While Florida gets ready for a special session of the Legislature that convenes Tuesday to ponder the future of oil drilling in state waters, the U.S. Coast Guard increasingly is playing a prominent role in combating the effects of the Gulf oil spill.
The National Federation of Independent Businesses just endorsed former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the likely Republican nominee, in the race for the U.S. Senate.
For nearly a decade we have worked closely with Marco Rubio as he has defended and supported small businesses in the state Legislature, said NFIB Florida Executive Director Bill Herrle on Monday morning. Rubio has a nearly 100 percent lifetime pro-small-business voting record with NFIB, which is easy proof that he is the right candidate for small business.
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Leaders of organized labor, including the head of the Florida AFL-CIO, held a media event Friday, calling for the special session of the Legislature to tackle revising state statutes on unemployment extension. They said they had not yet found a sponsor but that members of the Legislature were behind them.
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The Florida Medical Association PAC announced on Monday morning that it was backing U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, the Republican nominee to be Floridas next commissioner of agriculture and consumer services, over his Democratic rival, former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox.
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With only a month until the primary election, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene opened the week on Monday responding to a new mailer from his chief rival for the nomination,U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek. Greene threw down the gauntlet in a letter to Meek that was released on Monday morning.
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Congress will be a bit busier this week after the new senator from West Virginia is sworn in as the 100th senator, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Democratic Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
Is more trouble building in the Gulf?
National Incident Commander Thad Allen issued an advisory Sunday afternoon saying, "Work must continue to better understand the lower-than-expected pressure readings. This work centers on two plausible scenarios: depletion of oil from the reservoir and potential leakage caused by damage to the well bore or casing."
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Both Democratic candidates for attorney general, Sens. Dave Aronberg of Greenacres and Dan Gelber of Miami Beach, say they don't think the federal government is doing enough on immigration. Still, they both say they support the Obama administration's lawsuit against Arizona for its recently passed immigration law.
Bruce O'Donoghue, one of the seven Republicans vying to unseat U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, has tax problems.
The IRS slapped a $306,975 lien on O'Donoghue's company for failing to pay his 2009 payroll taxes, WDBO reported.
Admitting "the timing couldn't have been worse," O'Donoghue said he was the victim of a former employee who stole from him. But WDBO reported that O'Donoghue would not name the employee and did not file charges.
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The feds staged the biggest single-day fraud bust in Medicare history Friday. But a coalition of health-care providers wasn't impressed -- and they staged a protest outside the Medicare Fraud Summit in Miami to vent their concerns about the government program.
Check out Sunshine State News on Monday and read what all the ruckus was about.
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