Gov. Charlie Crist and the state Department of Education are touting "stunning" news about Florida's Advanced Placement scores.
Over the past five years, the DOE reported, the number of students registering passing scores on AP exams rose 54.7 percent. That beats the national increase of 36.9 percent.
Nice, but the "stunning" news isn't so impressive when one looks at the even-greater increase in the number of total test takers over the same period. In that time, 73.4 percent more Florida students sat for the AP exam.
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Looks like another debate is set between state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, and Republican candidate Rick Scott. The Scott campaign announced on Monday that their candidate would take part in a debate against Sink held by Univision on October 8.
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Weeks after losing the Republican gubernatorial primary to Rick Scott, Attorney General Bill McCollum sent out an email to supporters, pledging to remain active and work for Republicans in Novembers elections -- but still not backing Scott.
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Florida takes center stage this week in the fight over the federal health-care law that consumed Congress for the better part of a year, and along with it, so will a Pensacola judge who is no stranger to hot-button issues.
Scott Maddox is trying to win the commissioner of agriculture seat without any support from the many agriculture associations across the state.
His tactic? Turn his opponent's ag-support into a negative.
The battle is on in the close gubernatorial contest to define each candidate -- and on Monday new websites were unveiled to portray state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, and Republican rival Rick Scott in an unflattering light.
While Democrats and media pundits denigrate any thought of the Republican Party suing Gov. Charlie Crist over hundreds of thousands of dollars in party-paid travel expenses, at least one GOP strategist sees potential upsides, legally and politically.
Florida-based politicians will be keeping an eye on the Family Research Councils presidential straw poll at the Value Voters Summit coming up this weekend in Washington. Theres a whopping 17 Republicans whose name will be featured in contention.
With the AFL-CIO sending out a mailing attacking his opposition to the federal stimulus backed by President Barack Obama, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott is firing away at the White Houses economics program--and trying to link his Democratic opponent, state CFO Alex Sink, to the administration.
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