October 13, 2014 - 6:00pm
Rick Scott Holds Narrow Lead Over Charlie Crist in New Poll
Submitted by Kevin Derby on October 14, 2014 - 9:27am
A poll released on Monday shows Gov. Rick Scott with a narrow lead over former Gov. Charlie Crist in the Florida gubernatorial race.
A poll from Gravis Marketing finds Scott ahead with 44 percent, Crist on his heels with 42 percent and 14 percent undecided. Libertarian candidate Adrian Wyllie -- who has polled in the high single digits in most polls and has cracked double digits in a few -- was left out of the survey.
The poll of 1,023 registered voters in Florida was taken from Oct. 11-12 and had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.
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Pam Bondi Asks Florida Supreme Court to Rule on Gay Marriage
Submitted by Anonymous on October 13, 2014 - 10:41pm
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is asking the Florida Supreme Court to rule on same-sex marriage in the Sunshine State. On Monday, Bondi filed an appeal with the 3rdDistrict Court of Appeal asking them to consider ruling on allowing gay couples to marry in Florida.
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Hispanic Graduations Soar
October 13, 2014 - 6:00pm
Hispanic high school dropouts hit record lows in 2013 despite 18-24-year-olds' numbers increasing by 50 percent since 2001.
Medical Marijuana Amendment 2 in Danger, New Poll Shows
Submitted by Kevin Derby on October 13, 2014 - 5:32pm
Amendment 2, a proposal to expand medical marijuana use in Florida, is in serious trouble according to a poll released on Monday.
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Rick Scott and Charlie Crist Running Close in New Poll
Submitted by Kevin Derby on October 13, 2014 - 5:25pm
A new poll shows the Florida gubernatorial race is down to the wire with three weeks to go.
St. Pete Polls took a survey on behalf of SaintPetersBlog which shows Gov. Rick Scott with the narrowest of leads, holding off Democratic challenger former Gov. Charlie Crist 44 percent to 43 percent. Libertarian Adrian Wyllie takes 8 percent while 5 percent are still undecided.
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Another Education Reform Comes and Goes
October 12, 2014 - 6:00pm
Once in a while, government does something right.
Ex-GOP Gubernatorial Hopeful Yinka Adeshina Arrested for Election Fraud
Submitted by Anonymous on October 13, 2014 - 4:52pm
Remember Yinka Adeshina, the Republican gubernatorial candidate who had a slew of ... interesting campaign donations?
Well, as it turns out, the Tallahassee Police Department arrested Adeshina Monday on two counts of fraud for submitting false reports to the Department of State. Adeshina had been on a three-week-long vacation in Nigeria.
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Local or National Elections?
October 13, 2014 - 6:00pm
Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill once said, "All politics is local." That may have been true in Tip O'Neill's day, but some elections are decisively on national issues -- and the congressional elections this year are overwhelmingly national, just as the elections of 1860 were dominated by one national issue, namely slavery.
Florida Officials Demand Preparation Against Ebola Outbreak
October 12, 2014 - 6:00pm
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