On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott unveiled a $1 billion tax cut proposal, the bulk of it resulting from targeting taxes on manufacturers.
Scott insisted tax cuts would spur Florida’s economy and lead to further job creation.
With 2016 around the corner, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) will be hosting the Sunshine Summit in Orlando from Nov. 12-Nov. 14 and the stakes will be high. The presidential hopefuls will take most of the spotlight but there’s another important race already taking shape as Rubio has said he will not run for a second Senate term. Florida Republicans Ron DeSantis, David Jolly, Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Todd Wilcox are already off and running and they will be at the Sunshine Summit trying to win support for their Senate bids.
The Florida Department of Transportation has agreed to install wildlife exclusionary fencing along what is called the deadliest stretch of road for Florida panthers -- the nine miles of Alligator Alley from the FakaUnion Canal Bridge to the Naples toll booth.
On Wednesday, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed U.S. Rep. Bill Posey’s, R-Fla., bill to ensure insurance policies won’t be used to bail out financial institutions.
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) took aim at former Miami Democratic Party Chairwoman Annette Taddeo on Wednesday as she continues her bid against U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla.
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Continuing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas pointed towards intelligence reports that ISIS destroyed Russian airliner Metrojet Flight 9268 on Saturday, killing 224 passengers.
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Currently battling businessman Donald Trump to lead the national polls and surveys of key states in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Dr. Ben Carson will be speaking at the Republican Party of Florida’s (RPOF) Sunshine Summit in Orlando next week.
South Florida emerged Wednesday as the final barrier to an agreement between legislative leaders about a redistricting plan for the state Senate, even as resistance to other parts of a House-passed map raised questions about whether a majority of senators could be persuaded to back the proposal.
An evening negotiating session between House Redistricting Chairman Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, and Senate Reapportionment Chairman Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, didn't produce an immediate compromise on a plan to redraw lines for the Senate's 40 seats.
"The United States is being sucked into a new Middle East war," says The New York Times. And the Times has it exactly right.
