Gov. Rick Scott will head out on a shrimp boat along the Bells River in Northeast Florida for his next Let's Get to Work Day.
Scott will serve as a shrimp boat striker on "Captain Mikes" shrimp boat out of Yulee on Wednesday.
According to the governors office, Scotts day will include filling coolers with ice at 4:45 a.m., deploying nets and traveling the Bells River.
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Former U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, a Democrat from Palm Beach Gardens, had his plastic denied at Macys in The Gardens Mall on Saturday, South Florida gossip guru Jose Lambiet reports on his website.
Mahoney, who was buying clothes while wearing Tom Cruise sunglasses, then was reduced to spelling his first and last names out loud because he used another card, wrote Lambiet on his website, Gossip Extra.
As the new school year gets underway, Gov. Rick Scott and first lady Ann Scott will be encouraging a reading program directed at the states youngest students on Tuesday.
The Scotts will join Dave Lawrence, chair of The Childrens Movement of Florida, and Carol Barnett, president of Publix Super Markets Charities, to launch ReadingPals, an early literacy initiative, on Tuesday afternoon at the LeRoy Collins Public Library in Tallahassee.
The program is aimed at getting children to read to their grade level by the third grade.
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Businesses and homeowners impacted by Tropical Storm Debby have two weeks to register for assistance.
Applications must be received by Sept. 4 to be considered for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
For information, call 800-621-FEMA (3362), or visit www.DisasterAssistance.gov or www.SBA.gov.
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U.S. congressional hopeful Adam Hasner of Delray Beach has joined a growing chorus of Republicans calling for U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, D-Mo., to bow out of his U.S. Senate contest.
Rep. Akin's comments were so far beyond wrong. He should step aside in #MOSEN, Hasner, who is running for a South Florida congressional seat, tweeted Monday.
In an interview with KTVI-TV, Akin, asked about his pro-life position on abortion rights in instances when a woman is the victim of rape, said that instances of "legitimate rape" rarely result in pregnancy.
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Gas prices have returned and surpassed last years totals, according to AAA.
While August has traditionally been a time when gas prices dip, the auto club reported that the increase should continue through the month.
"Last-minute summer travelers will need to increase their transportation budget, since gas prices are forecast to rise throughout the month," AAA spokeswoman Jessica Brady stated in a release. "Motorists have seen gas prices climb since July 1, and are now paying more for a gallon than they did this time last year."
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When youre up for re-election, this is not the kind of headline you want to find your name under:
Exclusive: FBI probed GOP trip with drinking, nudity in Israel
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The GOP primary contest for the Senate District 4 seat between former Rep. Aaron Bean and Rep. Mike Weinstein, R-Jacksonville, topped $4.5 million, according to a conservative estimate by the Florida Times-Union.
The contest was one of the key battles for the 2016 Senate presidency between Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, and Sen. Jack Latvala, R-St. Petersburg.
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Who am I to tell three federal judges they're crazier than a soup sandwich? But that was my inclination Thursday when a U.S. District Court ruled Florida's reduction in early voting days negatively impacts minority voters.
After a proposed settlement agreement touched off two days of high-stakes maneuvering, the state Public Service Commission will go ahead Monday with a hearing about whether Florida Power & Light should raise base electric rates.
Commission Chairman Ronald Brise late Friday issued an order rejecting a request to suspend the hearing. FPL and three groups of large power users proposed the settlement agreement Wednesday afternoon and also asked for a suspension, as they hoped to get a decision on the settlement by the end of August.
