Category: State & National News

Miami Herald report the email accounts of Rick Scott and most of the governor-elect’s transition team were deleted soon after he took office, potentially erasing public records that state law requires be…

The Daily Beast: Clive Goodman was called a ‘rogue’ hacker at News of the World, but in a newly revealed letter he says the paper’s top editors condoned it. William Underhill on…

Libyan rebels continue to fight to close in on Tripoli and overthrow Gaddafi. A friend shared these emails with me. They are from an Libyan immigrant whose family is in the war-torn…

Press release: Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson announced the approval of Florida’s State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) application. Florida’s planned use of the SSBCI…

Press Release: Governor Rick Scott today announced the members of the seventh class of the Gubernatorial Fellowship Program. Students participating in the program will gain first-hand experience into how state government operates….

There were fewer votes cast (16,892) in the Iowa GOP caucus than the 2010 Pensacola Mayoral election. Here are the official results from the Iowa GOP website: 2011 Straw Poll Full Results…

NBC gives this analysis of the GOP presidential debate at the Iowa State Fair: “t wasn’t a good night for the entire Republican Party, especially since it was such an opportunity for…

Miami Herald reports that Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing a management crisis replete with allegations of old-fashioned political interference in cases and a revolving door between lawyers and the companies…

Press Release: State Representative Darren Soto (D-Orlando) and House Democratic Leader Ron Saunders (D-Key West) announced today their intent to file a bill to preserve the integrity of Florida’s investigatory state agencies….

Press Release: Despite Secretary of State Kurt Browning’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice has approved 76 provisions of the 2011 elections law, House Bill 1355, the League of Women Voters…

Off-shore drilling is a coming to Florida. You can count on it. The fix is in. BP and other oil companies were big sponsors of the annual meeting of American Legislative Exchange…

Tonight I was on the John Batchelor Show. We talked about the stock market crash. Across the nation, retirees panicked over the worldwide economic crisis. It will days, maybe weeks, before we…

Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell is my kind of political writer. He doesn’t mince words: Gov. Scott decided he’s tired of playing the role of Voldemort in American politics. So to beef…

One of the great finds of my brief radio show was trends expert Gerald Celente. In December 2007, Celente predicted the collapse of Wall Street in the fall of 2008. He talked…

The past few years the Florida Legislature has balanced the state budget by raiding the Transportation Trust Fund—funds collected that are to dedicated to road construction and other transportation needs. Gov. Rick…

Daily News reports former Northwest Florida State College President Bob Richburg and his criminal defense attorneys will receive more than $1.2 million to settle legal actions against the school. The college’s board…

St. Pete Times reports as of June 30, 8,418 public employees chose to enroll in the Deferred Retirement Option Program, or DROP, in the months of May and June, double the 4,157…

Miami Herald reports that state lawmakers are being wined and dined in New Orleans at the annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. And who’s picking up part of…

Press Release: Governor Rick Scott today announced the reappointment of Jeffrey E. Lewis of Pensacola as Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel for the First District Court of Appeal. “During his four…