An examination of administrative earmarks around the time of congressional votes on key pieces of President Obamas agenda suggests the White House used its power to fund local projects as a means to buy votes for major legislative efforts.
The House State Affairs Committee backed an effort to speed up the oil exploration-to-drilling process in the Blackwater River State Forest northeast of Pensacola a day after the companion bill was halted in the Senate.
The bill, HB 695 by Rep. Clay Ford, R-Gulf Breeze, would authorize state land-management agencies to enter public-private partnerships on state-owned lands with the private company that explored for oil if the yield can produce near-term revenue for the state.
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As Ernest Hemingway once put it, there are only three true sports, because they involve the very real risk of dying in the process: mountain climbing, bull fighting and auto racing.
The House State Affairs Committee today is discussing a bill to make auto racing the official sport of Florida. And if you think about it, it makes a lot of sense.
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Former Gov. Charles Buddy Roemer of Louisiana said on Wednesday that he will drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination but will continue his bid for the American Elects nomination. He also said he will seek the nomination of the Reform Party.
Before heading to Florida to raise more campaign cash this week, Barack Obama floated "news" that his administration is getting serious about soaring energy prices.
Late Monday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney tweeted out a Houston Chronicle story that reported increased offshore drilling.
The article said that shale oil fields and increased offshore drilling -- as well as a dip in the value of natural gas -- are fueling stepped-up oil production.
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A bill permitting student-led "inspirational messages" at Florida's public schools easily cleared the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
Senate Bill 98 overcame objections from Rep. Richard Steinberg, D-Miami Beach, and other Democratic lawmakers who warned it would trigger constitutional challenges by blurring the line between church and state.
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With Michigan and Arizona holding primaries on Tuesday, polls unveiled on Wednesday find Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is leading the pack of candidates in both states.
An NBC News/Marist poll released on Wednesday finds Romney with a small lead over Rick Santorum in the Michigan Republican presidential primary. While Santorum led in polls of the Great Lakes State last week, polls unveiled this week have found the race much closer and some have had Romney ahead.
House Education Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Proctor, R-St. Augustine, who was directed to oversee the House efforts to reform education, released the following statement on his committees approval Tuesday of the State Universities of Academic and Research Excellence and National Pre-eminence Act:
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Former Gov. Buddy Roemer of Louisiana said on Wednesday he will drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination but will continue his bid for the American Elects nomination. He also said he will seek the nomination of the Reform Party.
Roemer was first elected to Congress in 1980 and as governor of Louisiana in 1987 as a Democrat. During his term in office, he changed his party affiliation and joined the Republicans. He placed third in the 1991 Republican primary, losing to former state Rep. David Duke, best known for his ties with the Ku Klux Klan.
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Auto racing narrowly grabbed the pole position over college football and baseball on becoming the state's official sport.
A majority of the House State Affairs Committee supported a bill to place auto racing as the sport of Florida.
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