Category: State & National News
Pink slips sent to 1600 state workers, not Scott
Florida Tribune reports at least 1,600 state workers have been told they are losing their jobs at the end of this week. But the Department…
Smoke from Alabama park fills west side
Mobile Press Register reports Gov. Robert Bentley plans to visit Gulf State Park today, as firefighters work to control a roughly 700-acre conflagration that has…
Offshore drilling is back on the table, Gaetz opposes
Drilling platforms off the beach may be in Pensacola’s future, if Senate President Mike Haridopolos and Gov. Rick Scott have their way. State Sen. Don…
Crist’s wife sells condo for $3.5 million
What? Former Gov. Charlie Crist is still married? Sun-Sentinel reports Carole Rome Crist has sold her sold her four-bedroom, four-bath Fisher Island condo for $3.5…
Sesame Street Eviction
Our June 23 cover and the story on the impact of Gov. Rick Scott’s cuts to WSRE and WUWF have attracted attention. Our art director…
Scott shakes up staff
Mary Anne Carter, the chief policy advisor to Gov. Rick Scott, turned in her resignation letter a day after Gov. Rick Scott announced his chief…
Obama speech: 10K troops coming home (full text)
President Barack Obama says 10,000 troops will come home from Afghanistan by the end of this year as the U.S. mission shifts from combat to…
Slutwalk: International phenomenon (photos)
“Slutwalk” protests are demonstrations against sexism, rape, sexual crimes and the injustice of blaming the victim rather than the rapist or abuser. The first one…
Judge says jury should decide death penalty
U.S. Federal District Judge Jose Martinez ruled that Florida’s death penalty is unconstitutional because juries, not judges, should be the ones to determine ‘aggravating factors’…
Redistricting meetings for Panhandle
Press Release: Florida Legislature to Hold First Round of Public Redistricting Meetings in Florida’s Panhandle The Florida House and Senate redistricting committees will hold their…
Local governments scramble on FRS deduction
Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater may have moved up the state’s payday to June 30 to avoid a new law that mandates state workers, teachers…
Inside Gingrich campaign meltdown
The Daily Beast has the inside scoop on why Newt Gingrich’s top aides bolted en masse Thursday, leaving his campaign in tatters. Peter J. Boyer…
Palin vs. Bachmann
The GOP presidential primaries could be a lot of fun, especially as the candidates try to out do each in catering to the Tea Party…
Rick Scott – Job-a-nator
Is Gov. Rick Scott taking credit for jobs that he did little for the that to land? St. Pete Times thinks so. It reports Gov….
Obama-care could be in trouble
LA Times: Skeptical questions from three federal judges in Atlanta suggest they may be ready to declare unconstitutional all or part of the healthcare law…
Miami mayoral candidates distancing themselves from Scott
The St. Pete Times Buzz reports that the two (Republican) candidates running for Miami-Dade mayor sought in a debate Tuesday morning to distance themselves as…
Obama loses May bump in polls
The latest polls are showing that the bounce in the polls that Obama received after the death of Osama bin Laden in early May has…
Evers, billboards and public record issue
The Florida Times-Union reports that Department of Transportation officials, Sen. Greg Evers and others knowingly allowed a billboard company to build signs without necessary permits….
Jobs budget cuts jobs
Sarasota Herald Tribune reports that the state budget which goes into effect on July—the one Gov. Rick Scott has proclaimed as the jobs budget– will…
GOP has some responsibility for National Debt
Think Progress writes that Bush tax and the Iraq War attributed to half of the National Debt. Read Some Inconvenient Truths About National Debt
