With the Legislature going into special session next week to consider backing a constitutional amendment to ban oil drilling in state waters, Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, is now ready for a second one to be held at the end of summer.
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With the Legislature going into special session next week to consider backing a constitutional amendment to ban oil drilling in state waters, Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, is now ready for a second oil-related session to be held at the end of summer -- and he has the backing of the House speaker.
Holly Benson, who is running in the Republican primary for the attorney general nomination, offered strong words of support for Attorney General Bill McCollum for joining Arizona to defend that states new immigration laws from a lawsuit backed by the Obama White House.
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On Thursday, labor leaders called on Gov. Charlie Crist and the leadership of both houses to expand the focus of the special session to change state statues so unemployed Floridians will be able to receive extended unemployment benefits.
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Labor leaders Thursday called on Gov. Charlie Crist and the leadership of both houses to expand the focus of the special session to change state statutes so unemployed Floridians will be able to receive extended unemployment benefits.
Staff from former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the favorite to win the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate race, went after Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running in the race as an independent, for calling a special session of the Legislature next week.
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Money keeps flowing into the race to take the congressional seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart. Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, announced on Thursday that his campaign raised more than $500,000 in the second quarter.
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Locked in a tight battle with Sen. Dave Aronberg of Greenacres for the Democratic attorney general nomination, Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach received some important support on Thursday morning when the Broward Teachers Union and the United Teachers of Dade announced they were backing his campaign.
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The Black Legislative Caucus is cheering Gov. Charlie Crist appointing two African-Americans to the PSC--Rep. Ron Brise, D-North Miami, and Republican City Councilman Art Graham of Jacksonville.
Representative Brise and Councilman Graham are both highly qualified and equipped appointees who we feel are fully capable of advocating for the interests of Floridians, said Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, chairman of the caucus.
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