At a West Boca Chamber of Commerce breakfast Tuesday, Congressman Allen West, an Army veteran, was asked if he was packing heat. After all, the Senate's sergeant at arms has warned all members of Congress to stay watchful and take threats seriously.
According to a CBS12 story, at first West replied, "No, I can't tell you that." Later he said, "No, I'm not" carrying a weapon.
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On Tuesday, during a meeting of the Commerce and Tourism Committee, Florida senators lauded the prospect of creating as many as 48,000 jobs directly and indirectly related to the construction of the Tampa-Orlando phase of the state's high-speed rail project.
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The Florida League of Cities and Florida Stormwater Association are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over new numeric nutrient criteria regulations for Floridas waters.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, asks the federal court to force the EPA to abandon its "unprecedented action against the state."
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Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to national Democrats, released a new poll Tuesday that showedformer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who moved to the Sunshine State last year, is the favorite to win the Iowa caucus if he decides to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
Public Policy Polling, a firm with connections to national Democrats, released a new poll on Tuesday that showed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who moved to the Sunshine State last year, is the favorite to win the Iowa caucus if he decides to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
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Senate President Mike Haridopolos on Tuesday applauded Florida schools for rising in the national rankings.
Parents, students and educators should be proud of Floridas No. 5 overall ranking, according to Education Weeks annual state grade. This achievement validates not only the hard work performed by students and teachers, but shows the education reforms adopted by the Legislature are working," the Merritt Island Republican said.
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As both a former congressman who represented the Panhandle and in his current incarnation as cable news host, Joe Scarborough mulled over the mass shootings that occurred in Arizona on Saturday in a column at Politico.
Scarborough focused on what he considered extreme rhetoric directed at politicians on both the left and the right.
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Florida's Public Service Commission has approved Florida Power and Light's storm-hardening plan, which strengthens utility infrastructure before storms in an effort to reduce outages and restoration costs, through 2012.
Florida has been recognized as a national leader in preparing for, and responding to, storm damage.When storms do occur, these efforts will expedite response times and minimize electrical outages to customers and help communities recover more quickly,"said PSC Chairman Art Graham.
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Citing the lack of a clear bill before the Senate Agriculture Committee, the committee's chair, Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, cancelled a discussion Tuesday on how immigration affects the agriculture industry.
"It's my position in talking to (Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island) that any bill dealing with immigration should come through our committee. That's why I wanted to make sure we didn't discuss it right now in the open and it has no germanity," Siplin said.
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Marking the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will continue touring that island nation on Tuesday.
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