July 26, 2011 - 6:00pm
"Like a fire bell in the night," wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1820, "this momentous question ... awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union."
Actress-Girlfriend Sofia Vergara is All In for a Nick Loeb Senate Bid
Submitted by Anonymous on July 27, 2011 - 8:00am
Nick Loeb has his running mate.
Sofia Vergara, the "Modern Family" actress, says she's all in for helping her boyfriend vie for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida.
"Of course I will help him, why not?" she told "People" magazine.
"I support him with everything. If that's what he wants to do in his life, I will be there for him."
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Gov. Rick Scott Promotes Controversial Education Reforms
July 26, 2011 - 6:00pm
Controversial changes that have rocked Texas higher education system may be coming to Florida.
Gov. Rick Scott has begun discreetly promoting the same changes to the higher education system that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has championed. The proposals include some of the same reforms pushed by conservatives in K-12 schools: merit pay for professors, tenure reform, and generally a much greater emphasis on measurement of whether professors are turning out students that meet certain goals.
Rick Scott Creates Commission on Jobs for Floridians with Disabilities
Submitted by Nancy Smith on July 26, 2011 - 6:29pm
Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday ordered the creation of the Governors Commission on Jobs for Floridians with Disabilities. Lane Wright, his press secretary, said it was to mark the 21st anniversary of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Jerry Holbert Cartoon
July 26, 2011 - 6:00pm
Florida Train Heist: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul on SunRail
July 25, 2011 - 6:00pm
Doubts about "stable" revenue sources are dogging the SunRail commuter train before it even has a locomotive. Tax increases or further cuts in social services appear to be the only way Central Florida governments will be able to satisfy federal funding requirements.
Last week, in a sign of current and future hard times, Orange County commissioners voted to close a foster-care facility in the poor neighborhood of Pine Hills for budget reasons.
Presidential Derby
July 25, 2011 - 6:00pm
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, looking increasingly likely to enter the field for the Republican presidential nomination, is playing the states' rights card. In an appearance in New York Friday, Perry said the Empire State has the right to allow same-sex marriages, while conservative states like Texas have the right to oppose them. This is not a new stance from Perry, who has also said that the matter of medicinal marijuana should also be left to the states ...
Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio Inundated by Debt Calls, E-Mails
Submitted by Anonymous on July 26, 2011 - 3:37pm
Maybe Sen. Bill Nelson's callers like "baby talk."
Dan McLaughlin, spokesman for Florida's Democratic senator, said the deluge of phone calls pouring in to the office today "were mostly supportive of the president's speech" on the national-debt debate.
Barack Obama's Monday night address has been applauded by some as a mature call for a "balanced approach" and derided by others as "baby talk."
McLaughlin said Nelson's office received "a way-above-normal 5,500 e-mails just this morning."
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Adam Hasner Opposes Current Plans to Raise Debt Ceiling
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 26, 2011 - 3:19pm
Former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner, now running for the Republican nomination to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, said on Tuesday that he opposed current plans in Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling -- including the one backed by U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
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Republican Lawmakers Sponsor Bill to HALT 'Backdoor Amnesty'
Submitted by Anonymous on July 26, 2011 - 3:18pm
The U.S. House conducted a hearing Tuesday on the HALT Act, which aims to curb administrative discretion in deporting illegal aliens.
The bill, authored by Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and co-sponsored by more than a dozen congressmen, including Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., came in response to the Obama administration's announced policy of prioritizing deportations to remove violent criminals first.
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