The Florida Alliance for Main Street Fairness -- which includes the Florida Retail Federation, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Florida -- released the following statement in support of a pair of Senate bills that would seek to capture sales taxes from online purchases made by Floridians through companies outside the state:
"Top business leaders today thanked lawmakers for advancing E-Fairness legislation through two key Senate committees.
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U.S. unemployment dropped 0.2 of a percentage point in January from December, according to the national estimate by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today.
"Job growth was widespread in the private sector in January, with the largest gains occurring in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing," John M. Galvin, Bureau of Labor Statistics acting commissioner stated in a release.
The national unemployment stood at 8.3 percent last month, with the overall number of unemployed now at 12.8 million.
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With President Barack Obama likely facing a tough battle in November, speculation continues to build that hell dump Joe Biden as his running mate and replace him with a more popular Democrat -- namely Hillary Clinton. But history shows that replacing the vice president does little for an incumbent president and some experts are betting that the O and Joe pairing will once again top the Democratic ticket.
As a longtime fan and admirer of Rush Limbaugh, I was disappointed to hear his comments regarding the work of the Congressional Redistricting Subcommittee on which I am honored to serve.
Breaking with their counterparts at the state's universities, presidents at a handful of Florida colleges urged lawmakers to be cautious about any moves that could push tuition upward.
The comments came in testimony before the House Education Committee, which is working to hammer out a set of recommendations on how to overhaul the state's higher education system.
After his fourth-place showing in Florida, Ron Paul, by then in Nevada, told supporters he had been advised by friends that he would do better if only he dumped his foreign policy views, which have been derided as isolationism.
The Urban Institute, a group that's generally no friend to conservative causes, released a report Thursday on the state of race relations in different cities in the U.S., ranked from one to 100 in descending order of cordiality.
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In the "in case you didn't know" department ...
Charter school champion Frank Biden is pushing education reform that promotes the growth of public charter schools -- a bipartisan initiative that has advanced in recent years in the GOP-led Florida Legislature.
And, yes, this is the brother of Vice President Joe Biden.
Biden works with Maverick Schools, whose public charter schools cater to disadvantaged and special needs students.
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State insurance regulators have finalized a settlement with Prudential Financial over its handling of death benefits from life insurance policies.
According to a release from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Attorney General Pam Bondi, Prudential has agreed to improve its practice of identifying deceased policyholders in order to pay beneficiaries.
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