Category: State & National News

The 2012 elections, Charles Koch warned in his followers, will be “the mother of all wars.” Mother Jones has recordings that provide a behind-the-scenes look…

Congressman Michelle Bachmann’s campaign may be in trouble. Over the weekend, her campaign manager Ed Rollins will be moving to a senior advisory role. His…

According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. more than 60 percent of those surveyed say they disapprove of the way the president is handling…

A report by the Pew Research Center pointed out this week that 12 million people in the Horn of Africa are facing a hunger crisis…

The Second to None campaign is national initiative to fight cuts to the defense budget. It sees the the military industrial complex as an integral…

And finally, here are this week’s top must-read stories from MuckReads, ProPublica’s ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism. Anyone can contribute by tweeting a…

Among this week’s highlights: A fleeting budget surplus and dropping consumer confidence, a looming budget deficit for one agency and ongoing negotiations over the future…

St. Pete Times profiles today Steve McNamara, the man behind Gov. Rick Scott’s new image. McNamara is Scott’s Chief of Staff. Read more.

Sun-Sentinel reports the state Republican Party chairman, David Bitner, is resigning because he has Lou Gehrig’s disease. “Something I would never allow to happen on…

Our Congressman Jeff Miller, who is the chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, addressed the 93rd The American Legion National Convention in Minneapolis,…

Press Release: Today, the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) coordinated a meeting of elected officials and staff from eight of Florida’s Panhandle counties to meet…

The biggest story of the  PeekScore list is the  increase in PeekScore (and corresponding ascent up the chart) of Texas Governor Rick Perry. Perry’s public…