Just as the political air is filled with talk of the inevitability of Barack Obama's re-election -- we are told that the kids at his Chicago headquarters are brimming with confidence -- in come some poll numbers showing him behind.
Rick Scott said he will speak with Texas Gov. Rick Perry later today and one topic that will come up is that Florida is hot on the heels of the Lone Star states No. 1 ranking for job creation.
Chief Executive magazine recently moved Florida up from third to second, surpassing North Carolina, among the best states in which to do business.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce isnt waiting to find out who will challenge U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Orlando, this November.
The business advocacy organization just wants someone representing Florida in Washington who doesnt support Obamacare, who will be more in line with the business view of free markets and free enterprise.
Oh, goody. Just what Florida needs. Another gaggle of lawyers using the environment as an excuse to sue the pants off us.
The Center for Biological Diversity, founded in 1989 and based in Tucson, Ariz., says its new office in St. Petersburg will help expand its role in fighting to conserve biodiversity in the Southeast.
More specifically, that role is filing petitions and suing over endangered species.
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Edison State College is closer to replacing its $837,000-a-year former president.
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Four Republican members of Congress from Florida are among a group asking IKEAs North American president to explain reports that the Swedish furniture maker oncebenefited from Cuban prison labor for its products.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Miami, along with U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Miami, and U.S. Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, were among the signers of a letter seeking a prompt meetingover reports that IKEA had teamed with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in the 1980s to use political prisoners to make some furniture.
At least three of the famed Marching 100 band arrested in the hazing death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion were not enrolled as students at the school or any neighboring campus, the Tallahassee Democrat is reporting.
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Gov. Rick Scott has ordered national and state flags lowered to half-staff outside the Union County Courthouse and Raiford City Hall today for Michael A. Bud Dobbs, the chairman of the Raiford City Council.
Dobbs, 77, had been a member of the council since incorporation in 1973 and had retired as water treatment manager for Florida State Prison.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi will host the 27th Annual National Conference on Preventing Crime in the Black Community, May 16-18 in Tampa.
This conference is the perfect opportunity for law enforcement, local leaders, and members of the community to work together to share new ideas and strategies to prevent crime in our communities, Bondi stated in a release.
The conference was established by the attorney generals office in 1986 to showcase innovative ideas that encourage crime prevention in the black community.
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