This wasn't the way it was supposed to work.
State lawmakers were supposed to bite the bullet and make cuts in the 2011-12 budget and -- take a deep breath -- things would all get better.
But as budget committees met this week, gloom set in again. Medicaid costs are rising, schools need to find money, tax revenues are lagging. You get the picture.
WASHINGTON -- Republicans supposedly revere the Constitution, but in its birthplace, Pennsylvania, they are contemplating a subversion of the Framers' institutional architecture.
President Barack Obama obviously is scrambling in his attempt to win re-election.
The head of the State Board of Administration is being called back to the Capitol to address a $10,750 invoice to a state lawmaker for a public records request centered on a $125 million investment by the agency in a private equity firm.
Ash Williams, executive director of the State Board of Administration, is expected to face a group of state senators when legislators return for committee meetings the week of Oct. 17.
Williams defended the invoice before members of the Florida Cabinet on Oct. 4.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi called the bill indefensible.
President Obama continues to hurt American business owners and those Americans looking for a job.
Gov. Rick Scott reasserted Friday his campaign pledge to create 700,000 jobs in seven years. In a release posted on the governors website Friday, Scott responded to critics who have questioned if he had changed his seven-step economic campaign promise.
Several Florida newspapers have recently pointed out that on the campaign trail, Scott had said the jobs would be in addition to normal growth.
Read the entire release below:
Statement from Governor Rick Scott: 700,000 jobs in Seven Years: Setting the Record Straight.
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Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll and space executives are in Europe this week to drum up high-tech and aerospace business for the state.
Carroll and Space Florida President Frank DiBello will meet with members of the British Parliament on Monday to discuss future scientific ventures. Agenda items include formalizing Memorandums of Understanding to enhance partnerships in small satellite development, agricultural biotech and genetics, and health research for the elderly.
