A coalition of environmental groups will be rallying at the Capitol in Tallahassee at 11:30 on Tuesday morning, minutes before the special session of the Legislature opens.
In a media event on Friday morning, leaders of 14 groups announced that they will hold Hands at the Capitol on Tuesday before heading inside to lobby members of the Legislature.
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Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, sent a letter to Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, and House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, opposing immigration reform measures being introduced by Republicans in both houses of the Legislature.
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U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, battling Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat open in November, weighed in on Floridas unemployment rate dropping to 11.4 percent.
"My mission today is the same as it has been from day one: to set the stage for high-quality job creation throughout our state, said Meek. Too many Floridians are still out of work, and the recession has taken a devastating toll on the middle class.
Meek praised the Obama administration for its economic policies.
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The Agency for Workforce Innovation announced on Friday morning that the states unemployment rate went down in June for the third month in a row to 11.4 percent, a decrease from May when it stood at 11.7 percent.
According to the agency, 1,056,000 Floridians remain out of work out of an eligible population of 9,237,000. Noting that the state lost 1,900 nonagricultural jobs in June, the agency said this was the result of the loss of 20,000 federal jobs connected to the U.S. Census.
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Having sent a letter to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson earlier in the month, incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, continued focusing on national issues, blasting Pennsylvania for permitting taxpayer dollars topay for abortions. While attacking policies in the Keystone State, Haridopolos also reminded Floridians about an amendment prohibiting tax dollars from being used for abortions, that he and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, added to HB 1143 -- the measure requiring women considering abortions to have an ultrasound that was vetoed by Gov. Charlie Crist.
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With Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, and House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, calling for a second special session of the Legislature at the end of summer to tackle economic issues resulting from the oil spill in the Gulf, Floridas political leaders and candidates are weighing in on its merits.
As part of his outreach for contributions and counsel as an independent U.S. Senate candidate, Gov. Charlie Crist recently had a tete-a-tete with New York billionaire Tom Golisano.
With Republican state CFO candidate and Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, calling for a second special session of the Legislature to tackle economic issues resulting from the oil spill, the Democrat taking him on in November is on the warpath, saying Florida needs to resolve these matters immediately.
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Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, who is calling for a second special session to be held later in the summer to tackle economic issues resulting from the oil spill in the Gulf, is being backed by the man who will replace him -- incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island.
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder will be in Miami Friday for a "Medicare Fraud Summit."
The first of a series of daylong gatherings across the country, federal officials say the meetings will "discussways to eliminate fraud within the U.S. health care system."
Calling the summit itself a fraud, one Florida trade group said it will protest the event to call attention to problems associated with Medicare bidding rules.
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