Titusville has decided to regulate the growth of Internet cafes instead of imposing a ban, which some state lawmakers have sought before legislators failed to take action on the gaming establishments in the recent regular session.
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Georgia efforts to get its Port of Savannah down to 50 feet, as it competes with Florida, South Carolina and Virginia for the growing sea trade from South America and Asia, may be slowed by the Civil War.
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Insiders say Steve MacNamara is leaving the governor's office at the end of the year. If that's so, then why wait? Rick Scott should hold the door open for his Machiavellian chief of staff right now.
Now that Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor who sought the Republican presidential nomination before pulling out ahead of the Iowa caucus, has won the Libertarian Partys nomination, its clear that he is targeting supporters of a former rival for the GOP nod and a former Libertarian nominee -- Ron Paul.
A pair of Panhandle lawmakers are calling for state law enforcement officials to investigate the use of funding meant to help communities recover from the BP oil spill after an Okaloosa County official accused of misusing tourism dollars died Friday of a suspected drug overdose in Alabama.
In a letter to Gov. Rick Scott, Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, asked for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to join in the local investigation of the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council.
Florida's newly drawn political boundaries jumped critical hurdles this week that will now allow candidates to gear up campaigns knowing they are spending hard-earned campaign contributions on actual approved districts.
Separate court rulings found mapmakers adhered to requirements of the Fair Districts amendments and satisfied Justice Department requirements regarding voter access and now put all three Republican-backed efforts that much closer to finality.
Washington Post editorial writer and liberal blogger Jonathan Capehart is puzzled. Why does the "non-issue" of Harvard Law professor and Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's Native American ancestry "require so much attention?" he asked last week.
There's something about Tallahassee. Any sense of the real world is missing up here.
Take this AP story just out about the man some folks at the Capitol call "Governor MacNamara."
Apparently when Steve MacNamara, Gov. Rick Scott's chief of staff, was working for Senate President Mike Haridopolos in 2010, the Senate gave a no-bid contract to Abraham Uccello for $400,000. Uccello was brought on board at Guess-Who's urging to provide technology consulting? That's right, MacNamara's. Uccello and MacNamara are ... well ... thick as ... good friends can be.
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Rep. Bill Proctor is optimistic that a blue ribbon panel announced Friday will take up many of the higher education proposals that he championed in the recent legislative session.
I dont see it doing any harm and I would hope it would do some good, said Proctor, R-St. Augustine.The task force is going to look at the same facts we looked at. They dont change.
