Former Gov. Jim Gilmore, R-Va., announced on Tuesday that he is joining the crowd of candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination. Gilmore told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that he plans to launch his bid in early August and said the current crop of Republican hopefuls were ignoring homeland security matters.
All Aboard Florida (AAF) will be working with Archer Western focusing on the Orlando International Airport, part of its efforts to build high speed connecting Orlando to Miami. On Wednesday, AAF announced the agreement which will created 75 new jobs and “hundreds of additional opportunities for subcontractors and suppliers” Archer Western is already responsible for working on the AAF line between West Palm Beach and Miami.
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Morality is always higher than law. Any sincere system of law, beginning with the Ten Commandments, is the human attempt to express morality in language. Law is itself higher than whim.
When law expresses “malus in se” it expresses that an offense against that law is “evil in itself” as determined by human experience. “Malus in se” laws include those against murder, robbery, bearing false witness, adultery, child abuse, and so forth. “Malus in se” is distinguished from “malus prohibitus.”
A bill from a Florida congressman which ensures every veteran receives an ID card from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs without burdening taxpayers is headed to President Barack Obama’s desk after the U.S. House backed it without opposition Tuesday.
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., introduced the Veterans ID Card Act earlier this year. Buchanan’s bill would ensure all veterans receive ID cards from the VA instead of just those who served 20 years in the armed forces or are seeking medical treatment for service-related wounds.
After a high-profile legislative debate this spring about concealed weapons on college campuses, a state appeals court is poised to hear arguments in a dispute about whether guns should be allowed in residence halls and other housing at the University of Florida.
WASHINGTON -- "So, Mom," he says. "Did you tweet that you were going on 'Meet the Press'?"
No.
"Did you tweet that you were going on 'Hardball'?"
No.
Good news for Florida: a new study released Tuesday shows Florida is in the top five for the nation’s healthiest states financially.
United for Care, the organization responsible for putting medical marijuana on the 2014 ballot, claimed Tuesday that it's less than 5,000 petitions away from doing the same thing again in 2016.
"We're already close to hitting 100,000 in the number of petitions we've actually collected," Ben Pollara, United for Care campaign manager, told Sunshine State News. "Barring a fire in our headquarters, we'll probably hit it this week.
Grading state lawmakers on their performances during the regular and special legislative sessions is an annual tradition for the Florida Chamber of Commerce. On Tuesday, the chamber unveiled this year’s Legislative Report Card to show voters which lawmakers were committed to promoting a pro-jobs agenda in 2015.
