Judge Kevin Carroll of the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court of Florida on Monday dismissed a motion by the Florida Nurses Association and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) to rehear their suit on plans by the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to privatize prison health services.

The original suit had been dismissed by Carroll on July 2, when he found the matter moot after a provision in an appropriations bill authorizing the privatization expired on June 30.

I think Im the next president of the United States, based on the 1.9 million people who have taken the test at isidewith.com. And interestingly, I side with more Floridians and Texans than any other state.

Amid popular discontent with GOPofficialdom, the various speakers at presidential primary candidate Ron Pauls official prenominating convention pep rally on Sunday maintained a relatively positive tone, emphasizing the need for liberty-minded voters to remain united and persevering in the effort to inject their politics into the mainstream of the Republican Party.

"The Constitution does not need to be scrapped; it needs to be abided by," thundered Jim Clymer, Constitution Party vice presidential candidate and former party chairman, to a smattering of an audience at the 2012 Ron Paul Festival, as hundreds more people frequented the vendors in the neighboring Expo Hall.

Floridas $1.6 billioninvestment in bioscience is yielding high returns, according to two reports published by the industry and presented at its annual conference in June.

Biotechnology (or biotech) is the use of living organisms in the development of useful products, most commonly in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and in the development of agriculture.

By now, weve all heard the story: A candidate for major federal office has put his foot in his mouth, making a comment that exploited centuries of hateful prejudices against an historically oppressed class of citizens, and which made light of their sufferings.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott's office released a statement Thursday afternoon on the state's application of new early voting laws, amid speculation that the press release amounted to a not-so-veiled threat against the Monroe County supervisor of elections.

As Republican speakers and delegates gear up for their national convention in Tampa, Aug. 27-30, the partys libertarian faction is getting ready to put its own unique stamp on the weeks proceedings: Ron Paul Festival 2012.

The three-day festival honoring the 12-term Texas congressman, at the Florida State Fairgrounds, Aug. 24-26, is taking place just before the Republican National Convention (RNC) kicks off. But an organizer for the event cautions that participants are not necessarily ready to rubber-stamp the GOP presidential ticket.