In one of his first official acts as U.S. senator, Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined six other Republican senators on a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The idea is to see firsthand the effect of U.S. involvement in the region.
Sen. Marco Rubio officially has a new job and a whole lot of ambition to go with it.
Shortly after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, and according to tradition, Marco Rubio walked down the aisle of the Senate floor with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., on his left and retired Sen. Mel Martinez on his right.
If you can't go to Tallahassee for the inauguration, Gov.-elect Rick Scott wants to bring it to you. Monday he hit three cities in the central and west coast portions of the state to thank his supporters and continue gathering ideas on growing Florida business and improving government.
Teacher performance pay exploded onto the political and educational scenes during the 2010 legislative session, but it was eventually vetoed by Gov. Charlie Crist. Now advisers on Gov.-elect Rick Scott's education team have made some tweaks that might help a similar bill to SB 6 pass in 2011.
According to the first report released from Gov.-elect Rick Scott's transition teams, Florida is on the road to ruin and needs a course correction -- quick.
Attorney General-elect Pam Bondi says she wants to help restore balance between the federal government and the states. Today she announced her support of the Repeal Amendment, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution which would allow two-thirds of the states to repeal any law or regulation of Congress.
In the midst of low-budget dollars and high unemployment discussions for the 2011 legislative session, Sen. Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach, is taking a detour to help save the lives of children with the use of relatively simple technology.
Rick Scott is giving every state legislator in Florida the chance to weigh in on his or her2011 priorities. And while he's getting plenty of thoughts on the top issues and how to approach them, he's getting almost nothing when he asks how they plan to pay for it.
State and local governments -- in fact, all Americans -- now have a way to track demographic trends, even in the smallest cities.
