The U.S. Department of the Interior has given final approval to Florida's gambling compact with the Seminole tribe. That means the Indian casinos can start dealing blackjack and other banked card games such as baccarat.
The tribe also won exclusive rights to Vegas-style slot machines except in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, where voters already approved slots.
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The two leading candidates in the race for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination spent Wednesday shoring up their credentials, with billionaire financier Jeff Greene unveiling his economic agenda while U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek highlighted his political experience by bringing out the endorsements of 39 local officials from across Florida.
Next year when I start presenting some very difficult choices to the country, I hope some of these folks who are hollering about deficits step up. Because I'm calling their bluff. President Obama, June 27, 2010
For a devoted Chicago White Sox fan, President Obama has sure sounded like more of a Cubs fan lately when talking about Americas debt crisis its all about next year. In doing so, he has encapsulated the fundamental problem with Washington and our political system today its always about next year. Or after the election. Or when the time is right.
New legislation aims to light a fire under Florida's lukewarm recycling efforts.
Blending a market-based approach with more rigorous reporting requirements, House Bill 7243 aims to move the state closer to its 75 percent recycling goal by 2020.
The state attorney general is pushing the federal government to give his office improved access to Florida Medicaid claim files so it can detect fraud.
The Rick Scott gubernatorial campaign continued to fire away at Attorney General Bill McCollum, its chief rival in the Republican primary, and GOP leadership in Tallahassee. On Wednesday, Joe Kildea, a spokesman for Scott, blasted McCollum over the continued criminal investigation of former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer.
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With Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele continuing to reel from gaffes, national pundits are increasingly speculating that he needs to be replaced ASAP -- and some are hinting that former Gov. Jeb Bush should take his place.
Over at Politics Daily, Lynn Sweet speculated that Steele needs to be replaced by a big-name Republican and Jeb Bush certainly is that.
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While Attorney General Bill McCollum and health care executive Rick Scott, the two leading candidates battling for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, have taken President Barack Obama to task for launching a lawsuit suing Arizona over new laws on immigration, Floridas congressional Republicans are not out front on the issue.
When Charlie Crist appeared on a Pensacola beach with President Barack Obama last month, there was no hug. Yet the widely publicized photo op didn't mean Floridians were embracing their "independent" governor, either.
Conventional wisdom in the media suggests that Crist has raised his profile, and his popularity, amid the oily mess spewing in the Gulf. Recent polls showing him retaking the lead in the U.S. Senate race point to the governor's role in protecting Florida's shores. A cartoon in the Miami Herald even showed him walking on water while a marooned Marco Rubio looks on.
Former House Speaker Marco Rubio is following up on Chris Matthews comments on the Tuesday edition of the Morning Joe television show when the pundit speculated that independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist would caucus with the Democrats if elected in November. Rubio, running for the Senate seat as a Republican, launched a Web video on Wednesday bringing Florida voters' attention to Crist not revealing which party he would caucus with if elected.
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