August 11, 2010 - 6:00pm
Economic Forecast Paints Brighter Picture
August 12, 2010 - 6:00pm
Encouraged by recent upticks in corporate profits but wary of a potential weakening on the national economic scene, state economists on Thursday raised revenue estimates for next year by 1.4 percent from calculations made five months ago.
Scott Maddox Campaigns at Farm to Fuel Summit
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2010 - 3:30pm
On Thursday, former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox, the Democratic candidate to be Floridas next commissioner of agriculture and consumer services, attended the Farm to Fuel Summit in Orlando.
Florida has failed to adequately invest in our agriculture base including new technologies to help shepherd Florida agriculture into new areas such as organic farming and other sustainable practices that will keep jobs in our state while giving us a competitive advantage over oversees growers, said Maddox.
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Jeff Stahler Cartoon
August 15, 2010 - 6:00pm
Netanyahu's Warning
August 15, 2010 - 6:00pm
JERUSALEM -- When Israel declared independence in 1948, it had to use mostly small arms to repel attacks by six Arab armies. Today, however, Israel feels, and is, more menaced than it was then, or has been since. Hence the potentially world-shaking decision that will be made here, probably within two years.
Jeff Stahler Cartoon
August 13, 2010 - 6:00pm
Jerry Holbert Cartoon
August 12, 2010 - 6:00pm
Obama's State Capitalism: A Failure of Modesty
August 12, 2010 - 6:00pm
"The pace of economic recovery is likely to be more modest in the near term than had been anticipated." Those were the carefully chosen words of the Federal Reserve Board after its meeting Tuesday. Translation into English: We wuz wrong.
New Poll: McCollum Ahead of Scott, Sink Beats Both Republican Candidates
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2010 - 12:29pm
A new poll from Mason-Dixon has Attorney General Bill McCollum regaining the lead over health-care executive Rick Scott in the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The new poll had McCollum at 34 percent and Scott at 30 percent -- a dramatic change from a week ago when the poll had Scott up 37 to 31. The poll of Republican voters surveyed from Aug. 9-11 had a margin of error of +/- 5 percent.
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Karen Harrington Lashes Out at Wasserman-Schultz on Economic Issues
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2010 - 12:19pm
Noting that unemployment has risen dramatically since the Democrats took control of Congress after the 2006 elections, Karen Harrington, one of the Republicans in the primary to take on U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, came out swinging at the incumbent on Thursday.
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