May 31, 2013 - 6:00pm
Rick Scott Urges Minnesota Businesses to Move to Florida
Submitted by Anonymous on May 30, 2013 - 12:23pm
Gov. Rick Scott is turning his sites to Minnesota, looking to bring jobs to Florida.
On Thursday, Scott sent a letter to Minnesota business leaders arguing that Florida offers a better business climate than their state and encouraging them to move their operations to the Sunshine State. Scotts team also released a chart showing Florida has a better education system than Minnesota.
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Rick Scott Urges Floridians to Prepare for Hurricane Season
Submitted by Anonymous on May 30, 2013 - 10:55am
At a media event at the Miami-Dade Emergency Operations Center on Thursday morning, Gov. Rick Scott encouraged all Floridians to visit www.floridadisaster.org and prepare for hurricane season which begins on Saturday.
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Ann and Mitt Romney Punch the Ticket for Paul Ryan in 2016
Submitted by Anonymous on May 30, 2013 - 10:28am
Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin can count on the support of his running mate if he sets his sights on the Republican presidential nomination.
In an interview with CBS News on Thursday morning, Ann Romney, wife of defeated Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said she and her husband are behind Ryan if he runs for president in 2016.
There are some great candidates out there, Ann Romney told CBS News. Mitt and I are always very, very partial to Paul Ryan, but we dont even know if hes going to run.
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Florida TaxWatch Finds Florida's Economy Can Grow With International Investment
Submitted by Anonymous on May 30, 2013 - 10:16am
On Thursday, Florida TaxWatch released a study that finds Floridas economy can expand with more Foreign Direct Investment. Right now, 239,500 Floridians are employed by FDI companies, making it sixth in the nation.
Foreign Direct Investment provides Florida with an opportunity to grow the states economy, said Dominic Calabro, the president and CEO of Florida TaxWatch, on Thursday.
The study can be found here.
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Dennis Ross Talks Up Immigration at Agriculture Forum
Submitted by Anonymous on May 30, 2013 - 9:34am
Three Florida Republicans in Congress -- Tom Rooney, Dennis Ross and Ted Yoho -- teamed up on Wednesday to take part in a town hall meeting on agriculture.
Ross used the forum to showcase the Legal Agricultural Workforce Act, a bill he introduced creating a new time of visa to allow aliens to work in agriculture while enacting strict security standards to protect Americans.
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Poll Finds More Americans Trust GOP on Gun Control than Democrats
Submitted by Anonymous on May 30, 2013 - 9:20am
A new national poll finds Americans trust Republicans more than Democrats on gun control.
Rasmussen Reports unveiled a poll of likely voters on Thursday which finds 43 percent of those surveyed say the Republicans can be trusted more on gun control while 41 percent lean toward the Democrats on the issue and 17 percent are undecided.
The poll of 1,000 likely voters was taken from May 23-24 and had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.
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Marco Rubio: IRS Role in Obamacare 'Chilling'
May 29, 2013 - 6:00pm
Ex-Trooper Fights for Badge over 'False' Tickets to Lawmakers
May 29, 2013 - 6:00pm
Rick Scott and Unions Both Declare Victory in Drug Test Ruling
May 28, 2013 - 6:00pm
Both Rick Scott and state employee union members are declaring victory after a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday on the Florida governor's controversial efforts to subject some 85,000 state employees, and countless more job applicants, to suspicionless drug testing.
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit overturned a federal trial court's ruling last year that declared Scott's entire policy to be an unconstitutional violation of Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful searches and seizures.
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