Florida transportation advocates on Thursday flashed yellow caution lights at a key plank of a bipartisan debt commissions recommendations for balancing the federal budget, raising the federal tax on gasoline.
Forecasts for the cost of Floridas Medicaid program were set to be agreed upon Thursday, but because of discrepancies between the estimates of two state agencies, they were delayed.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer interviewed Gov.-elect Rick Scott Thursday, fresh off a meeting of governors with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
According to Scott, the president said the right things about working with the states, but was more doubtful about what it will mean in substance.
"Who knows?" Scott said, when asked if he could work with President Obama.
Blitzer also peppered Scott with Florida-specific questions on immigration, health care and offshore oil drilling.
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Gov.-elect Rick Scott Thursday named what amounts to a star-studded education transition team -- particularly in terms of reform and innovation.
Heading his team is outspoken reformer Michelle Rhee, until October chancellor of the Washington, D.C., school district. Rhee made the news when she stood up to teachers unions and pushed hard for charter schools and expanding the district's voucher program.
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The Democrat-led lame-duck House of Representatives voted along party lines Thursday to extend Bush-era tax cuts for individuals earning less than $200,000 and couples making less than $250,000.
Republicans blasted the measure as a job-killing tax hike, saying it would lead to higher levies on small businesses and farmers beginning Jan. 1.
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As the week unfolded, it appeared that the last days of the lame-duck session of Congress might well end in gridlock. Many issues had been left to the last days, but certainly the biggest issue was whether the so-called "Bush tax cuts" would be extended for not only the "middle class," but for those fabulously wealthy individuals who have the audacity to earn more than $250,000 a year -- the "wealthy."
Will lightning strike thrice at the Republican Party of Florida?
Joe Gruters, the newly announced candidate for RPOF chairman, has selected Brian Graham as his campaign manager. Graham just came off a big victory, managing Daniel Webster's win over U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson.
Now Graham, owner of Dixie Strategies, is following in his father's footsteps. Walter Graham managed the state chair campaigns of two highly regarded party chiefs: Tom Slade and Al Cardenas.
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After a tumultuous experience in choosing the controversial Joyce Kauffman for his chief of staff and then watching her reluctantly refuse the post, newly elected congressman Allen West has announced a new staff lineup that is unlikely to rock the boat.
From the press release:
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Republican U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw commented on Thursday on the U.S. House unanimously passing a resolution creating a day of recognition for the parents of special needs children -- and hoped this would be a booster for his bill to create tax-deferred savings accounts for disabled individuals.
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In an unsurprising and uninspiring development, former state Sen. Rod Smith has taken a clear path to the state Democratic Party chairmanship.
The lack of any real competition for the post shows what a thankless job it is. With others bowing out, Smith appears to be the only one who really wanted it.
The Florida Democratic Party may be the biggest under-achiever this side of the Miami Hurricanes. Though holding a 600,000-voter advantage in party registration, Democrats were blown out in the fall election and shut out from the state's four Cabinet offices.
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