March 27, 2013 - 7:00pm
Three Pro-Life Bills Making Their Way; Abortion Ban Stalled
March 26, 2013 - 7:00pm
League of Women Voters Sounds Alarm over House Judiciary Bill
March 26, 2013 - 7:00pm
Rep. Charles McBurney at Center of Contested Trooper Firing
March 27, 2013 - 7:00pm
A fired Florida Highway Patrol trooper is accusing his former agency of promoting an unwritten policy of not issuing traffic tickets to state lawmakers, even when they deserve them.
Trooper Charles Swindle was fired over the way he handled a traffic stop involving state Rep. Charles McBurney, R-Jacksonville.McBurney was traveling to Tallahassee last November when he was pulled over for speeding.
Swindle decided to issue a warning ticket. He claims the Highway Patrol does not ticket lawmakers because they control pay raises and other funding.
Sarah Palin Takes Credit for Marco Rubio’s Success, Revs Up for 2014 Elections
Submitted by Anonymous on March 27, 2013 - 4:14pm
The queen of the tea party is out of the gates fast for the 2014 elections. Sarah Palins SaraPAC released a new ad Wednesday touting the power of the former governor of Alaska in preparation for the midterm elections.
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Republicans Grow Less Hawkish in Wake of Iraq War
March 27, 2013 - 7:00pm
Are Republicans no longer the party more inclined to military interventions and an assertive foreign policy?
It's a question raised by the enthusiastic response to Sen. Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster and to his not-very-interventionist foreign policy.
It's raised also by House Republicans' willingness to accept the budget sequester, which includes defense cuts that former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called "devastating."
Slightly Different Perspectives
March 27, 2013 - 7:00pm
Floridians Sunny about Economy
March 26, 2013 - 7:00pm
It could be good news for Gov. Rick Scotts re-election efforts: Floridians feel better about the economy.
Consumer confidence among Floridians ticked up three points to 76 in March from February, according to monthly tracking numbers from the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, a division of the University of Florida. Four of the five units that comprise the index improved, with the last going down.
Sen. Bill Nelson: We're Going to Unlock Those Dark Mysteries at Dozier
March 26, 2013 - 7:00pm
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, speaking to the press in Tallahassee Wednesday morning, said its finally time to get to the truth about the mysterious deaths that happened at the former Dozier School for Boys in Marianna.
Nelson, D-Fla., is trying to secure grant money from the U.S. Department of Justice to help University of South Florida scientists in their effort to exhume bodies from the old reform school, which shut down in 2011.
The USF researchers discovered nearly 50 unmarked graves on the schools property, using ground-penetrating radar and analyzing soil samples.
Rick Scott, Out of Character, Flirts with Soledad O'Brien
Submitted by Anonymous on March 27, 2013 - 12:37pm
Gov. Rick Scott, not exactly known for his charisma, showed a playful side of his personality to the host ofCNN's "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien," one that could take Florida voters by surprise.
Appearing on the morning political and news talk show, Scott touted his jobs numbers and said he wants Florida to be "a better bragger than Texas."
"Governor Perry's always bragging about how great Texas is. Well look, 230,000 people moved here last year," Scott told O'Brien.
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