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Bill Posey Looks to End 'Hidden Tax' in Dodd-Frank

Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 21, 2014 - 9:23am

U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., urged the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance to reform Dodd-Frank.

According to Poseys team:

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Marco Rubio Calls Out Obama's Handling of VA

Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 21, 2014 - 9:15am

Taking to the national airwaves, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., insisted President Barack Obamas momentum is fading and he is increasingly appearing to be a lame duck. Appearing on Bill OReillys show on Fox News on Tuesday night, Rubio also criticized the administrations handling of problems at VA medical centers across the nation.

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Pam Stewart Rejects Assertion That Common Core Test Aims to Turn Students Gay

Submitted by Anonymous on May 21, 2014 - 9:06am

After Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Keystone Heights, said the testing company behind Florida's new assessment has a "pro-homosexual agenda," Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart weighed in on the comments, rejecting the notion that the testing organization aims to make public school students gay.

Van Zant made the comments at an education conference in Orlando and said the American Institutes for Research test would "attract every one of your children to become as homosexual as they possibly can."

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The Cost of Campaign Restrictions

By
George Will
May 21, 2014 - 6:00pm

MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota says it has 10,000 lakes. The state also has, according to Anthony Sanders, "10,000 campaign finance laws." He exaggerates, but understandably. As an attorney for Minnesota's chapter of the Institute for Justice, a libertarian public-interest law firm, Sanders represents several Minnesotans whose First Amendment rights of free speech and association are burdened by an obviously arbitrary, notably complex and certainly unconstitutional restriction.

Warning: Literature Happening

By
Kathleen Parker
May 20, 2014 - 6:00pm

WASHINGTON -- Just when you thought American higher learning couldn't get any more ridiculous, along come demands for warning labels on provocative works of literature.

It Really IS All About Jobs

By
Nancy Smith
May 20, 2014 - 6:00pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott takes plenty of ridicule -- you might even say a fair amount of disdain -- for his "laser-focus" on jobs and the economy. But like it or not, he's on the same page as millions of Americans who cite joblessness as the A-No. 1, top problem in the nation.

Matt Gaetz's Lawsuit Accuses FDOT of Withholding Public Records

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Marks Cuban Independence Day, Attacks Castros

Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 20, 2014 - 4:35pm

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., marked Cuban Independence Day on Tuesday, using the occasion to attack the communist regime led by the Castro brothers.

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Rick Scott Moves Bay Scallop Season Start to June 28

Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 20, 2014 - 4:28pm

On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced the opening of bay scallop season will move up three days from July 1 to June 28.

I requested the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission open the season early this year to benefit our communities who rely on our fisheries, Scott said. The bay scallop fishery is especially important to Floridas Big Bend region and by opening the bay scallop season three days earlier, Floridians throughout this area will have more opportunities to enjoy our natural treasures and provide for their families.

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Water Resources Bill Passes Congress, to the Benefit of Florida

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