Thursday marks the start of the Association of Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Colleges and Universities national meeting at Jacksonville University (JU).
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Energy and natural gas were the hot topics in Jacksonville this week. Christopher Guith, senior vice president for policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Energy Institute, spoke in front of hundreds during the 2015 Florida Energy Summit held in Jacksonville Thursday.
The money chase is on in the Democratic primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016. Currently running for the Republican presidential nomination, Rubio has said he will not seek a second term in the Senate next year.
U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., announced on Thursday that, after the third quarter of 2015, he had more than $658,000 on hand for his U.S. Senate bid. His campaign noted Jolly had almost $893,000 raised by the end of September but this includes money--around $440,000--moved over from his previous congressional campaign.
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., currently running for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Thursday that he favored President Barack Obama’s decision to keep American military personnel in Afghanistan until the end of 2016.
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With President Barack Obama announcing on Thursday that American troops will stay in Afghanistan beyond 2016, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., backed the decision but called for the White House to back the GOP’s Defense appropriations bill.
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Two former governors said this week they are open to running for president on the Libertarian Party line.
The brazen criminal acts of Volkswagen call for a swift and decisive response: criminal prosecution of those responsible by the United States Department of Justice. As a former regulator and one who has toiled in the private sector in both industrial and service businesses, I am shocked by the deliberate fraud of installing a “defeat device” to deceive consumers and governments alike about the emissions and performance of Volkswagen automobiles.
The Florida Chamber of Commerce went to bat on Thursday for legislation to expand the state’s Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit cap.
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Former Gov. Gary Johnson, R-NM, has opened the door to a second Libertarian presidential bid and, this week, offered his take on way former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., has been overtaken by Donald Trump and other candidates in the Republican field.
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