From his perch on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney warned that defense cuts -- which are looming as a bipartisan joint committee set up to cut the federal budget appears stalled -- could undermine national security.
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The state Department of Transportation plan to try to replace dwindling gas tax revenue with additional tolling ability, particularly for express lanes, will be part of the department's agency bill when it emerges, a committee heard Tuesday.
Florida Republican U.S. Rep. David Rivera tore into President Barack Obama on Tuesday over the administrations decision to postpone the Keystone XL project.
President Obama has decided to play politics with an issue that intersects at the avenues of jobs, foreign affairs and energy, said Rivera. By postponing the approval of the Keystone pipeline, out of a concern for his own electoral future, the president has jeopardized 20,000 American jobs --something we can ill afford at a time of 9 percent unemployment.
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A gaming commission proposed to oversee pari-mutuels, Internet cafes and the potential trio of 5-star casinos in South Florida may also have the state lottery under its watch.
Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, said Tuesday she has check with legal counsel to determine if the Florida Gaming Commission -- being designed to close loopholes and regulate existing gaming options -- can also oversee the voter approved Florida lottery.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida announced Tuesday it is one payment away from the $500 million mark in gaming compact payments made to the state of Florida.
The tribe surpassed $490 million with today's payment, an automatic transfer of $12.5 million.
The next scheduled payment, on Dec. 15, will push the total to $502.9 million.
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The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) has kicked off a series of video updates from Lenny Curry, the chairman of the state party. In the first video, Curry weighs in on what the state GOP will focus on in 2012.
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Leaders of the Latin Builders Association, sporting hard hats and holding shovels, stood before the fourth floor entrance to the Florida Senate in the Capitol as they become the latest group to announce support for the destination gaming bill now before the Legislature.
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As a man who's re-reading Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" after a lapse of more than two decadea, I've got more than a passing interest in what we all too casually refer to as "liberty."
But fortunately, the Cato Institute comes through again with a reminder of what it's all about.
Check out their new website here.
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