State Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, the Republican nominee for Floridas 25th Congressional District, is counting on his conservative message and ideology to carry him to victory in November.
Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam crossed the most taboo of Floridas partisan lines Tuesday as he campaigned for commissioner of agriculture and consumer services: The University of Florida graduate took his message to the campus of his schools hated rival, Florida State University.
More than 1,000 space-related workers are scheduled to be let go Friday in the first round of layoffs related to the imminent demise of the space shuttle program.
Florida will become the third state to seek a waiver of the controversial medical-loss ratio provision of the Affordable Care Act, the remnants of President Barack Obama's health-care reform law signed in March.
Attorney General Bill McCollum and Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson, at a joint press conference at the Capitol Thursday, announced a sweeping statewide crackdown on telemarketers who fraudulently scam timeshare customers.
Thursday marks the six-month anniversary of President Barack Obamas signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and congressional Republicans are taking advantage of the opportunity to decry the legislation that has revitalized their base ahead of the midterm elections.
Supporters of Amendment 8 kicked off the Right Size Class Size campaign Tuesday, hoping to convince Florida voters that relaxing class-size restrictions is the reasonable, most cost-effective and least-disruptive way to serve a changing student population in the Sunshine State.
The fight over Amendments 5 and 6, already litigious, is about to heat up.
With Florida's unemployment rate currently standing at 11.5 percent, environmental and renewable energy advocates and business leaders are pushing a transition to a green economy as a way to mitigate job losses.
Florida's faltering economy has hit a wide variety of businesses and special interests, leading to a decline in lobbyists at the state level.
