Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry called former Florida Gov. Charlie Crists appearance Thursday at the Democratic National Convention sad to watch.
It was really sad to watch Charlie Crists speech tonight, Curry stated in a release.
Gov. Rick Scott has asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to declare oyster harvesting areas in the Gulf of Mexico around Apalachicola Bay a fishery resource disaster in part because of years of drought conditions and overharvesting.
Scott sent a letter requesting the designation to Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank on Thursday after Franklin County leaders estimated that 2,500 jobs have been impacted by the decline in harvesting conditions.
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Citizens Property Insurance Corp. would offer $300 million in loans to encourage private companies to take policies out of the state-backed insurer under a plan unveiled Thursday that backers say could reduce Citizens' noncoastal ranks by a third.
The Citizens board of governors is scheduled to meet Friday to consider the plan aimed at reducing the ranks of state's largest property insurer, which now covers more than 1.4 million policies in some of the riskiest areas of the state.
You've got to hand it to Democratic Party fundraisers. They don't care who they let walk their donkey.
Gov. Rick Scotts focus on Hurricane Isaac rather than on the Republican National Convention in Tampa played well with Florida voters, giving his favorable ratings a considerable boost.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney got a bounce from likely Florida voters as the convention was under way, according to a poll conducted for the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
Scott received an improved 43 percent favorable rating in the poll, taken as the governor presented a hands-on focus on Isaac as the storm threatened and flooded several parts of the state.
The authors of the Democratic platform have inadvertently revealed to the world the sea change that has taken place in that party we once knew.
Despite recent on-field performances, Floridas three National Football League teams are among the 50 most valuable sports teams in the world.
Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Wendy J. Giesy-Griffin to the Governing Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
Giesy-Griffin, 60, of Lithia, is a retired environmental consultant who had worked with Metis Environmental Services beginning in 1996.
Prior to consulting, she was an environmental administrator with the Florida Department of Transportation from 1979 to 1985 and an environmental technician and specialist with Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission from 1976 to 1979.
She succeeds Hugh M. Gramling.
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Floridians shouldnt expect the economy to ever revert to how it was built pre-recession, the head of the Florida Chamber of Commerce told small-business owners Thursday.
Not that a full recovery wont happen, but Florida Chamber President Mark Wilson said that the biggest parts of Florida's economic engine must expand from what have been the three dominant pillars for decades: agriculture, tourism and construction.
