After outraising Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, in the last quarter of 2009, there were whispers that Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, was the new frontrunner in the attorney general race. Aronberg outraised Gelber by $50,000 in the last quarter of 2009.
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After eight months in his new office, Sen. Joe Negron -- chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee and a legislator who hangs with some of the upper chamber's most powerful voices -- could be in a peck of trouble in his home district as he heads into a reelection season.
It says what it means, this ad: more money for teachers whose students learned by year's end. That's performance pay. And isn't effective teaching what we all want in Florida classrooms?
SB 6 has bugs, no question, but its premise is right on. Have a look ...
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Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday requested that the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida conduct a "full, independent investigation" of allegations that former Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer misappropriated party funds.
The governor's written request to U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirwin cited potential federal implications in the matter, including unidentified Internal Revenue Service issues.
Kirwin's spokeswoman, Kelli Daugherty, said she had seen Crist's request, but said the office would not comment on the status of any investigation.
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The best online news organization in Florida is expanding its coverage.
Sunshine State News now produces brief, newsy video interviews with important movers and shakers in Florida politics and business. We call this new video feature a "Florida Minute."
Beginning immediately, you'll be able to access current (and past) Florida Minutes through another feature of our Web site we call "Snap."
Florida's education reform bills would mean more money -- not less -- for public-school teachers, says Rep. John Legg, R-Port Richey.
"This bill (HB7189) does not affect retirement, it does not cut salaries, it does not eliminate tenure for current teachers," Legg told a packed meeting of the House Education Policy Council on Monday.
Last summer, I wrote a column framed as a letter to a young Obama voter. It concluded: "You want policies that will enable you to choose your future. Obama backs policies that would let centralized authorities choose much of your future for you. Is this the hope and change you want?"
Hundreds of teachers turned out Monday afternoon to testify against education reform.
Among the throng was Florida Association of School Boards director Wayne Blanton.
Before the doors opened to Webster Hall in the Capitol's Knott building, amid a crush of prospective protesters, Blanton was getting warmed up.
"I'm not sure you can implement (the bill). You can't even fix it, it's so bad," he told Sunshine State News.
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As a field of prominent Republicans continue to ponder entering the race for the seat that U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart is giving up, one of the candidates who plunged in early, Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, is off to a fast start. Rivera is announcing that he reeled in $700,000 in the first quarter of 2010. This is even more impressive considering Rivera has been in the race for a little over a month, initially had been planning to run for state senate and has his hands full in Tallahassee with the budget.
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