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Ron Paul Rips Into 'Counterfeit Conservative' Newt Gingrich

Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 1, 2011 - 8:27am

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, now making his third bid for the White House and his second attempt at the Republican presidential nomination, is taking the gloves off and ripping into primary rival former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

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George LeMieux Fires Away at GOP Rival Connie Mack

Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 1, 2011 - 8:17am

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux is taking new aim at Republican primary rival U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. In a statement, LeMieux, who is looking to topple Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, slammed Mack on spending.

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Marco Rubio Takes Aim at Congressional Earmarks

Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 1, 2011 - 8:12am

Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is co-sponsoring a bill to permanently ban congressional earmarks. The Earmark Elimination Act has been introduced by U.S. Sen. Clair McCaskill, D-Mo., and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.

One of my first acts after being elected to the Senate a year ago was to support the moratorium on earmarks adopted by Senate Republicans, Rubio said in a statement. Earmarks waste hard-earned tax dollars, have eroded the publics faith in Washington and helped foster a culture of mindless and reckless spending.

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Rick Santorum Gets Support from Leading N.H. Conservative

Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 1, 2011 - 8:06am

Republican presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum won a key endorsement in New Hampshire as social conservative activist and former gubernatorial candidate Karen Testerman deserted U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann to back Santorum's bid for the GOP nomination.

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Port of Miami is Digging for Growth

Jim Turner

November 30, 2011 - 6:00pm

When port supporters talk about gearing Florida up for the anticipated growth of shipping due to the widening of the Panama Canal, ground zero is Port of Miami.

The attention has been on the $77 million that Gov. Rick Scott directed toward the dredging of the harbor to capture the super freighters expected to stream through a widened Panama Canal starting in 2014.

But that work is only one of three major projects that have been in the works for more than a decade at the cargo and cruise hotspot.

Florida Senate Posts Descriptions of its Proposed Boundaries

Submitted by Anonymous on November 30, 2011 - 11:55pm

The Florida Senate has posted on its website a 10-page outline describing proposed new boundary lines for each of the 40 Senate districts.

The House redistricting proposals are expected to be released Tuesday for congressional, House and Senate districts.

The Senate released only Senate and congressional drafts on Monday.

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Anti-Insider Trading Bills for Congress Gaining Florida Sponsors

Jim Turner

November 29, 2011 - 6:00pm

Congressman Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, has become the sixth House member from the Florida delegation to sign on to the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act.

Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Orlando, and Marco Rubio, R-Miami, have also joined similar efforts.

The House bill prohibits members of Congress, their staff and federal employees from trading in the stock market on information obtain in closed-door meetings.

State High Court Disbars Six Attorneys, Suspends 10

Submitted by Anonymous on November 30, 2011 - 8:04pm

The Florida Supreme Court has disbarred six attorneys from Sunrise, Naples, Hollywood, Sacramento, Calif., St. Johns and Miami, The Florida Bar has reported.

Another 10 attorneys -- from Clermont, Dover, St. Petersburg, Coral Gables, Tampa, Pinecrest, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Boca Raton and Loudonville, N.Y. -- received suspensions.

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USF adds Tampa Bay to Logo

Submitted by Anonymous on November 30, 2011 - 6:57pm

In an effort to better show where the campus is located, the University of South Florida will add its location to the name.

While it may sound like a branch campus, for future marketing, the university will be called USF Tampa Bay. The official name remains the University of South Florida.

School officials stop short of calling it an official name change, but rather more of a national advertising strategy, WTSP 10 News in Tampa reported.

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For Florida Supreme Court, Ideology Counts: 5-2

Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

November 29, 2011 - 6:00pm

For Florida Supreme Court justices, the numbers are familiar: 5-2.

The court in recent months has split by that margin on a series of cases, with Chief Justice Charles Canady and Justice Ricky Polston siding together and offering conservative --- and sometimes stinging --- dissents.

The cases have included controversial issues such as injury lawsuits against businesses, Gov. Rick Scott's attempt to exert more control over state rule-making and, in a few instances, death sentences.

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