Reports that parts of the shoreline on Pensacola Beach are fully closed right now are wrong
About 1,200 feet of Casino Beach that was fully closed to remove oil sludge Thursday was reopened Friday morning, the Escambia County Public Safety Department confirmed. There is still a swimming advisory in Johnson's Beach and Fort Pickens Beach, but Casino Beach is open for both walking and swimming.
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With President Barack Obama threatening to slash NASAs budget, members of Floridas delegation from both parties continued to speak out last week, warning the White House that these cuts would have a severe impact on the state and the nation.
If you're seeking money from BP for lost wages, you might not like today's news.
The Internal Revenue Service says it has the right to tax lost wage claims submitted to the oil giant, the Associated Press is reporting. Payments for physical injuries and lost payments will be exempt, though. BP has received 20,431 economic loss claims in general in Florida and has paid out approximately $17.9 million.
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This past week Congress played a tough game of tug-of-war between the House and the Senate. Here is how it all ended up.
Lets Get to Work, a 527 organization closely connected to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott, launched a new ad ripping into Attorney General Bill McCollum who is also seeking the GOP nomination. The ad questions McCollums conservative credentials on abortion and immigration.
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The campaign team of U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is forwarding this story in Fridays Washington Post about Democratic U.S. Senate rival Jeff Greene.
The article speaks for itself, insisted the Meek team before providing quotes from the story --Greene making fun of an elderly magician (yes, you read that right); Greene has a less-than-fond view of the Koran; Greenes career in finance; Greene, who grew up in Florida, has lived in other states.
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Florida Democratic Party chairwoman Karen Thurman offered strong words of praise Friday for her partys two candidates who have already been chosen -- former Rep. Loranne Ausley for state CFO and former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox for commissioner of agriculture and consumer services. Thurman also revealed lines of attack against the Republican candidates for those offices.
Battling over names and rights, "tea party" groups sparred Wednesday in federal court in West Palm Beach.
"The defendant has overstepped his attempt at monopoly," attorney Frank Herrera told U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra, contending that Frederic O'Neal had no exclusive right to the Florida Tea Party name.
As Bill McCollum tries to play catch-up, the Republican gubernatorial candidate appears to have at least one stronghold he can count on: Gainesville.
U.S. Rep. Bill Young, the dean of the Florida delegation and the longest serving Republican in Congress, sent a letter to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus earlier this week, praising the work done in Pinellas County and by the Navy to monitor the oil spill in the Gulf -- but also weighing in on the economic damage the spill has done to the Tampa Bay area.
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