December 13, 2010 - 6:00pm
Florida farmers and citrus growers are cautiously optimistic that their crops will survive a third straight night of subfreezing temperatures.
Op-Ed: Party Labels Are Helpful in Deciphering Immigration Debate
Submitted by Anonymous on December 14, 2010 - 4:03pm
A border-control advocate argues in the New York Times that Congress' inability to "compromise" on immigration is due to party labels. And that, he says, is a good thing.
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Florida Tea Partier to John Boehner: It's Not All About Obama
Submitted by Anonymous on December 14, 2010 - 3:23pm
CBS' "60 Minutes" talked to incoming House Speaker John Boehner about the tea party movement and pounced on him for "voting for almost every spending increase (George W.) Bush asked for."
Reporter Leslie Stahl, citing a letter written to Boehner by Punta Gorda tea party activist Robin Stublen, closely questioned the Ohio Republican on the GOP's commitment to fiscal restraint, and Boehner admitted: "We lost our way."
Stublen & Co. still aren't convinced that establishment Republicans on Capitol Hill have seen the light.
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Presidential Derby
December 13, 2010 - 6:00pm
Public Policy Polling (PPP), a polling firm with connections to Democrats, released a poll Tuesday that showed Ohio will be a battleground, even though President Barack Obama currently leads the four main candidates for the Republican presidential nod.
Justice Dept. Will Appeal Obamacare Setback on Carousel of Legal Logic
Submitted by Anonymous on December 14, 2010 - 2:14pm
The U.S. Justice Department announced today that it would appeal Monday's federal court ruling against the federal health-care plan.
The decision from a U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va., declared that the law's "individual mandate" to purchase insurance is unconstitutional.
Federal lawyers have a multilevel strategy to defend the mandate. The Wall Street Journal put it this way:
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Crowded Field Running for Mayor in Jacksonville
December 13, 2010 - 6:00pm
With most of Florida still recovering from the 2010 election cycle, Jacksonville turns its attention to the battle shaping up to see who will be the Bold New City of the Souths next mayor.
U.S. Census Bureau Releases New Data Tool for State, Local Governments
December 13, 2010 - 6:00pm
State and local governments -- in fact, all Americans -- now have a way to track demographic trends, even in the smallest cities.
Green Bay Newspaper Praises Wisconsin Gov.-elect Scott Walker for 'Killing High-Speed Rail'
Submitted by Nancy Smith on December 14, 2010 - 9:31am
In a Tuesday editorial under the headline "Killing high-speed rail shows fiscal restraint," the Green Bay Press-Gazette praised Wisconsin Gov.-elect Scott Walker for keeping his campaign promise to hold the line on spending, even though it means losing $810 million in federal funds to build a new rail line from Madison to Milwaukee.
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Scott Reopens Door to School Vouchers
December 13, 2010 - 6:00pm
As lawmakers wring their hands over an expected spike in K-12 enrollment, will they grasp an obvious, market-based solution?
South Florida Congressmen Apply Pressure in Mexican Kidnapping Case
December 13, 2010 - 6:00pm
If anyone has a chance of surviving a Mexican gang kidnapping, it might be Felix Batista. Then, again, if anyone should have been able to avoid getting kidnapped in the first place, he was at the top of the list.
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