Rep. William Snyder, R-Stuart, who is forgoing a run for a fourth term to seek the sheriffs position in Martin County, says hes topped $166,000 in his current campaign.
We have raised more money than any sheriffs race in Martin County history, Snyder posted on his campaign website.
The $166,000 would top the money Snyder needed to win his seat in 2006 -- $144,197 -- and be re-elected in 2008 -- $165,761. Snyder was unopposed in 2010.
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Florida legislators may give themselves a little more time to deal with expected challenges to the once-a-decade redrawing of the congressional and legislative maps.
A bill has been proposed, SPB 7042, to shorten by a week the required 12-week window between the primary and the general election.
By moving this years primary date from Aug. 14 to Aug. 21, the qualifying period for congressional and legislative seats could also be moved from the week of June 4 to the week of June 11.
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An effort to require E-Verify in Florida will return for another go in the state Legislature.
Sen. Thad Altman, R-Melbourne, and Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, are once again asking fellow state legislators to require Florida businesses to use a federal system that checks the legal status of new hires.
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Watch for Gov. Rick Scott to charge hard at Florida's education needs when he outlines his vision for the state during his State of the State address Tuesday morning in the Capitol.
Scott, who made job creation the primary focus during his first year in office, will continue the call he made last month in his budget proposal to lower the cost of living by reducing insurance costs and improving primary and university education.
In a Suffolk University/7News poll released on Sunday morning, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas closed the gap but is still trailing former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary.
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Conservative activist Gary Bauer endorsed former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania for the Republican presidential nomination on Sunday. Bauer, now with the Campaign for Working Families and Our American Values, is best known for leading the Family Research Council and running for the Republican presidential nomination back in 2000.
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State Rep. Daphne Campbell, D-Miami, wants to authorize Florida's nurse practitioners to initiate involuntary psychiatric examinations under the state's Baker Act.
Though many counseling professionals and physician assistants can involuntarily commit patients who are suicidal or homicidal, advanced registered nurse practitioners have no such authority in Florida, Campbell said.
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Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein said his Fort Lauderdale law firm maintained a condo across the street where he and his law partners would have sex with prostitutes and then come back to work, according to transcripts published by the Sun-Sentinel.
The imprisoned Rothstein said his firm spent tens of thousands of dollars per month on escorts, offering the women's services to friends, investors and business associates, the Sun-Sentinel reported.
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In a letter to President Barack Obama about another impending increase in the nation's debt ceiling, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., warned on Friday that the administration's policies are turning the United States into a "deadbeat nation."
Rubio reiterated his call for an economic plan featuring "both pro-growth elements and spending restraints, including fundamental tax reform, regulatory reform, meaningful cuts to discretionary spending, a balanced-budget amendment, and reforms to save Social Security and Medicare.
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