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Rick Scott ‘Hopes’ Task Force Moves on Stand Your Ground Review

Submitted by Anonymous on April 12, 2012 - 1:11pm

With a charge filed in the death of Trayvon Martin, Gov. Rick Scott said he hopes to move forward with the task force into the Stand Your Ground law and other personal self-defense laws.

On Wednesday, Duval County State Attorney Angela Corey announced that neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman will be charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. He is expected to plead not guilty to the charge.

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Will Delaware Primary Be Newt Gingrich's Last Stand?

Kevin Derby

April 11, 2012 - 6:00pm

Delaware takes pride in being the first state to ratify the Constitution -- but the Blue Hen State has been the last state for Republican presidential hopefuls before and it could be shaping up to put the nail in the coffin of Newt Gingrichs presidential bid.

While it is not expected to be competitive in November(with Delawares own Joe Biden as his running mate, Barack Obama took 63 percent there in 2008), Gingrich has targeted the Blue Hen State, which holds its primary April 24 along with four other states in the region: Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

Obama and Romney Get Ready to Rumble

Kevin Derby

April 11, 2012 - 6:00pm

With Rick Santorum suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, the preliminaries are over and the two leading candidates in the 2012 presidential election are warming up for the main event as President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, now almost certain to be the GOP candidate, are increasingly focused on each other.

Smoke Warning Signs Planned for I-75 Motorists Near Paynes Prairie

Submitted by Anonymous on April 12, 2012 - 10:23am

Months after smoke from a brush fire helped cause a deadly crash along Interstate 75, the state has approved money for message boards near Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, south of Gainesville, to provide warnings of conditions in the area beginning July 1.

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Video: Nurse Practitioners Assail FMA and Legislature

Submitted by Anonymous on April 12, 2012 - 7:56am

In pursuit of prescription-writing privileges, Florida nurse practitioners have taken their campaign to You Tube.

In the above video, a nurse practitioner, nicely accompanied by the Downton Abbey soundtrack, displays a set of cards detailing how the Florida Medical Association blocked legislation that would allow the state's nurse practitioners to work at "full scope," and notes that under the FMA's monopoly, Florida became an "epicenter" of pill mill abuse.

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Barack Obama's White House Pays Women 18 Percent Less Than Men

Submitted by Anonymous on April 12, 2012 - 7:53am

Amid the Republicans' alleged "war on women," female employees in the Obama White House earn considerably less than their male colleagues, records show.

According to the 2011 report compiled by the White House, female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, which was about 18 percent less than the median salary for male employees ($71,000).

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David Alan Gore Set for Execution Today in Stark

Submitted by Anonymous on April 12, 2012 - 7:35am

Unless there is a last-minute halt by the U.S. Supreme Court today, David Alan Gore will be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Stark.

Gore, tied to the murder of four teens and two women in the Vero Beach area nearly three decades ago, is set to die for the death of 17-year-old Lynn Elliott.

Gov. Rick Scott signed the warrant for Gore on Feb. 28.

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Looks Like Exxon Mobil Is Out to Crush Florida's Energy Bill, Corleone-Style

Nancy Smith

April 11, 2012 - 6:00pm

It's like that scene from "The Godfather," when Don Corleone tells the undertaker Bonasera, "Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me."

Romney and GOP Conservatives Struggle to Find a Comfort Zone

Matt Towery

April 11, 2012 - 6:00pm

Considering Rick Santorum's sudden departure from the race, it's time to quit dancing around and bluntly state what the problem is for the man likely to become the Republican nominee for president.

Rep. John Mica Launches Investigation Into GSA Junkets

Submitted by Anonymous on April 11, 2012 - 5:17pm

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica will conduct a hearing next week into waste, fraud and abuse at the U.S. General Services Administration.

The GSA, which came under fire recently for a boozy, gift-laden junket to Las Vegas, has a lot to answer for, the Orlando Republican said.

The Las Vegas conference was the tip of the iceberg," said Mica, who will convene a hearing next Tuesday with the working title of "GSA's Squandering of Taxpayer Dollars: A Pattern of Mismanagement, Excess and Waste.

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