teacher union. Now, his curious call to shift budget savings back to education threatens to undermine his conservative base, as well.
As your lieutenant governor, I am asking you to pause this Monday and reflect about the meaning of Memorial Day.
One of the painfully revealing episodes in Barack Obama's book "Dreams From My Father" describes his early experience listening to a sermon by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
The Republican Party needs Marco Rubio on its 2012 ticket.
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Americans see less federal spending as good for the economy, according to a new poll released Wednesday by Rasmussen Reports.
The poll found 62 percent of likely American voters think the government should cut spending to deal with the nation's economic problems. Voters still aren't hot on government spending -- only 23 percent believe the government should be spending more to respond to the struggling economy.
By Kevin Derby
Add another Republican candidate to the crowded primary field looking to replace term-limited Rep. Bryan Nelson, R-Apopka, in the Florida House. Belita "B" Martin Grassel, who had been the president of the Lake County Education Association teachers' union, filed her paperwork on Monday to run for the House seat which represents parts of Lake and Orange County. Grassel did not seek re-election to her position as president of the teachers' union earlier this year.
By Kevin Derby
With President Barack Obama traveling to Jacksonville to give a speech on the economy on Thursday, Republicans from across Florida continue to welcome him to the First Coast with stinging words. The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) continues to throw jabs at Obama on the economy, launching the lastest attack on Wednesday which insists Obama is looking for a mulligan on the economy.
By Kevin Derby
With conservatives wary of him after his prominent role in passing immigration reform in the Senate, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., played up his opposition to President Barack Obamas federal health-care law on Tuesday. Rubio is a leading potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016.
Rubio took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to call for defunding the law.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., went to bat for the First Coast on Tuesday when he wrote U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., urging him to include funds to clear the Mile Point cross currents in the St. Johns River in the reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). Shuster is the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The Mile Point currents impact schedules for when ships can enter the St. Johns and port in Jacksonville.
By Kevin Derby
As a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., weighed in on Tuesday to express his opposition to President Barack Obamas nomination of Samantha Power to serve as ambassador to the United Nations. Despite Rubio voting against her, Power easily cleared the committee and is expected to win a full Senate confirmation vote in the days to come.
By Kevin Derby
A group affiliated with former Congressman Ron Paul is warning that House Republicans could be supporting legislation imposing a national ID card. John Tate, the president of the Campaign for Liberty which Paul chairs, sent out a message to supporters on Tuesday to sound the alarm.
By Kevin Derby
After losing a Florida Senate primary battle to Aaron Bean last year, former Rep. Mike Weinstein, currently serving as the CEO of Volunteers in Medicine, turned his focus back to local politics. On Wednesday, Weinstein announced he was running for the Jacksonville City Council seat currently held by Stephen Joost who faces term limits in 2015.
By Nancy Smith
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has announced an initiative beginning this week to make Floridas beach waters and other recreational waters safer.
In a written press statement the department said it has new laboratory tools and assessment methods to identify and reduce the sources of pathogens in recreational waters. It will develop new rules that refine water quality standards to take advantage of this new technology and the data.
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The Florida Democratic Party is slamming Gov. Rick Scott over his alleged absence in the wake of the scandal over the deaths of five children with a history of interaction with child-abuse investigators from the Department of Children and Families.
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