A week after announcing that he was planning to run for governor, independent candidate Bud Chiles, son of Florida political icon and long-time U.S. senator and governor Lawton Chiles, kicks off his campaign Saturday morning in Lakeland -- with his fathers legacy front and center.
The Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA) has been releasing its endorsements this week and has just made one more -- backing Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, for the Democratic nomination for attorney general. The PBA had already backed Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp for the Republican nod. Aronberg is engaged in a close primary contest with Sen. Dan Gelber, D-North Miami.
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WASHINGTON -- In announcing the passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran, President Obama stressed not once but twice Iran's increasing "isolation" from the world.
Florida anti-abortion activists were making last minute pleas to Gov. Charlie Crist asking him to sign legislation that would require women seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound and in many cases hear the doctor describe the sonogram.
Matt Williams, campaign manager for GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum, blasted Rick Scott in an e-mail just sent out to supporters.
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Florida public schools, faced with fierce competition for students from private schools, raised their scores on standardized tests slightly after the creation of the states business-supported private-school-voucher program, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research report recently released.
The Florida Chamber of Commerce's legislative scorecard for 2010 gave perfect scores of 100 to about 50 of the state's lawmakers, all of them Republican and many of them among the majority leadership.
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New Florida resident and former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is coming out swinging at President Barack Obama for his handling of the oil spill in the Gulf. The former Arkansas governor blasted Obama for his lack of leadership and efforts in solving the continuing disaster.
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With billionaire rival Jeff Greene catching up to him in a poll, on ABCs Top Line today, Democratic Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek fired away at both Greene and Gov. Charlie Crist who is running as an independent in the race.
"In this race, you have one person in the race with $3,500 in the bank and another who is a billionaire that made his money off of uncovered credit default swaps, betting against Floridians to fail as it relates to their home mortgages," said Meek.
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