Ever since last week when Barack Obama said, If youve got a business --you didnt build that. Somebody else made that happen, his far-left backers have gone to great lengths to minimize the damage. One of the most frequent refrains is a call for context.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam isnt taking sides in the Capitol Hill battle over Congresss $957 billion 2012 farm bill, which he expects will be neatly wrapped up following the fall elections -- in spite of calls for the legislation to be quickly addressed.
The bill, more of a pressing issue for Midwest states impacted by drought, is mostly important for Florida as a means to provide university research funding, and protection against invasive species and crop disease.
As he seeks a second term in the Florida House, Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Milton, has to survive a serious Republican primary challenge in August from Milton businessman Jayer Williamson, the scion of a family with deep roots in Santa Rosa County politics.
As he seeks to win a second term in the Florida House, Rep. Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, could be looking at a Democratic opponent with a healthy war chest.
A contractor from Gainesville, Perry won his current House seat, which represents parts of Alachua, Levy and Marion counties, in 2010. In his time in Tallahassee, Perry has quickly moved up the political ladder, becoming part of the Republican leadership as a deputy whip.
A disaster recovery center will open in Steinhatchee at noon on Thursday for those whose homes and businesses were impacted by Tropical Storm Debby.
The center, at Steinhatchee Elementary School, will remain open between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
Representatives from the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Small Business Administration and other agencies will be at the center.
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U.S. Reps. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, and Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, were part of a bipartisan effort with Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., and Ron Barber, D-Ariz., behind a bill aimed to fight fiscal scams directed at retired veterans.
The Protecting Veterans Pensions Act, also known as the Rooney-Schrader bill, is focused on closing a loophole that has allowed scam artists to divert assets of elderly and disabled veterans, under the promise of helping them qualify for VA pension benefits, into trusts and annuities that only pay off for the firms.
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On Wednesday, national political group Concerned Women for America (CWA) announced that it would launch a She Votes 2012 campaign to bring out conservatives to vote in Florida.
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The Republican Party of Florida isnt waiting for former governor Charlie Crist to declare himself a Democrat and take on Gov. Rick Scott in 2014.
The party sent out a blistering email late Tuesday, pointing to Crists failures to keep ineligible voters from going to the polls while Floridas attorney general, and that he opposed Democrat Bill Clintons effort to expand voter registration.
The attack comes just days after Crist wrote a critique of Gov. Rick Scotts effort to remove non-U.S. citizens from the lists of registered voters.
Gov. Rick Scott and state Rep. Scott Randolph, D-Orlando, wrote columns for U.S. World and News Reports Debate Club series arguing for and against Medicaid expansion in Florida.
The essays come as Floridas top economists, sitting as the Social Services Estimating Conference, will look at the long-term expenditures of Medicaid, and expected impact of the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, on Friday.
While Scott and many GOP leaders are opposed to accepting Medicaid expansion, the debate among Florida lawmakers will continue throughout the year.
An appeals court Tuesday ruled against Attorney General Pam Bondi in a long-running battle about the Legislature's attempt last year to privatize prisons across southern Florida.
The 1st District Court of Appeal rejected Bondi's appeal of a circuit-court ruling that blocked the privatization plan from going forward. A three-judge panel ruled against Bondi on a procedural issue -- saying she did not have the authority to file the appeal after the original state party in the case, the Department of Corrections, declined to do so.
