May 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
Senate Candidates Tackle Kagan Nomination
May 18, 2010 - 6:00pm
With hearings now scheduled for Solicitor General Elena Kagans nomination to the Supreme Court, Floridas candidates in the U.S. Senate election are weighing in on the matter.
Lopez-Cantera Urges Crist to Add Miami-Dade to Counties Impacted by Oil Spill
Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 19, 2010 - 2:57pm
With oil now caught in the loop current, Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, R-Miami, is calling for Gov. Charlie Crist to add Miami-Dade County to the counties that will be impacted by the oil spill in the Gulf.
It is just a matter of time until the oil spill in the Gulf makes it to the shores in Miami-Dade, said Lopez-Cantera. We need to begin planning ahead so we can minimize the spills impact on our region. This could be an economic and environmental tragedy if we dont have the resources available to deal with this crisis.
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Holly Benson Forms Finance Committee for AG Run
Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 19, 2010 - 1:20pm
Former Agency for Health Administration Secretary Holly Benson, now in a tight primary battle with Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and prosecutor Pam Bondi for the Republican attorney general nomination, just announced the members of her finance committee.
Names on the list include Leon County Commissioner Bryan Desloge, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Florida Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer Duke Livermore, and Joe Negron, a state senator from Palm City.
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Jeff Greene Thinks Last Night's Results Show Meek is Doomed
Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 19, 2010 - 12:59pm
Jeff Greene, the billionaire real estate investor running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, says that last nights election results shows that voters are fed up with established politicians.
Last nights results are proof positive of how frustrated and fed up voters are with politics as usual and the career politicians who have failed us, said Greene. Im fed up too -- thats why we launched this campaign to shake up Washington, create jobs and get real results for the people of Florida.
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Rep. Tom Grady Bowing Out
Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 19, 2010 - 12:32pm
In an email sent to incoming House Speaker Dean Cannon, Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naples, announced he would not be running for re-election. Grady was elected in 2008 and was considered by many to be a rising star in the GOP.
"To be clear," Grady said in the email, "I'm graduating in November from the Florida House, not retiring from public service."
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McCollum Campaign Manager Rips Rick Scott
Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 19, 2010 - 9:51am
Bill McCollums team is lashing out hard at conservative businessman and Republican gubernatorial rival Rick Scott.
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Democrats Come Out of Their Bunker to Say ... Nothing
Submitted by Anonymous on May 19, 2010 - 8:23am
After repeated inquiries went unanswered, Sunshine State News posted its story about Florida Democratic Party spending on Tuesday.
Only then did FDP "communications director" Eric Jotkoff respond. Here's his e-mail:
"Besides to inform you that your article about the Florida Democratic Party is riddled with inaccuracies, misstatements and flat out lies, until Sunshine State News discloses your funding sources and shows a commitment to real transparency we have no comment."
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Crist Will Speak at Union Endorsement Confab
May 17, 2010 - 6:00pm
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, up until last month a Republican, will step into a bastion of Democratic politics this weekend with a speech to the AFL-CIO of Florida as the union umbrella group vets candidates for possible endorsement.
Crist will speak at the AFL-CIO's endorsing convention in Jacksonville on Friday, and union officials will make a decision in a closed-door meeting on Sunday on who will get the union's endorsement in several races, including the United States Senate contest in which Crist is now an unaffiliated candidate.
Will Florida Chase More Federal Money?
May 17, 2010 - 6:00pm
The U.S. Department of Labor just opened the way for Florida and other states to grab as much as $1 million in federal funds each over three years, but the state has not decided whether it will compete for the funds.
States that overhaul the way they track their workforce statistics could receive a piece of $12 million being offered as part of the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, announced by the department Monday. The initiative attempts to get states to keep better track of the data and tie it to educational statistics.
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