On Friday morning, President Barack Obama spoke about the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager shot last month in an incident that has garnered national attention.
Noting that he wanted to be careful about what he said regarding the situation, Obama called the shooting a tragedy in his remarks. "When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids," Obama said. "And I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and that everybody pull together.
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Televangelist Pat Robertson isnt holding back on his displeasure of the Denver Broncos bringing in four-time league MVP Peyton Manning before sending former University of Florida Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow to the secondary tenant of New Jerseys Meadowlands.
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Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul is the latest candidate to pile on Mitt Romney over one of his strategists comments comparing his candidates views to the Etch A Sketch toy.
Paul launched a Web ad on Friday jabbing Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom for making the Etch A Sketch comment -- but it also attacks two other Republican presidential hopefuls in Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.
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Vice President Joe Biden brings his "middle-class tour" to Florida today.
Scheduled to appear in Coconut Creek, Biden plans to speak out on economic issues and attack Republicans.
Advance excerpts from his prepared remarks quote Biden as saying of Republicans:
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Gov. Rick Scott will meet with the Gainesville Sun editorial board this afternoon.
The sit-down, scheduled for one hour, is set to begin at 3 p.m.
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A poll released Friday from Public Policy Polling, a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, shows Rick Santorum with an impressive lead in Louisiana which holds its Republican presidential primary on Saturday.
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Revisiting an issue that has drawn heavy debate in the insurance industry, state officials on Thursday heard arguments about new regulations on adjusters who are hired by property owners to handle claims.
The proposed rules deal with "public" adjusters and insurance-company adjusters. They delve into issues such as advertising, advice that adjusters can give to property owners and even how adjusters should deal with seniors.
Nobody kept Alan Hays from voting for the "parent trigger" bill except Alan Hays. Pay no attention to the excuses.
As the national uproar swelled over the failure of Sanford police to arrest the man who shot and killed an unarmed teenager, Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday announced a new attorney is taking over the state investigation.
Assistant State Attorney Angela B. Corey will replace Norman Wolfinger, who was viewed by some lawmakers -- particularly Sens. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, Oscar Braynon, D-Miami Gardens, and Chris Smith, D-Oakland Park --as having ties too close to the Sanford police to investigate the case.
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Sen. John Thrasher, R-Jacksonville, cautioned that a last-minute tweak to a couple of Central Florida districts in the redrawn Senate redistricting map could jeopardize the effort when it goes back before the state Supreme Court.
But Senate President-designate Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, who also chaired the Reapportionment Committee, said the changes make the districts more compact, which is one of the criteria under the voter-approved Fair Districts amendment that the states top court pointed to when invalidating part of the first map submitted by the Senate.
