With businessman Donald Trump leading national polls and now ahead of the GOP primary pack in key states including Florida, former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., is relying on the last Republican to sit in the White House for help: his brother former President George W. Bush.
With General Revenue (GR) estimates now raised an additional $657.5 million for the next state budget, Florida TaxWatch noted this was a sign the economy is doing better.
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A new poll shows former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has the lead in the Florida Democratic presidential primary but there is room for Vice President Joe Biden if he decides to enter the race. Biden is currently contemplating launching a third presidential bid.
Businessman Donald Trump is now beating former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., in his Sunshine State hometurf while Dr. Ben Carson has moved up to catch U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for third, a new poll shows.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is losing steam in Florida, the largest swing state in the 2016 general election, a new poll shows. Quinnipiac University released a poll of Florida voters on Thursday which shows Clinton, the favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, underwater in the Sunshine State. A solid majority of those surveyed -- 55 percent -- view her as unfavorable while 37 percent see Clinton in a favorable light.
As relations between Florida A&M University's president and board chairman reached a new low this week, lawmakers who are FAMU alumni called Wednesday for Chairman Rufus Montgomery to resign his post --- but he quickly refused.
Senate Minority Leader Arthenia Joyner of Tampa, Sen. Dwight Bullard of Miami, Rep. Mia Jones of Jacksonville, Rep. Alan Williams of Tallahassee and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum --- all Democrats and FAMU alumni --- called for Montgomery's resignation following months of conflict.
WASHINGTON -- We could wearily shrug, say "Oh, well," and economize waste and annoyance by just building the proposed $142 million Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial. But long after its perpetrators are gone, it would squat there, representing Washington at its worst and proving that we have forgotten how to nurture our national memory with intelligent memorials.
Florida lawmakers crawled closer to striking a deal on new congressional maps Wednesday, though an official agreement hasn’t been reached just yet. There are only two days until the redistricting special session officially ends, and on Wednesday the full Senate took up an amended set of maps with slight differences from the original congressional base maps proposed before the legislative session began.
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., running for the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016 is taking aim at bigger game than his Senate rivals in former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not seek a second term in the Senate.
