U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Bartow, received another endorsement Monday in the race for agriculture and consumer services commissioner, this time from a hunting organization as his campaign hopes for a clean shot at the Cabinet seat.
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For some elected officials, the October surprise is a pair of handcuffs.
Two weeks after eight public officials, including the mayor, were arrested in Bell, Calif., on corruption charges, Alabama state senators were among those arrested Monday as part of a crackdown on vote-buying related to gambling legislation.
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Don't read Newsweek magazine while drinking a beverage. A spit take is the obvious first reaction to a column by Julia Baird headlined "The Shame of Family Films." On the Internet, this article is coded as "Why Family Films Are So Sexist."
Fifty-one more Florida organizations -- ranging from the city of Miami to Pinellas County to the sprawling State Department of Management Services -- have joined the federal Early Retiree Reinsurance Program.
Nationally, nearly 3,000 large and small businesses, state and local governments, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and unions have been accepted into the program and will begin to receive reimbursements for their early retirees medical claims this fall.
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Marco Rubio, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, is running way ahead of independent Gov. Charlie Crist and Democrat U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek in the latest polls, but he is not getting complacent.
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When one congressman is so salty he creeps out another congressman, you know you've got a problem.
Seems the offensively salty lawmaker is -- surprise, surprise -- our boy.
Yes, Florida's go-nuclear Democrat, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, falls under the category of "good reason why more than 130 former members of Congress wrote a letter to every congressional candidate in both parties" last week, begging them to cut out the personal attacks and "focus on promise solving."
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The conservative James Madison Institute of Tallahassee has analyzed the constitutional amendments on the November ballot.
Check out the pros, cons and recommendations here.
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Voters have until the end of the day Monday to register to vote for the Nov. 2 election.
To be eligible to vote in Florida, one must be a U.S. citizen, a Florida resident, at least 18 years old, not be "adjudicated mentally incapacitated" (a lower threshold than one would think), and not be a convicted felon -- or have one's rights restored after a felony conviction.
Voters can register here, or with their local county's supervisor of elections office.
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It's a bit convoluted (it's meant to be), but this video definitively dissects how one bank, on one loan, profited handsomely from the FDIC -- and taxpayers are paying the bill.
Thanks to the not-so-invisible hand of Goldman Sachs, the rich get richer.
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There are good guys in politics. Maybe theyre not good all of the time and maybe in an election year like this one theyre as rare as a Republican at an AFL-CIO meeting. But Ive known elected officials to pull off incredible acts of selflessness and statesmanship and Ill bet you have, too.
