As if you needed any more proof that Washington is broke and broken, check out these statistics from the 112th Congress:
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This was posted today on the Media Research Center (also known as timeswatch).
If you've never visited the site, you might want to give it a try. It's one of the most perceptive media critics going.
As the name timeswatch indicates, the Old Grey Lady up in the Big Apple comes in for a fair amount -- and very fair -- criticism, but the site will occasionally venture into broadcast outlets.
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The creation of a vital university to expand Florida's number of science and technology graduates will take on life this summer, despite objections from some legislators, students and officials in the Lakeland area.
Gov. Rick Scott signed HB 1994 on Friday creating the independent school by splitting off the 14-year-old branch campus in Polk County from the University of South Florida.
The states 12th public university, Florida Polytechnic University, will take on life this summer over the objections of some legislators, students and officials in the Lakeland area.
Gov. Rick Scott signed HB 1994 on Friday, creating the independent school by splitting off the 14-year-old branch campus from the University of South Florida.
In a statement with the signing, Scott declared the school will be "vital to our economy in the years to come."
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WASHINGTON -- In the summer of 1787, just 94 years after the Salem witch trials, as paragons of the Enlightenment such as James Madison, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin deliberated in the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, a mob pelted and otherwise tormented to death a woman accused of being a witch.
Gov. Rick Scott on Friday used his weekly address to praise the state budget he signed this week as promoting Florida's economy by investing in its public education system.
"During my time as governor, I have spoken with Floridians across the state. I quickly learned that the two issues that they care about the most are jobs and education. These two issues go hand in hand. Employers want to locate in states that have quality educational systems," Scott said.
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Gov. Rick Scott signed a $70 billion budget this week as he touted new money for education, but wielded more than $142 million in vetoes for projects he said the state can't afford.
Facing a budget that had already been cut after successive years of tough economic times, the governor's veto pen used less ink this time, as he marked out far less than the $600 million he axed a year ago.
While publicly posturing for "fairness" in redistricting, a group of top Florida Democrats privately pushed for maps that would benefit party brass, according to documents obtained by Sunshine State News.
Among the maneuvers detailed in intra-party emails and other correspondence about Senate district boundaries that would ultimately come under review by the state Supreme Court:
From canceling oil leases in his second week in office to denying the XL pipeline this year, President Obama and his administration have offered up a nonstop assault on affordable energy.
