Florida's Catholic and evangelical social conservatives expect the GOP-heavy Florida Legislature to sympathize with their moral concerns as the 2013 session gears up, but they're not taking anything for granted as they prepare to lobby legislators on issues dear to them.
The committee reviewing how Florida should respond to the federal health-care law agreed Monday not to pursue setting up a state run exchange.
At least, not for the next year or two.
Meanwhile, a decision on the massive expansion of Medicaids managed care program in Florida is now tentatively set for March 4, the day before the 2013 regular session begins.
Defense grants totaling $2.6 million have been awarded to 10 projects across the state, the governors office announced Monday.
With numerous bases across Florida, nearly 100,000 men and women who serve in active and reserve duty are living in the Sunshine State, Gov. Rick Scott stated in a release.
These $2.6 million in grants will enhance relationships between Florida communities and the military, to ensure were doing the best job possible in working with our nations armed services.
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The Orlando City Lions' bid to enter Major League Soccer got a boost Monday with the entry of a major financial backer from Brazil to the club's ownership group -- a move that could push the team closer to getting its new 18,000-seat, $105 million soccer stadium.
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One thing conservatives and liberals agree on is that crony capitalism is bad.
But, it is a matter of definition.
The Miami Herald reports that South Florida's business community is experiencing a rebound in the number of loan approvals.
Lenders are expressing a greater interest than they have in the past few years in terms of meeting the needs of the small-business community, Marjorie Weber, Miami-Dade Chapter Chair of SCORE, which helps business owners put loan packages together and refers them to bankers, tells the Herald.
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Gov. Rick Scott is taking his push for an across-the-board $2,500 pay raise for teachers to the State Board of Education as they meet Monday in Orlando.
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