One of the most vocal opponents of Common Core in Florida launched a bid for county office on Tuesday.
Erika Donalds announced on Tuesday that she is running for a spot on the Collier County School Board. Donalds, who works in finance and is active with the GOP in the region, is the Southwest Florida coordinator for Florida Parents Against Common Core.
As she launches her bid, Donalds' platform includes local control of schools and parent empowerment.
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Florida TaxWatch released a study on Tuesday which finds the state could save $10 billion over the next decade if Florida rolls back its class-size limit for grades 4-12. Voters approved a state constitutional amendment in 2002 with class-size limits.
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No wonder Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich looked so radiant entering The Moon in Tallahassee Monday night. Charlie Crist's Democratness -- if he ever had such a thing -- is imploding like a cream puff with bad egg custard.
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Will Hillary Clinton be elected America's next president? The polls suggest she will.
Recent polls compiled by Real Clear Politics show her winning 67 percent of the vote in Democratic primaries, with no other candidate above 11 percent. General election polling shows Clinton with an average lead over various possible Republican nominees of 51 percent to 39 percent.
Florida Republicans are pushing back at the Democrats over a report that Mike Fernandez, who had been Gov. Rick Scotts campaign finance co-chair, resigned due to campaign aides doing an over-the-top Mexican accent around him.
Fernandez resigned his post on Thursday night. The Miami Herald is reporting that Fernandez quit in part due to the aides behavior. The Scott team, including Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, insists that nobody on the campaign has done anything like that.
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FreedomWorks announced on Monday it was backing U.S. Rep. Ted Yohos, R-Fla., bid for a second term.
FreedomWorks PAC is working hard to bring fresh talent to the table, but its also critical to protect the new generation of leadership that has begun repopulating the Republican Party, said Matt Kibbe, the resident of Freedom Works. Kibbe praised Yoho as a champion of pro-freedom legislation, and a grassroots-backed representative who came to Washington and actually did what he promised to do on the campaign trail.
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