Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed a 29-page brief with the Florida Supreme Court on behalf of the states congressional and legislative reappointment.
The court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on the maps on Feb. 29, with a ruling expected by March 9.
Briefs were due Friday at noon.
The Florida Democratic Party submitted its own 58-page brief calling for the court to reject the maps for failing to follow voter-approved Fair Districts guidelines.
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Newt Gingrich's faltering presidential campaign will receive another massive cash infusion from Sheldon Adelson, CBS News is reporting.
The former House Speaker's Republican presidential bid has been kept alive by the Vegas king thus far.But, with Gingrich's lackluster performances in recent states, political observers and pundits have largely speculated that Adelson may have said enough's enough.
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U.S. Rep. Allen West called the payroll tax cut approved by the House Friday "a backdoor tax increase."
"This supposed payroll tax decrease is really a backdoor tax increase on homeowners and first-time homebuyers," said West, R-Plantation.
"The deal is being paid for by added fees on FHA-backed loans. Homeowners with FHA-backed mortgages represent more than one-third of mortgages in the United States. Those middle-class Americans will be footing the bill for this political gimmick."
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With all the frenzy over the shifting GOP so-called "front-runners," one thing that has remained constant is the chatter over who could be picked by the eventual nominee as the ticket's vice presidential candidate.
That was clearly evident on The Fix Live Friday morning, where it didn't take long for the focus to turn to Florida's own Republican darling, Sen. Marco Rubio.
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Floridas political leadership -- regardless of party -- this week demonstrated virtually unanimous support of Florida's proposed numeric nutrient water standards over standards promulgated for the Sunshine State by Obama's Environmental Protection Agency.
Sinking in the polls at the national level and in upcoming primary states, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich looked to appeal to Hispanics as he launched a new ad Friday targeting those voters in Arizona's Feb. 28 primary.
In the ad, four Hispanics attack President Barack Obama on a host of issues, including the economy and immigration, and praise Gingrich.
Michael Novak, a noted Catholic author and distinguished visiting professor at Ave Maria University in Naples, launches a powerful attack at National Review Online against the Obama administration's mandate -- maybe we should say diktat -- about insurance coverage of birth-control services for employees of religious institutions, particularly those run by the Catholic Church.
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Gov. Rick Scott released the following statement regarding Clay County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Detective David White, who was killed during a gunfight Thursday night in Middleburg.
Last night, Sheriff's Deputy David White gave the ultimate sacrifice.
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The much-publicized story about school officials seizing a North Carolina girl's homemade lunch and forcing her to eat chicken nuggets instead took a new twist Friday.
Hoke County Schools assistant superintendent Bob Barnes now blames it all on a teacher's "error."
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A poll released on Friday from American Research Group (ARG) finds that Rick Santorum continues to rise in Michigan while Newt Gingrich is sinking in the Republican presidential primary which is scheduled for Feb. 28.
Santorum takes 37 percent of the poll of likely Michigan Republicans while Mitt Romney, who carried the state presidential primary back in 2008 and whose father was governor during the 1960s, places second with 32 percent. Ron Paul comes in third with 15 percent while Gingrich takes 10 percent.
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