EPA Secretary Lisa Jackson on Monday pushed a federal task force to go beyond its immediate charge to look into ecosystem damage caused by the Gulf oil spill and explore ecological problems in the system that pre-dated the disaster.
The tea party, the movement, had a great week. The TEA Party, the party, not as much.
A seven-year effort to give voters more control over local growth decisions went down in defeat Tuesday as opponents of Amendment 4 rallied to defeat a proposal they said would have cost thousands of jobs and billions of dollars.
Floridas two largest electric utilities reported on Friday that they have posted higher earnings for the third quarter 2010 compared to last year as both took advantage of favorable weather and improved economic conditions.
Its taken seven years to reach the ballot, but voters on Nov. 2 will finally weigh in on whether they should get a vote on proposals to change the way their communities grow.
Candidates for governor combined to spend more than $5 million in their respective bids last week as they saturated the airwaves and amped up efforts to finish strongly in a race set to end in less than two weeks, the state Division of Elections reported on Friday.
Created to level the playing field and open the elections process to less affluent candidates, Floridas system of public campaign financing would likely go away if voters on Nov. 2 pass Amendment 1.
Overshadowed by high profile governor and Senate races, and a couple of controversial constitutional amendments, the race to become Floridas chief financial officer has largely flown below the election-year radar.
U.S. military personnel serving outside the United States would be eligible for an additional property tax break under a proposed constitutional amendment facing voters Nov. 2.
Disgruntled donors who want Gov. Charlie Crist to return contributions made when he was a Republican will have to file their cases individually, a senior circuit court judge ruled Thursday by rejecting a motion to allow thousands of cases to be joined in a class action lawsuit.
