Republican Party of Florida Chairman John Thrasher of Jacksonville kicked off his re-election bid for state Senate Tuesday in Jacksonville at a fund-raiser with 2008 -- and probable 2012 -- presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Romneys Free and Strong America PAC endorsed Thrasher on Monday.
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The score 37-7 sounds like a lopsided football final, but it's actually how many sheriffs backed Adam Putnam over Scott Maddox -- though it may be more like 36-6, since one sheriff apparently wanted to hedge his bets and endorse both of them.
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Frustrated with attempts to respond to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Okaloosa County has voted to give itself the ability to do whatever is needed to protect its beaches and waters, without federal or state approval or approval from British Petroleum. This means the county will need to rely mostly on its own money and is leaving itself open to litigation from federal or state authorities.
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Sunshine State News will be live-blogging President Barack Obama's Oval Office speech Tuesday night, starting at 8 p.m. All eyes will be on the president, as he outlines his administration's new response to the Deepwater Horizon spill in a rare televised address to the nation from his office.
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Health care executive Rick Scott has hit the campaign trail. The Republican gubernatorial candidate, now leading in the polls over Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP nomination, campaigned through the Panhandle over the weekend, hit Bartow on Monday and will speak in Tallahassee on Thursday.
Democratic congressional candidate Heather Beavens challenge to veteran U.S. Rep. John Mica is starting to gain some national attention.
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is now backing Beaven, arguing that Mica is vulnerable.
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As oil plumes threatened Floridas Panhandle shoreline Monday, the region prepared for a presidential visit in hopes of bolstering oversight and jump-starting cleanup efforts.
President Barack Obama is scheduled to spend the night in Pensacola Monday in preparation for a local tour Tuesday and a national address later Tuesday from the Oval Office in which he is expected to ask BP to set aside billions in cash to pay for future cleanup efforts.
WASHINGTON -- Under the current imperfect administration of the Universe, most new ideas are false, so most ideas for improvements make matters worse. Given California's parlous condition, making matters worse there requires ingenuity, but voters managed to do so last Tuesday.
With Rep. Pat Patterson, R-DeLand, term-limited and running an underdog campaign for the Republican state CFO nomination, a battle is developing to replace him in the 26th District House seat with serious candidates from both parties in the mix.
Four candidates have emerged in the district, which stretches across Flagler and Volusia Counties, west of Daytona Beach. The district includes Lake Helen, Orange City, De Leon Springs and parts of DeLand.
