On Tuesday, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on the data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in which more than 4 million federal employees had their data stolen with many signs pointing to China as the culprit.
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Florida TaxWatch insisted on Tuesday that the Legislature could have done more to cut taxes this year. On Monday, the Legislature passed $400 million in tax cuts and Gov. Rick Scott signed them into law on Tuesday.
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U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., showcased his pride in federal funding for the Everglades contained in the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill passed Tuesday by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee.
Over the five years I’ve written for Sunshine State News, I rarely get personal but a recent honor from the Florida Wildlife Federation (FWF) makes me forego my usual policy.
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Gov. Rick Scott eagerly signed into law around $430 million in tax cuts Tuesday, including reducing cell phone and TV services taxes. Scott had pushed for $470 million in cuts at the start of the regular session in March -- and in spite of the hospital-funding pull on reserves, he nearly got what he asked for. The House and the Senate passed the cuts on Monday.
Businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump launched a bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, swinging away at two presidential candidates from Florida who are also running for the Republican nod: former Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.
While he flirted with running for president before, including for the Reform Party nomination in 2000 and the Republican nomination in 2012, Trump announced on Tuesday morning that he is running for the Republican presidential nomination and called for the “right people” to lead the nation.
Donald Trump continued pounding former Gov. Jeb Bush in the launch of his presidential bid. Calling Common Core a “disaster,” Trump ripped into Bush for supporting it.
“How the hell can you vote for this guy?” Trump asked before hitting Bush from the right.
“Bush is totally in favor of Common Core,” Trump said. “He is weak on immigration.”
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Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he is running for the Republican presidential nomination and called for the “right people” to lead the nation.
“This will be an election, in my opinion, based on competence,” Trump said, hitting politicians for failing to stand up to Mexico and China and making a hash of the Middle East.
Trump noted that GOP rivals former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., had problems providing an answer on how they would have handled Iraq had they been in George W. Bush’s shoes in 2003.
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From his perch as the chairman of the U.S. Senate Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., fired away at President Barack Obama after administration members met with Diosdado Cabello, who leads Venezuela’s National Assembly, over the weekend. Cabello is being investigated by the U.S. government for drug trafficking.
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As another potential Democratic candidate contemplates entering the race, Democrat Eric Lynn came out swinging in recent days at U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., on trade and other economic issues -- even as they both opposed the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill in Congress.
Lynn, a former official in President Barack Obama’s administration, opposed the White House on TPA but focused most of his fire at Jolly in an email sent out on Friday.
