When people learn that you are an economist, they often want you to predict which way the economy is going. There seem to be more than the usual number of calls for such predictions lately. But an economist should be more aware than others are of how hazardous such predictions can be.
Lost in the shadows of the dramatic, competitive battles for governor and U.S. Senate, the two major party nominees in the attorney generals race nevertheless have begun to attack one another and stake out positions they hope will lead to victory in November.
Visit Florida and the state Chamber of Commerce have more to worry about than oil.
Republican congressional candidate Steve Southerland is getting some help from the Republican Party of Florida in his bid to challenge vulnerable Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd.
On Tuesday, Ronnie Whitaker, the executive director of the RPOF, took aim at Boyd -- who won a Democratic primary overSenate Minority Leader Al Lawson of Tallahassee by the skin of his teeth -- over Social Security.
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While the great state of Florida celebrated its 165th birthday back in March, the nations oldest city marked its 445th anniversary on Tuesday. In an attempt to remove a French colonial settlement in present-day Jacksonville that threatened the treasure fleet routes, on Sept. 7, 1565, Spanish military leader Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed his forces and started erecting defenses to the south -- in present-day St. Augustine. The American colonial experience did not start with the Pilgrims or with Jamestown in 1607 -- it started here in Florida.
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Libertarian gubernatorial candidate John Wayne Smith's explanation of his dismissal from the November ballot got a different twist from the Division of Elections today.
While Smith blamed the state agency for "losing" his paperwork, Division of Elections spokeswoman Jennifer K. Davis said the office had contacted Smith three times since his June 16 filing in an effort to retrieve the requisite form designating a lieutenant governor running mate.
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With Republican U.S. Senate nominee former House Speaker Marco Rubio off the campaign trail after the passing of his father, Rep. Jennifer Carroll, R-Jacksonville, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, will be hosting a rally for the Rubio campaign on Wednesday. Carroll, who was tapped by GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott last week, will be in Lakeland to meet with Republicans from Polk County.
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Bernie DeCastro, the Constitution Party candidate in the U.S. Senate race, is questioning former House Speaker Marco Rubios conservative credentials. Rubio is currently running as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate.
Marco Rubio is not a conservative, wrote DeCastro in response to suggestions that he pull out of the race and not split the conservative vote. Nor is he a person willing to take on the liberal Obama agenda, as he so often says. But this is not my opinion. This accusation is based on facts and Mr. Rubios own record.
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Branding Islam a "violent and oppressive religion" a Gainesville pastor said his church will mark Sept. 11 by burning Qurans.
State CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, spoke in Delray Beach on Tuesday about the ties between energy and Floridas struggling economy -- and trumpeted some new endorsements.
Taking a page from Bud Chiles, who had run for governor without party affiliation until pulling out of the race last week to endorse Sink, the CFO pushed alternative energies as a future cornerstone for the Sunshine States economy.
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