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Mitt Romney's Team Calls on Anitere Flores After NALEO Speech

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 22, 2012 - 7:50am

After Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, offered an address in Orlando to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) hammering President Barack Obama on the economy and immigration, his team called on a Republican state legislator to go bat for them.

State Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, praised Romney after the speech and ripped into Obama on Thursday.

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National Conservative Leader Backs Dave Weldon for Senate

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 22, 2012 - 7:20am

On Thursday, David Barton, an evangelical leader and conservative activist who has been very active on fighting for an increased role for religion in the public square, announced that he was backing former U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.

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Courts to Ditch Paper and Go Electronic

Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

June 21, 2012 - 6:00pm

In courthouses across Florida, shelves are lined with bulging files of legal documents.

But changes released Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court may lead to paper court files going the way of phone books and faxes in the increasingly e-world.

Justices unanimously approved rule changes that will require almost all court documents to be filed electronically. The changes, which have been extensively studied by Florida Bar rules committees and other groups, will gradually take effect by the end of 2013.

Behind the Crack-up of the Right

Pat Buchanan

June 21, 2012 - 6:00pm

In introducing his new book, "Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America," Paul Gottfried identifies a fundamental divide between neoconservatives and the traditional right. The divide is over the question: What is this nation, America?

Now You See It ...

June 21, 2012 - 6:00pm

Rick Scott Roundly Unhappy With University Tuition Hikes

Jim Turner

June 20, 2012 - 6:00pm

Gov. Rick Scott must have gotten a surprise Thursday. Though he didn't say if he would step in tounilaterally take corrective action, he at least let it be known that hes disappointed.

A day after Scott said he would be surprised if the 17-member state Board of Governors, of which the governor appoints 14, would approve significant tuition hikes for the states 11 universities, four were given the maximum increase allowed.

The four are Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, University of Central Florida and New College.

AIF PAC Announces 2012 Legislative Endorsements

Submitted by Anonymous on June 21, 2012 - 5:00pm

Associated Industries of Florida political action committee has released its list of legislative endorsements.

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UF Tuition Up 9 Percent, USF Going Up 11 Percent

Submitted by Anonymous on June 21, 2012 - 3:30pm

After rejecting tuition hikes of 15 percent, 9 percent, 13.5 percent and 12 percent for the University of Central Florida, the State University System Board of Governors took a five-minute break on Thursday before agreeing to give the University of Florida its 9 percent requested tuition increase and the University of South Florida an 11 percent increase to tuition.

The tuition hikes are the first of 11 that the Board of Governors is expected to approve this afternoon.

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Adam Putnam Backs GOP Congressional Hopeful Ron DeSantis

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 21, 2012 - 3:00pm

Ron DeSantis, an attorney and veteran who is running in the Republican primary for a new congressional seat stretching from the outskirts of Jacksonville to Volusia County, continues to reel in impressive endorsements from GOP leaders. On Thursday, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam announced he was backing DeSantis.

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Bashing Obama on Immigration and Economy, Mitt Romney Makes Pitch to Hispanics in Orlando

Kevin Derby

June 20, 2012 - 6:00pm

Looking to cut into President Barack Obamas lead with Hispanic voters, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, spoke in Orlando to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) -- and he ripped into the Democrat incumbent.

This country we love is in peril," Romney insisted. That is why I am running for president.

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