State Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, did enough in his personal disclosure letter that he didnt violate legislative voting conflict laws when he supported a charter school reform bill last spring, the state Commission on Ethics has ruled.
Asserting that "academic standards and outcomes were higher" before the advent of the U.S. Department of Education, Michele Bachmann blasted the federal role in America's schools.
"We have 4,200 employees in the federal Department of Education making an average of $103,000 a year. This money would be better spent in local classrooms," the GOP presidential hopeful said Thursday at an education forum in New York City.
Bachmann, a congresswoman for Minnesota, said her political involvement began at her children's schools.
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A tea party group denounced a federal court injunction blocking Florida's drug testing of welfare recipients and called on Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi to contest the ruling.
"Federal law explicitly says that a state shall not be prohibited from testing welfare recipients for controlled substances," said Jesse Phillips, the Tea Party Network's point person on judicial reform.
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Brazils official export promotion agency, APEX, has expanded its U.S. headquarters operations in Miami, according to the governors office.
Gov. Rick Scott, heading an economic trade mission to Sao Paulo this week, announced the expansion Thursday.
According to the release from the governors office:
The expansion and a $500,000 capital investment has enabled APEX to add seven full-time staff, relocate to downtown Miami and expand to 11,000 square feet of space, which is primarily used for 20 business incubator offices.
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WASHINGTON -- You've got your Mexican standoff, your Russian roulette, your Chinese water torture. And now, your Libyan crossfire. That's when a pistol is applied to the head and a bullet crosses from one temple to the other.
U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams, R-Orlando, grilled Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on revelations that the administration is releasing criminal illegal aliens into the U.S. population and taking no action against countries that refuse their deportation.
Isnt it true that if [illegal immigrants] are in a deportation status and their home country will not accept them, that you release them back into the communities? Adams asked Napolitano during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.
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A development project touting 10,623 construction jobs and 2,513 permanent positions moved a step closer to reality this week in North Miami. But not everyone is sold on the financial package, and if the city balks, the developer could walk.
The City Council authorized negotiations to begin with South Florida developer Michael Swerdlow's Oleta Group on a residential and retail venture spread over 184 acres.
While he declined back in March to run for the U.S. Senate seat his father held for two terms, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack is preparing to enter the crowded Republican primary field of candidates looking to knock off Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012.
