WASHINGTON -- President Obama was fully justified in dismissing Gen. Stanley McChrystal. The firing offense did not rise to the level of insubordination -- this was no MacArthur undermining the commander in chief's war strategy -- but it was a serious enough show of disrespect for the president and for the entire civilian leadership to justify relief from his post.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio commented Friday afternoon on the possibility that lost wage claims from the oil spill could be taxed.
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The Florida Medical Association (FMA) backed a proposed constitutional amendment allowing Floridians to opt out of new federal health-care laws backed by President Barack Obama. The FMA joins the Yes on 9 campaign -- backing the amendment originally sponsored by Sen. Carey Baker, R-Eustace, and Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood.
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Democrats in the U.S. Senate failed to break a threatened Republican filibuster on extending unemployment benefits on Thursday. Needing 60 votes to break the filibuster, Democrats were able to round up 57 votes with 41 votes against. Two members of the Senate did not vote.
The vote followed party lines and Floridas two senators followed suit -- with Democrat Bill Nelson backing the extension and Republican George LeMieux opposing it.
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Space Florida and NASA broke ground Friday on a high-tech commerce park at the Kennedy Space Center, bolstering the state's position for future space-related ventures.
Exploration Park will house aerospace-related activities for commercial, civil and military tenants.
Not a drop of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has washed up on shores south of Floridas Big Bend. And Southwest and Central Gulf Coast Realtors have their fingers crossed, hoping beyond hope it stays that way so their waterfront property remains clean and their housing markets survive the disaster.
CNNMoney had an article this week listing Americas most recession-proof cities. The article quoted a list from MetroMonitor -- sent out by the Brookings Institute's Metropolitan Policy Program -- of 21 cities which were still thriving in the rough economy. Not one of them is in Florida.
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Moments after rival Jeff Greene blasted Republicans in the U.S. Senate for blocking extending unemployment benefits, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, also a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, followed suit -- and took a shot at Greene.
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Billionaire investor Jeff Greene, running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, took a break from attacking U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, his chief rival in the primary, to blast Republicans in Washington for blocking a vote on extending federal unemployment benefits.
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State Sen. Mike Haridopolos was a no-show at the annual meeting of the Republican Women of the Treasure Coast today. Organizers said it was the fourth time the Merritt Island Republican had canceled a scheduled speaking engagement with the Vero Beach-based group.
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