Category: State & National News
Aronberg comeback?
Former state Sen. Dave Aronberg says he’s still doing some “due diligence†before deciding whether to challenge Palm Beach County State Attorney Michael McAuliffe in…
Haridopolos lied
Miami Herald: Senate President Mike Haridopolos admitted he didn’t tell the truth last year when he denied knowledge of a secret settlement with ex-GOP Chairman…
Buzz: Baby Gaetz fails to oust mayor
Found this little tidbit in Northwest Florida Daily News. Pat Bates has been reelected as the mayor in Altamonte Springs, despite local State Rep. Matt…
Alarming Climate Change Effects on FL
by Les Coleman, Florida News Service– MIAMI, Fla. – “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation” is out, and…
Supercommittee Super Failure?
Bipartisanship continues to gridlock Congress. The Supercommittee that was to propose cuts and savings to the federal budget will not meet its deadline, and the…
Another bizarre GOP debate
The Republican Party’s presidential nomination process has become a weird reality show. There hasn’t been anything like it since Anna Nicole Smith had her show…
Personhood amendment has some support in Florida
The defeat of a similar state constitutional amendment in Mississippi has deflated the Personhood advocates in Florida. They have their own website, personhoodfl.com. The group…
Raisin’ Cain says Taliban doing bad things in Libya
Presidential candidate Herman Cain now is an expert on foreign policy. He warns that the Taliban is infiltrating the new Libyan government. Never mind that…
In context: Rick Perry’s new attack on Obama (video)
A recent campaign ad for GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry makes the claim that President Obama thinks “Americans are lazy.” Scott Pelley puts that claim…
Taj Mahal judge to resign
St. Pete Times’ Lucy Morgan has the scoop: 1st District Court Judge Paul M. Hawkes is resigning from the court to avoid an ethics trial…
Florida ECO funding nearly doubled in 2010
The National Institute for Money in State Politics has issued a staff report on how independent political spending changed in Florida since the U.S. Supreme…
Video: Sarah Palin Wants to Hang Jerry Sandusky and She’ll Bring the Rope
Sarah Palin Wants to Hang Jerry Sandusky and She’ll Bring the Rope Sarah Palin has weighed in on the Penn State rape case (why her?)…
Newt Gingrich Made Big Bucks from Freddie Mac, Uh Oh (video)
Newt Gingrich has said he was a consulting historian for government-backed mortgage giant Freddie Mac but not a lobbyist. He also insists he warned them…
Congress: Pizza is a vegetable
Center for Science in the Public Interest Policy Director Margo G. Wootan is upset that Congress wants pizza declared a vegetable in school cafeterias: It’s…
Grand jury investigates Evers on billboards
The SaintPetersBlog just broke the story. A grand jury in Leon County was convened yesterday to investigate an environmental group’s claims that State Senator Greg…
Postal Services has $5.1B loss FY 2011
USPS Press Release: he U.S. Postal Service ended its 2011 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2010 – Sept. 30, 2011) with a net loss of $5.1…
Florida could be litmus test for Health Care Reform
Florida has a regulation requiring insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of premiums on medical costs. Could this upend efforts to implement health-care…
Cain stumbles again
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain stumbled Monday when answering a question about whether he agreed or disagreed with President Barack Obama’s approach to handling the…
First gambling workshop tomorrow
Sun-Sentinel reports: Executives from gambling companies are prepping for Wednesday’s workshop on the destination resort bill filed by Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, and Rep….
Video: SNL vs. actual GOP debate
In case you were busy on Saturday night and missed the latest Republican presidential debate, it was all about foreign policy and very little new…
