Economist David Denslow offered a snapshot into Floridas future -- and its not as dire as many predict.
Its not a great, rapid recovery, but it is there and we wont have to wait until 2013 or 2014 to see it, he said.
Ever dream of putting your company logo and colors on car license plates? Has the State of Florida got a deal for you! If, that is, you have $205,000 to get into the game.
A knock-down, drag-out fist fight between Senate candidates Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio on "Fox News Sunday" may make for good network ratings, but what does it profit the Republican Party of Florida?
A bloody brawl might have some GOP leaders nervously clutching their TV remotes. Yet, the increasingly combative race is drawing evermore intense focus on Florida as a bellwether state for the Fall elections coast to coast.
Hallelujah! Lawmakers will get the chance to sit down to Seder or celebrate Good Friday with families and friends in their home districts.
The Senate President and House Speaker have canceled all committees next week. Senators and Representatives will only come in for day-long sessions Wednesday and Thursday to hack away at budget proposals on the chamber floors. Praise the Lord.
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In case you missed it, U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam scored a big endorsement for his bid to become the states next Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services (before the quarterly fundraising deadline). Former Gov. Jeb Bush has come out for Putnam. Putnams chief Democratic rival also got a big endorsement and a happy birthday. Former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox turned 42 and got the unanimous backing of the AFL-CIO
Florida is now facing the largest unemployment rate in the states history.
The Agency for Workforce Innovation just released its unemployment figures for February and the unemployment rate went up to 12.2 percent. In February 2009, the figure stood at 9.2 percent.
Floridas unemployment rate remains way above the national average which stands at 9.7 percent.
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Gov. Charlie Crist announced he is opening bidding on the state's $1.8 billion First Coast Outer Beltway that will connect I-595 in St. Johns County and I-10 in Duval County, near Jacksonville. The 46.5-mile road will be the the largest infrastructure project ever undertaken by the Florida Department of Transportation and is being billed as creating "thousands" of jobs.
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According to a statement by the Senate Majority Leader's office, Democrats have launched a coordinated partisan attack on Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum for filing a lawsuit against the federal healthcare legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Alex de la Portilla defended McCollum saying, "In that role [as Florida's duly elected chief legal representative], not only is General McCollum's legal review of this new federal healthcare bureaucracy appropriate, it is obligatory."
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Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum apparently is on to something.
Leading a dozen other AGs in filing suit against the federal government over the newly enacted health-care bill, McCollum has tapped into a state's rights surge.
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Former New Hampshire Senator Bob Smith pulled out of the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination late Thursday night, citing an inability to raise funds to continue his campaign. Smith sent out an email to his supporters with the news. He did not offer an endorsement to any other candidate.
Smith represented New Hampshire for 18 years in Congress and ran for the White House in 2000 as a Republican and later as an independent.
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