Senate President Joe Negron is dead-set on spending $2.4 billion for reservoir land south of Lake Okeechobee. But he might be ready to tweak his original plan, considering the outroar coming from his other constituents -- the so-far-less-vocal folks in the western portion of his redrawn district.
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Feel free to kick off your shoes, grab your beach towel, and enjoy the shade of the palm trees -- Florida is the best state in the nation to retire, according to a new study released Monday.
A coalition that includes two state House members and a former congressman announced Monday it will fight for money to protect waterways in North Florida as Senate President Joe Negron tries to move forward with an ambitious proposal to spend heavily on cleaning waters in South Florida.
The battle over Florida's 13th Congressional District may have been won by Charlie Crist in November, but David Jolly's baring his fangs and stealing congressional staffers from under Crist's feet. On Monday, Jolly announced he had hired Vito Sheeley, Crist's district director, as his senior adviser.
The two South Florida congressmen who run the Climate Solutions Caucus -- Republican Carlos Curbelo and Democrat Ted Deutch--added to their roster on Monday.
If nothing else, it’s been a wild ride. Nobody here at the Pacific Legal Foundation can remember a stranger election season. From June 16, when Donald Trump announced he was running for president, to the morning of Nov. 8, few of us understood that history was about to smack us on the side of the head like an errant golf ball on the 18th hole of the Trump National in New Jersey.
From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said he would back President Donald Trump’s nomination of Rex Tillerson to be secretary of State.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has brought back his proposal to reform the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
