July 22, 2010 - 6:00pm
A legislative proposal to ask voters to relax class-size limits on Friday joined a host of other proposed constitutional amendments being challenged in court.
Be Grateful for Stephanie: Never Make Fun of a Florida DOT Secretary Again
Submitted by Nancy Smith on July 24, 2010 - 11:47am
How should Stephanie Kopelousos feel about this, I wonder?
Jealous? Relieved? Amused?
Before the day is out, Kopelousos, Florida Department of Transportation secretary, is going to find out that her always-colorful counterpart in Mississippi -- Larry L. "Butch" Brown -- was arrested in Biloxi early Friday. And what an arrest it was.
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Washington Week
July 22, 2010 - 6:00pm
Congress spent the week preparing for its more-than-month-long recess by finally passing the extension of the federal unemployment benefits. This $34 billion bill was passed in the Senate on Tuesday, just minutes after the newest senator from West Virginia was sworn in as the 100th United States senator for the 111th Congress.
Jeff Stahler Cartoon
July 25, 2010 - 6:00pm
Jeff Stahler Cartoon
July 22, 2010 - 6:00pm
The Thoughts That Count
July 25, 2010 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- The current Journolist controversy that has the blogosphere heaving sparks, and Washington even more self-absorbed than usual, is weak tea -- a tempest in Barbie's teacup.
Beware the Lame Duck
July 22, 2010 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's considerable political capital, earned on Election Day 2008, is spent. Well spent, mind you, on the enactment of a highly ideological agenda of Obamacare, financial reform and a near trillion-dollar stimulus that will significantly transform the country. But spent nonetheless. There's nothing left with which to complete his social-democratic ambitions.
Multimillionaire Candidate May Have Less Disconnect than Career Politician
July 22, 2010 - 6:00pm
Who's more likely to be the champion of the common man? A multimillionaire businessman or a politician who began more than two decades of public service in 1981?
Dem AG Candidates Announce Financial Figures
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 23, 2010 - 2:15pm
Both of the Democratic candidates for attorney general announced their fund-raising totals for the second quarter. Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, announced he had brought in almost $380,000 with $264,000 in cash and $115,000 through in-kind donations. His rival, Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, announced he had brought in more than $280,000 -- $165,000 in cash and $115,000 through in-kind donations.
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Bill McCollum Raises $1.04 Million in 2nd Quarter
Submitted by Anonymous on July 23, 2010 - 1:39pm
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum reported raising $1.04 million in the second quarter. Unofficially, that brings his running total to $7.5 million.
But under an onslaught by GOP rival Rick Scott, McCollum had drained his reserves to less than $800,000, according to a recent court filing by the campaign, so the attorney general is accepting matching funds from the state's campaign finance pool. The first check, disbursed today by the state Division of Elections, was in the amount of $1,260,142.17.
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