Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced Wednesday the recipients of the 2016 Agricultural Environmental Leadership Award, which recognizes agricultural producers who are practicing environmentally innovative farming techniques. This year’s recipients are Alliance Dairies of Trenton, Cherry Lake Tree Farm of Groveland and Jones Potato Farm of Parrish.
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On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took to the Senate floor to back President Barack Obama’s call for $1.9 billion in federal funds to combat the Zika virus. His remarks were as follows:
The president has asked for $1.9 billion in funding and I am generally supportive of that request. I believe we need to deal with these issues on the front end, as quickly as possible.
Gwen Graham’s recent semi-surprise, twofer announcement has the Florida chattering classes (temporarily) taking their attention away from 2016 and toward a post-Rick Scott state Capitol.
The year 2018 will mark 20 straight years in which Republicans have monopolized the Governor’s Mansion. Democrats are understandably terrified about that continued dominance, particularly when they consider the judicial appointments the next governor will make.
At the moment, the Florida Supreme Court is the only true check on absolute Republican hegemony in Florida.
When it comes to rhetoric, Plato was right and Aristotle -- not so much.
High school seniors nationwide have made little progress in mathematics and reading, performing worse in mathematics and about the same in reading on a national standardized test.
A newly-signed law aims to curtail wasteful public school construction spending in the Sunshine State, and it could have a big impact on schools statewide.
When House education budget chair Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, found out Florida schools were overspending on construction costs, he vowed to do something about it.
When the Florida Supreme Court considered a dramatic change to the shape of Democratic Congresswoman Corrine Brown's district last year, she promised to "go all the way to the United States Supreme Court" if necessary to preserve her electoral territory.
The two chairs of the Florida congressional delegation--Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan and Democratic U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings--announced on Tuesday they will hold a meeting later this week on the heroin crisis plaguing the Sunshine State.
For the second consecutive Cabinet meeting, Gov. Rick Scott was thwarted in his effort to bring Jeffrey Bragg aboard as Florida insurance commissioner.
