July 2, 2015 - 11:45am
Florida will receive over $3.25 billion in a nearly $20 billion settlement over a 2010 oil spill which devastated the Gulf of Mexico, Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday.
Panther Man: Here's Visual Evidence of Skewed Panther Count
Submitted by Nancy Smith on July 2, 2015 - 1:31pm
Mike Elfenbein makes a good point on the questionable Florida panther numbers Florida records.
Elfenbein, 38, a Charlotte County hunter who has studied the panthers at length and supports taking the animal off the endangered species list, sent Sunshine State News the photo on this page. It was taken on private land in Lee County.
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Sean Ashby Back for Another Try at Florida House Seat
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 2, 2015 - 10:53am
Teacher Sean Ashby is making another effort to win a Florida House seat. Ashby announced on Thursday that he will run for the seat currently held by state Rep. Tom Goodson, R-Titusville, which represents parts of Orange and Brevard counties. Goodson is gunning for the seat currently held by term-limited House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, and Rep. Rene “Coach P” Plasencia, R-Orlando, who currently represents just Orange County, will run for the seat Goodson is giving up.
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Florida's Odd Ties to Four Declaration of Independence Signers
July 2, 2015 - 10:15am
Think Florida has no connection to the Declaration of Independence? Actually Florida played a large role in the lives of four of the signers, three of whom celebrated the first Independence Day in Florida on July 4, 1781.
James Monroe, Who Died on Independence Day, the Founding Father Who Most Shaped Florida
July 2, 2015 - 10:00am
Florida has always been something of an afterthought in the American Revolution. Despite American efforts in the early stages of the war, the two colonies of East Florida and West Florida remained in British hands, though the Spanish broke through in Pensacola in 1781. Few of the Founding Fathers got involved with Florida though three South Carolinians who had signed the Declaration of Independence -- Arthur Middleton, Edward Rutledge and Thomas Heyward -- would be imprisoned in St. Augustine after the fall of Charleston.
Florida Getting at Least $3.25 Billion from BP Settlement
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 2, 2015 - 9:51am
On Thursday, BP announced a settlement with the federal government and states impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf in 2010. Gov. Rick Scott announced on Thursday that Florida will receive at least $3.25 billion, including $2 billion for economic damages and $680 million for natural resource damages. Florida is set to receive at least $572 million from the RESTORE Act with another $250 million headed to entities in the Sunshine State.
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Vatican Sends Relic to the First Coast to Mark 450th Anniversary of St. Augustine's Founding
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 2, 2015 - 9:28am
With the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine and the establishment of Catholicism in the United States being celebrated this summer, the Diocese of St. Augustine announced on Wednesday that, after talks with the Vatican and Italy, a relic of Augustine of Hippo, the theologian the city was named after, will be featured on the First Coast.
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Florida Establishments Make National Rankings of Top Wine Restaurants
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 2, 2015 - 9:07am
Five restaurants in Florida made Wine Enthusiast’s top 100 wine restaurants in the nation.
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Marco Rubio, GOP Senators Want Answers on Export-Import Bank Liquidation
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 2, 2015 - 8:55am
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined a host of conservative senators, including two rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, in writing Fred Hochberg, the chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank, about plans for an “orderly liquidation” of the Export-Import Bank. Other senators who signed on to the letter were Republican U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Cruz and Paul, like Rubio, are running for their party’s presidential nomination in 2016.
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Randy Fine Forgoes U.S. Senate Race, Focuses on Florida House
July 2, 2015 - 8:00am
Businessman Randy Fine has decided to forgo running for the U.S. Senate in 2016 to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and has his eyes firmly on Tallahassee.
Fine, a gaming consultant, told Politico in an article published on Wednesday night that he will not run for the Senate but will instead continue his bid for the Florida House seat currently held by term-limited Rep. John Tobia, R-Melbourne Beach.
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