Gov. Rick Scott has ordered state and national flags lowered to half-staff for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ricardo Ricky Seija on Wednesday outside the Hillsborough County Courthouse, Tampa City Hall and at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
Seija, 31, of Tampa, was one of six soldiers killed July 9 when a roadside bomb hit an armored vehicle in the Warkdak Province, Afghanistan.
Seija was assigned to the 978th Military Police Company, 93rd Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, III Corps, Fort Bliss, Texas.
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On Monday, the Florida Retail Federation (FRF) unveiled its endorsements for the Legislature, wading into some hotly contested races but also backing incumbents who look like locks to return to Tallahassee.
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A Tallahassee judge has sided with online travel companies like Expedia and Orbitz in a dispute over local tax obligations -- a blow to counties that have argued the companies weren't paying enough.
After hearing arguments last month, Circuit Judge Terry Lewis on Friday ruled that the online travel sites only owe local hotel taxes on the discounted amounts they actually pay for rooms, not the marked up rates that travelers pay.
The first criterion in choosing a vice president, it is said, is that he or she must be qualified to be president.
A storm is brewing over the credibility of Citizens Property Insurance's board of directors. Some directors are expected to seek a rate hike that exceeds the 10 percent cap set by the Legislature.
During a workshop at the luxurious J.W. Marriott in downtown Miami on Monday, board members agreed to consider rates later this month that may top the cap, instead of first getting approval from state legislators. The approval process would require waiting until the 2013 regular session.
Obama surrogates swooped into Florida Friday to drop $80 million in federal subsidies for conservation easements north of Lake Okeechobee. Thats fancy talk for paying landowners to hold water.
Gov. Rick Scott laid out a challenge to state supervisors of elections to restart his effort to find noncitizens from among the lists of registered voters now that the federal government will make a long-sought database available to Florida.
The supervisors, busy Monday with the final day of registration for the Aug. 14 election, said they will address the review on Tuesday.
On Monday, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Unified Sportsmen of Florida waded into two of the more competitive Republican legislative primaries in Florida when the groups backed House Speaker Pro Tempore John Legg, R-Port Richey, and former Rep. Aaron Bean for Senate seats.
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While she faces a Republican primary foe in House District 11 in August, Rep. Janet Adkins, R-Fernandina Beach, remains the favorite in her bid for a third term in the Florida House of Representatives. On Monday she unveiled the support of former Gov. Jeb Bush as she seeks to continue representing parts of the First Coast.
