A letter from the Broward County Republican Party chairman complaining about the redesigned congressional district of Rep. Allen West could trigger legal challenges, a tea party activist says.
"Just when I thought the GOP couldn't get more incompetent, Broward comes along with an effort to save an incumbent? This is Exhibit A in the first lawsuit," said Henry Kelley, chairman of the Fort Walton Beach Tea Party.
U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Jacksonville, called Brazilian aircraft maker Embraers decision to build 20 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force a win for Jacksonvilles economy.
A great team came together to make a solid case for building this plane in Northeast Florida, resulting in a win for the First Coast economy and our national defense, Crenshaw, a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, stated in a release.
Comments are now closed.
The Florida Supreme Court has disciplined 17 attorneys, disbarring six, according to a Dec. 29 release from The Florida Bar.
One attorney was publicly reprimanded, three attorneys were placed on probation and two attorneys were ordered to pay restitution.
According to a Florida Bar release:
Comments are now closed.
County-level voters across Florida would get to decide if they want to expand gambling in their community -- from slot machines to mega-casinos -- under changes proposed to the highly watched destination gaming bill now before state legislators.
Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, is expected to amend her 166-page destination gaming bill by the end of the week that would:
No matter what happens in the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night, a poll from Suffolk University/7NEWS released on Tuesday afternoon shows that the pack of Republican presidential hopefuls will have a hard time knocking off Mitt Romney in New Hampshire.
Comments are now closed.
Despite winning the Iowa Republican straw poll in August, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota is not expected to do well in the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night. While Bachmann had counted on a strong showing in the Hawkeye State to propel her bid for the Republican presidential nomination, she is now turning her eyes to South Carolina which is set to hold its primary on Jan. 21 -- after New Hampshire has its say on Jan. 10.
Comments are now closed.
CORRECTED TO ADD MORE FLORIDA UNIVERSITIES: The state university system in Florida has long insisted that its tuition schedules are among the best value for a student's higher education dollar in the country, justifying further increases. On Tuesday, a venerable annual survey backed up that claim.
Comments are now closed.
Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul scored a virtual three-way tie in an online poll hosted by the Sarasota Republican Party.
The poll of 2,108 Florida Republicans from 62 of the state's 67 counties showed Gingrich and Romney each grabbing 25 percent of the vote. Ron Paul garnered 24 percent.
Rick Santorum was the only other candidate in double digits, with 11 percent.
Comments are now closed.
Trying to stay alive in the Republican presidential race and hoping to place in the top four in the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night, Texas Gov. Rick Perry made his final pitch in the Hawkeye State.
Comments are now closed.
Iowans will head to almost 1,775 precincts across the Hawkeye State Tuesday night to caucus on which Republican hopeful will challenge President Barack Obama in November.
Recent polls show three of them in position to win Iowa, which leads the procession of state caucuses and primaries.
