While Michelle Rhee got most of the attention during her presentation Wednesday at the Senate Education PreK-12 Committee, it is the legislation discussed afterward that will have the most lasting impact on Floridas education.
Former Gov. Charlie Crist and former Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, fresh off electoral defeats last fall, were back in the spotlight Wednesday, this time pushing for a ballot initiative that would prevent offshore oil and natural gas drilling in Florida's territorial waters.
Political pundits of a certain stripe have been lamenting the disappearance of Republican moderates for years. It's time now to lament the disappearance of moderate Democrats.
Some of Gov. Rick Scotts most vaunted spending claims faded Wednesday, as the Republican chief executives budget director endured three hours of withering questioning from the Senate Budget Committee.
With activists from across the nation headed to Washington for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which begins Thursday, conservatives from the Sunshine State will be on center stage.
Al Cardenas, a former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), was named on Wednesday to head up the American Conservative Union (ACU), succeeding conservative icon David Keene who led the group for more than 25 years.
Cardenas, who had served as the ACUs treasurer was elected as chairman without opposition despite grumblings from some social conservatives who maintained he did not share their commitment to traditional values.
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Tackling the politically charged subject of tenure, school reformer Michelle Rhee told a Florida Senate committee Wednesday that teacher-protection rules undermine quality education.
While there have been rumors and reports that the proposed budget unveiled on Monday by Gov. Rick Scott would lead to closing 53 state parks -- including Civil War battlefields like Olustee and Natural Bridge -- the Scott team shot those reports down on Wednesday.
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Gov. Rick Scotts administration continued unveiling its proposed budget Wednesday, taking it to the Florida House Agricultureand Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Trudi Williams, R-Fort Myers.
