April 11, 2010 - 6:00pm
Three years before it's scheduled to roll, Florida's $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train is sputtering with talk of possible cost overruns.
The solution? Rob roads to run rails.
Jeff Stahler Cartoon
April 12, 2010 - 6:00pm
CFO Fundraising Figures for 1st Quarter: Atwater Crushes the Field
Submitted by Kevin Derby on April 12, 2010 - 2:31pm
Fundraising figures for the first quarter for the state CFO race reveal that Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, has a huge advantage over his opponents.
During the first quarter, Atwater raised over $446,000 in cash and pulled in $126,000 through in-kind donations. Former state representative Loranne Ausley, the favorite in the Democratic field, raised $190,000 in cash for the quarter and posted in-kind donations in the amount of $70,000. Rep.
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Obamacare Will Be at Center of High Court Hearing
April 11, 2010 - 6:00pm
The retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens means that in coming months we'll have another hearing on a Supreme Court nominee. But it's not likely to be the sort of hearing we got used to in the two decades after Edward Kennedy declared war on Robert Bork in 1987.
A Surprise Candidate in Jax Mayoral Battle: Alvin Brown
Submitted by Kevin Derby on April 12, 2010 - 1:51pm
Is there anyone in Jacksonville who is not running for mayor? Today, in a bit of a surprise, Alvin Brown, a former staffer in the Clinton administration, announced he is running for mayor of Jacksonville. While Brown has not run for anything since a failed bid to knock off U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown in 1994, he has been very active on the First Coast, most recently working at Jacksonville University. With a large crowd of Republicans battling for the GOP nod, Brown will have only one opponent in the Democratic field, City Councilwoman Glorious Johnson.
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Teacher 'Sickout' Sick, Sick
April 11, 2010 - 6:00pm
Florida's teachers are breaking my heart.
First, I hear with my own ears teachers coaching students as young as 8 years old to lobby legislators for -- let's call a spade a spade -- their own selfish interests. Now I find some 1,000 of them in the Miami-Dade school system choosing to protest passage of the performance-pay bill by calling in sick.
Washington Week
April 11, 2010 - 6:00pm
Congress returns this week from its two-week recess facing several key decisions. These decisions will affect the summer and fall sessions leading up to the highly anticipated November 2010 elections.
House Committee Votes Against Negron's Children Services Council Bill
Submitted by Kevin Derby on April 12, 2010 - 11:57am
The House companion to Sen. Joe Negron's proposal to subject Children's Services Councils to a periodic vote on their existence failed to pass its first House committee last week.
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'Save Space': We're Not Anti-Obama, We're Pro-Florida
Submitted by Anonymous on April 11, 2010 - 3:59pm
Thousands rallied in Brevard County on Sunday to keep jobs at the Kennedy Space Center.
The "Save Space" event, which opened with a series of religious hymns and invocations at Cocoa Expo, featured speeches by U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, U.S. Reps. Bill Posey and Suzanne Kosmas, Florida Senate President-designate Mike Haridopolos and Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp.
Also on hand were retired shuttle astronauts Jon McBride, Winston Scott and Bob Springer.
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School Prayer Fix Wins Broad Support From Panel
April 8, 2010 - 6:00pm
A once controversial school prayer bill won unanimous support from a House panel after a tweak to the legislation severely blunted its reach.
This bill is now a protection of school speech, said Rep. Greg Evers, R-Baker, a co-sponsor of the legislation.
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