Rep. Rob Schenck, R-Springhill, who leads the Health and Human Services Committee in the Florida House cheered the news that six more states were joining Floridas constitutional challenge of federal health care laws backed by President Barack Obama.
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A consensus may be forming -- which includes Gov. Rick Scott -- that a long-proposed Tampa to Orlando bullet train should roll if private businesses want to pay for the remainder of the ride.
The State Board of Education issued $31.3 million in fines for public schools and another $355,000 for charter schools Tuesday for exceeding Florida's class-size limits, but much of that money could get funneled back into the schools that exceeded the caps.
A Democratic lawmaker from South Florida wants to get rid of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, more commonly known as the FCAT, but her critics fear the alternative may be worse.
Gov. Rick Scott spoke out in praise of the six states -- Iowa, Ohio, Kansas, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Maine -- that are joining Florida's lawsuit against the federal health-care law passed last year. Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a motion earlier Tuesday to add the states to the suit.
Here's the governor's statement:
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On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott named David Wilkins to head up the Department of Children and Families. Wilkins, who had been with Accenture Health and Public Service, was serving as finance chairman of the Florida Baptist Childrens Home.
David's passion for child-care issues and the human services business, along with his decades of management experience in business and charities, will serve this agency well as it protects Floridas families," said Scott.
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Rapper Luther Campbell says he will run for mayor of Miami if current mayor Carlos Alvarez is ousted in the recall election set for March 15.
Campbell, the former 2 Live Crew frontman and onetime adult-film star, now writes a column for Miami New Times, where he laid out his agenda:
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The State Board of Education set out $31.3 million in fines for public schools and another $355,000 for charter schools Tuesday for exceeding Florida's class-size limits, but the fines could have been much higher.
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This week the House of Representatives will debate and vote on the repeal of President Barack Obama's health care bill. The debate and vote on the repeal bill, HR 2, is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 19.
