From State Sen. Don Gaetz: Just a few moments ago the Florida Supreme Court approved the amended Senate redistricting plan as submitted by the Legislature. While we remain convinced that our original…
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Holly Benson shoulders some blame for Medicaid disaster
In February 2008, Gov. Charlie Crist appointed Benson to the position of Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, the agency that oversees the state’s medicaid fraud and abuse program….
Scott drug testing order declared unconstitutional
Federal Judge Ursula Ungaro’s ruled today that Governor Rick Scott’s Executive Order requiring drug testing for state workers is unconstitutional. From the ruling: “In the present case, the Court searches in vain…
Sen. Nelson Talks RESTORE & More
Senator Bill Nelson checked in with local political and community leaders this morning in Pensacola, spending most of the meeting discussing the RESTORE Act. The Florida senator said that the effort to…
Trayvon Martin’s tweets
Miami Herald publishes tweets from slain teen: What Trayvon Martin’s tweets say about him…he was a typical teenager. Trayvon Martin liked girls, hated high school and was planning for college. He loved…
Gunshine State
With the NRA having its personal state senator in Greg Evers and his predecessor, Durell Peaden, Florida has become a haven for guns as the NRA, Evers and Peaden have gotten nearly…
Health care arguments
from the NY Times comes this analysis of the US Supreme Court hearings on health care law: INTERACTIVE FEATURE:Analysis of the Arguments – The Supreme Court Health Care Challenges On Monday, the…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Big Tobacco appeal of Pensacola case
The U.S. Supreme Court refused today to hear an appeal by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co in the Pensacola, Florida case in which the company was ordered in 2009 to pay $28.3 million…
Sen. Gaetz: 2012 Legislative Session Report
Balanced budget, no tax increases The most encouraging news to come out of the 2012 session of the Legislature is that, unlike other large states, Florida balanced its budget without raising taxes…
Affordable Housing remains out of reach for many
The National Low Income Housing Coalition shows with its report titled “Out of Reach” that renting a two-bedroom unit is out of reach for too many Americans, as families confront a wide…
HUD gives money for homeless efforts in the area
Escarosa Coalition on the Homeless, Inc. is getting $31,342 for HMIS Expansion2 and the South Santa Rosa Interfaith Ministries, Inc. $146,632 for Santa Rosa Permanent Housing from U.S. Housing and Urban Development…
Evers may still end up in District 1
Supervisor of Elections David Stafford shared that there isn’t enough population in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties to create one Florida Senate district. He said that most likely a northern portion of…
Pavey visits Pensacola
Gulf Coast Diplomacy Council hosts today the Honorable Safek Pavey, Member of Parliament (Turkey). Last Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama honored Ms. Pavey and nine…
Who will run for new FL Senate District 1?
The chairman of the Florida Senate Reapportionment Committee and the designated president of the Florida Senate, Don Gaetz, represents one of only eight districts that the Florida Supreme Court ruled needed to…
Buzz: Legislative budget will cost Escambia Co. $6 million
The cuts to Medicaid that the Florida Legislature is considering will be pushed down to the counties. Escambia County will have to come up with $6 million. This could mean cuts to…
It’s only funny until someone dies
Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “pink underwear” for jail inmates may be punishment without legal justification, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case involving a mentally unstable person who…
Miller backs “Lost Change” bill
Congressman Jeff Miller (R-FL-01) today announced that the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security has successfully reported to the full committee H.R. 2179, which would require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to…
Gulf Coast Claims Facility shutting down
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility, the BP contractor that handles the claims from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, has announced on its website that if the settlement is completed and approved by the…
CafePress predicts Santorum wins Ohio
CafePress.com is an e-commerce platform for user-designed merchandise. Since November, CafePress has been tracking 2012 election presidential candidate support via The Meter graphs. With an average of over 137,000 new designs uploaded…
Bookies favor Romney on Super Tuesday
With the Republican presidential candidates gearing up for Super Tuesday, Paddy Power have installed former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney as the favourite to win in over half of the primaries. Romney’s…
