With less than five weeks until Republican voters caucus in Iowa to launch the procession of states that will determine who will emerge to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012, the GOP hopefuls continue to build in the Hawkeye State.
Gov. Rick Scott joined law enforcement for the annual reminder that troopers will be out in force searching for drunk and impaired drivers through winter holiday season.
Scott, during an announcement in the Capitol rotunda of this years enforcement effort, said drunk driving arrests and crashes have decreased the past four years, but more needs to be done.
The message appears to be reaching everyone, Scott said.
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When they began crafting the Fair Districts amendments years ago, one of the goals supporters had was to create more competitive congressional districts. In at least some instances, under a draft of the map recently released by the staff of the Senate Reapportionment Committee, they might have succeeded.
Republican presidential hopeful former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts added to his team in Iowa, which holds the first presidential contest in less than five weeks, when he announced on Friday that former Gov. Robert Ray was endorsing his bid.
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Environmental advocacy groups has filed a legal challenge against Florida's Department of Environmental Protection claiming the state has failed to protect state waterways from toxic algae outbreaks.
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Longtime Tallahassee operative Barney Bishop, best known for leading the Associated Industries of Florida for almost seven years, announced on Friday that he will be launching a new venture -- Barney Bishop Consulting LLC. The new company will be involved in government relations and focused on business operations and possibly political campaigns.
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Unemployment dropped to 8.6 percent nationally in November, down 0.4 percentage points from October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Payroll employment rose by 120,000, with the gains in retail trade, leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, and health care.
The national numbers do not break down unemployment by state.
Two weeks ago, Floridas unemployment rate came in at 10.3 percent for October, down from 10.6 percent in September, according to the Department of Economic Opportunity.
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While officials point fingers over who or what's to blame for a delay in $300 million in road improvements for Central Florida, they're missing an obvious culprit: SunRail.
The state Department of Transportation said the postponements in roadwork are the result of dwindling gas taxes and fees. Local leaders blame the $1.8 billion Wekiva Parkway.
But Beth Dillaha says it's a railroad job.
"Dont you think the CSX/SunRail deal has anything to do with this?" she asks.
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The Poarch Band Creek Indians, betting $20 million on the Panhandle off-ramp town of Gretna, were able to showcase Floridas latest gambling option Thursday: controversial head-to-head barrel racing.
Opponents claim the races are just a front so they can entice voters to allow more lucrative slot machines to be installed.
Unlike in traditional barrel racing, where a single rider at a time competes against a clock, the tribe is pitting two riders at a time against each other in neighboring fields running horses in a cloverleaf fashion around three barrels.
WASHINGTON -- It's Iowa minus one month, and barring yet another resurrection, or something of similar improbability, it's Mitt Romney versus Newt Gingrich. In a match race, here's the scorecard:
