Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday that Colt Manufacturing, the maker of the famous Colt .45, the M-16 and other guns, will open a new regional headquarters and manufacturing facility in Osceola County.
The facility over the next three years will create 63 jobs paying an average of more than $45,000. Scott and M. William Keys, Colt Manufacturing president, made the announcement near Kissimmee.
Florida supporters of Herman Cain are standing by as they anxiously await his campaign "reassessment."
The businessman said he would counsel with his family in Georgia this weekend and announce his future plans at a yet-to-be-determined time.
Multiple allegations of misconduct and a painful stumble over an editorial board question about Libya have rocked the campaign and raised questions about the candidate's viability -- personally and politically.
Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, now running in a crowded Republican primary to see who will emerge to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, unveiled his Miami-Dade team on Thursday.
I am proud to announce my Miami-Dade County Victory Team, said LeMieux who trails U.S. Rep. Connie Mack in the polls for the Republican nomination. South Florida is a pivotal component in Republican politics and my Miami-Dade Victory Team will play an important role in defeating Bill Nelson, taking back the U.S. Senate in 2012, and getting our country back on track.
Women of the Grand Old Party -- for that matter, men of the GOP -- what could you be thinking? Newt Gingrich? Really?
Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw took to the House floor on Thursday afternoon to introduce a resolution declaring this the start of Crohns and Colitis Awareness Week. Crenshaw teamed up with U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., to introduce the measure.
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A national poll released on Thursday found that former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich holds a commanding lead in the fluid race to see which Republican candidate will emerge to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012.
A Rasmussen Reports poll of likely Republican primary voters has Gingrich way out in front with 38 percent followed by former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts in second with 17 percent.
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Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio teamed up with U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., to introduce a resolution on Thursday urging the Obama administration to back democracy in Nicaragua, condemning electoral violence in that Central American nation and calling for investigation from the Organization of American States on Daniel Ortegas electoral win.
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If the Justice Department has nothing to hide, how come the Obama administration abruptly sealed court records that deliver the goods -- I'm talking about full details here -- of how Mexican drug smugglers murdered a U.S. Border Patrol agent. And it all happened with a gun connected to a failed federal experiment that allowed firearms to be smuggled into Mexico.
Who can blame the members of Congress who are calling for Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation?
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