Incoming Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Adam Putnam named key members of the administration on Tuesday as he prepares to leave Congress to assume his new responsibilities in January -- keeping many staffers who served under current Commissioner Charles Bronson.
Florida will send 27 representatives to the U.S. House in 2013, two more than it currently does, thanks to the 2010 Census numbers released Tuesday.
Incoming Gov. Rick Scott Tuesday named retired Army Col. Mike Prendergast as his chief of staff. Prendergast, a Republican who offered a spirited but ultimately unsuccessful challenge to Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, served as an aide to former U.S. Senator Bob Graham and as a legislative liaison in the Secretary of the Army's Office.
Incoming Gov. Rick Scott named retired Army Col. Mike Prendergast as his chief of staff on Tuesday. Prendergast, a Republican who offered a spirited but ultimately unsuccessful challenge to Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, served as an aide to former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham and as a legislative liaison in the Secretary of the Army's Office
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A poll released Tuesday from Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with ties to Democrats at the national level, reveals that Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is ahead of most of his potential opponents, but remains vulnerable: He could not muster more than 50 percent against a pack of mostly unknown Republicans.
Results of the 2010 U.S. Census released Tuesday reveal Florida will pick up two more seats in the House of Representatives.
Population growth in the West and South vastly outpaced growth in the rest of the country, with states like Arizona, Texas and Georgia picking up seats at the expense of Northeastern states.
The 2010 Census showed there were 308,745,538 residents in the 50 states and Washington, D.C., as of April 1.
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According to the first report released from Gov.-elect Rick Scott's transition teams, Florida is on the road to ruin and needs a course correction -- quick.
Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with ties to Democrats at the national level, released a poll on Tuesday on the 2012 U.S. Senate race in Florida. While the poll had former Gov. Jeb Bush beating Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, it also had Nelson ahead of the rest of the potential Republican candidates.
While he may have been ahead, the poll showed Nelson is vulnerable in 2012 -- he did not get 50 percent against any of the Republicans who are mostly an unknown bunch.
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One of Gov.-elect Rick Scotts most high-profile campaign promises to slash $1 billion from the states prison system drew a powerful pushback when the union representing correctional officers aired television spots warning he would start releasing inmates to reduce spending.
The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to announce its statistics from the 2010 Census Tuesday, and as a result, Florida is slated to get at least one -- and possibly two -- extra seats in the House of Representatives.
