Pushing to get an east-coast rail line back on track, proponents say their venture would complement plans for privately operated high-speed passenger service between Miami and Orlando.
Meeting in Daytona Beach on Friday, about 75 municipal representatives heard officials from the Florida Department of Transportation and Amtrak discuss resurrecting a coastal run between Jacksonville and Miami.
In an election year, it's all too easy for politicians to defer hard choices until after the polls have closed in November. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has taken the more difficult road with his "Path to Prosperity" budget.
A bipartisan "tweak" in a citizen-protest law is eliciting squawks from activists on the right and the left who call it one more way for politicians to distance themselves from the public.
House Democratic Leader-designate Perry Thurston, D-Plantation, wants the task force to review the states Stand Your Ground law to include members of the law enforcement community, prosecutors, public defenders and even sitting or retired members of the judiciary.
And, Thurston adds, the appointments need to be made now.
"I believe the task force should have begun by now," Thurston stated in a letter to Gov. Rick Scott on Friday.
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As Gov. Rick Scott entices New Yorkers to consider the reduced taxes of the Sunshine State, Floridas unemployment rate dropped to its lowest mark since February 2009, as the number dipped 0.2 percent between January and February, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment mark for the Sunshine State stood at 9.4 percent for February, representing 869,000 Floridians listed as jobless.
The monthly gains have continued for 19 consecutive months following three years of declines.
The simmering topic of Muslims speaking at Hillsborough County campuses is the subject of a school board workshop this afternoon.
Though no policy decisions will be made -- only discussed -- the Florida Family Association is offering $1,000 reward for information regarding any future campus speaking engagements by the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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Appearing on Anderson Cooper's AC360 on CNN Thursday night, an eyewitness to the Trayvon Martin killing said that George Zimmerman appeared to walk away from the scuffle uninjured but, "very worried." The man who watched from his townhouse cast more doubt on Zimmerman's self-defense claim.
In the spotlight this week, Zimmerman's friends and family have been vouching for his character, and his father and defense attorney have talked continuously about Zimmerman's injuries during the incident.
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Gov. Rick Scott appointed Scott Stewart as interim secretary at the Department of Management Services, replacing Jack Miles who announced he was resigning from the $140,000-a-year post in February.
Stewart currently serves as assistant secretary for administration at the Department of Children and Families.
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Floridas unemployment rate dropped to its lowest mark since February 2009, as the number dipped 0.2 percent between January and February, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment mark for the Sunshine State stood at 9.4 percent for February, representing 869,000 Floridians listed as jobless.
In January, 894,000 were listed as unemployed out of Florida's work force of 9.3 million.
More to come.
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A 35 percent hike in the federal minimum wage -- part of a Democrat-sponsored Rebuild America Act -- would boost employment by up to 1 million, two economists say.
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