With President Barack Obama hitting the battleground states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, the team behind former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, sent out two senators from those states -- including one of the leading candidates to wind up as Romneys running mate -- to take aim at the president.
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, who is listed by pundits in the first tier of possibilities for Romney to add to the ticket, joined U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., in bashing Obama.
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With Gov. Rick Scott announcing over the weekend that Florida will only implement the required sections of the federal health-care law-- and opt out of the Medicaid expansion and creating insurance exchanges -- Democrats in the Sunshine State are firing back.
Incoming House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston of Plantation weighed in on Monday and tore into the governor.
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Think Florida has no connection to the Declaration of Independence? Actually, Florida played a large role in the lives of four of the signers, three of whom celebrated the first Independence Day in Florida on July 4, 1781.
Facing a competitive Republican primary with former Rep. Aaron Bean for a state Senate seat representing parts of the First Coast, Rep. Mike Weinstein, R-Jacksonville, unveiled the backing of one of the more prominent tea party leaders in Florida on Monday.
Weinstein announced that he had the backing of Billie Tucker of the First Coast Tea Party. Tucker pointed to Weinsteins record in Tallahassee and said that he worked closely with Gov. Rick Scott.
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A poll released by Rasmussen Reports on Monday morning finds that despite the Supreme Court of the United States upholding most of it last week, a majority of Americans continue to wish to repeal the federal health-care law signed by President Barack Obama in 2010.
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Gas prices may soon tick under the $3 mark in parts of Florida, but AAA cautions motorists not to get too comfortable with the prices.
Decisions to shore up the European Unions two-year financial crisis could put the brakes on the recent downward trend of pump prices.
"For many, a feeling of relief comes when $2 replaces $3 on the marquee for a gallon of gas," Jessica Brady, AAA spokeswoman, stated in a release.
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A licensed practical nurse at Florida State Hospital in Floridas Panhandle has been charged with one count of abuse of a disabled adult at the Panhandle facility, the attorney generals office announced.
Melody A. Melton, of Blountstown in Calhoun County, was arrested on a felony warrant by the attorney generals Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
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In a letter to Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam urges the U.S. Department of Commerce to accept the tomato industrys request to void a failed trade agreement that has allowed cheaper produce to be imported from Mexico.
The growers had agreed in 2008 to suspend their 1996 request for relief from unfairly traded imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico.
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Geny Noble Lima, a Palm Beach speech language pathologist, was arrested for allegedly attempting to
defraud the Medicaid program out of more than $459,000, the office of Attorney General Pam Bondi announced.
Lima, 61, was charged with grand theft and Medicaid fraud, both first-degree felonies.
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Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Judge Cristina Miranda of Coral Gables and Judge Rodney Smith of Hialeah to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court.
Miranda, 38, has served on the Miami-Dade County Court since 2006.She had served as an assistant state attorney with the 11th Judicial Circuit from 1997.
As a county judge, former prosecutor and lifelong member of the Miami community, Judge Miranda is committed to advancing the rule of law in the 11th Circuit, Scott stated in a release.
Smith, 37, has served on the Miami-Dade County Court since 2008.
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