Gov. Charlie Crist issued an executive order on Friday extending unemployment benefits in Florida until December -- changing Florida statutes after the battle in Congress this week over benefits.
We simply cannot desert the 250,000 Floridians who qualify for the extended federal assistance signed into law yesterday, said Crist. I am committed to exercising my constitutional duty to authorize the use of available federal funds to help out-of-work Floridians who qualify for this help.
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Although the details have not been announced, the White House Press Office revealed President Barack Obama, the first lady and their two children will spend the second weekend of August on the Florida Gulf Coast Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre continues to struggle in his bid for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.
Another year, another opportunity to raise money. That's Gov. Charlie Crist.
With the Orlando Sentinel reporting that Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott seemed open to investigating whether or not President Barack Obama was born in the United States, the Florida Democratic Party and the campaign team of Attorney General Bill McCollum, Scotts main rival for the GOP nod, have opened fire.
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With Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York facing ethics troubles in the U.S. House, Republicans are focusingin on one of his key allies in Florida -- U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, who is facing a tough challenge from Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate race.
With Meek receiving more than $5,000 from Rangels campaign and PACover the years, the National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) has been asking the Floridian to return the funds. Meek and Rangel served on the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp announced on Friday that his campaign for the Republican attorney general nomination brought in more than $214,000 in the second quarter of 2010 -- with more than $150,000 of that in cash while the rest was through in-kind donations.
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Tying Gov. Charlie Crist to Democrats on Capitol Hill, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio said Florida and America are "paying the price for a lack of leadership."
Looks like there is a third member of the Florida congressional delegation in Minnesota Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmannsnew Tea Party caucus -- U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw. Crenshaw joins fellow Florida Republicans U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis and U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns in the new organization.
Congressman Ander Crenshaw is a member of the Tea Party caucus, an informal group of members dedicated to promoting Americans call for fiscal responsibility and limited government, wrote the Crenshaw staff.
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While former Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Holly Benson, running in a close Republican primary for attorney general, is trailing at least one of her rivals when it comes to fund-raising, she did receive some praise for her conservative credentials from Marion Hammer, former president of the NRA and now executive director of the Unified Sportsmen of Florida. Bensons bid to be attorney general received an A+ from the NRA and the Unified Sportsmen of Florida.
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Senate President Jeff Atwater of North Palm Beach, Republican candidate for chief financial officer, announced Thursday that he has more than $2.1 million in the bank for his campaign. He now enjoys a healthy financial advantage over his Democratic rival in the CFO race, former Rep. Loranne Ausley of Tallahassee.
