Category: State & National News
PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year
From St.Petersburg Times: A GOP strategist developed a brilliant and powerful attack on President Obama’s health care reform plan, urging party leaders to call it…
Who is WikiLeaks guy?
The New Yorker published last June this article on Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, and his mission for total transparency. It gives a fascinating insight into…
Feinberg admits transparency issue
ProPublica: Ken Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility that is handling the BP claims process, has admitted his process is plagued with opaque…
Fox News boss’s not so fair & balanced email
Media Matters reports that Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon sent an email to his reporters last December questioning the “veracity of climate change…
Nodine Trial: Friend says Downs warned Nodine might kill her
The second week of the murder trial of former county commissioner Stephen Nodine had testimony from more technical experts, friends of both Nodine and the…
Drug kingpin sentenced in Pensacola
As much as some people scoff at the thought of a Mexican mafia in the Pensacola area, Alejandrino Popoca, 33, of Foley, Ala.was sentenced last…
State budget gap grows, up to $2.5B
Gov.-elect Rick Scott will meet with state economists today. The latest estimates have the budget shortfall increasing to $2.5 billion, up from $1.5 billion a…
Steele to fight for RNC job
Talking Points Memo: Michael Steele is down but he’s not out. Shortly after informing the 168 voting members of the Republican National Committee that he’ll…
Sen. Bill Nelson targeted by GOP
Miami Herald reports Republicans view Democrat Bill Nelson as vulnerable in Republican-dominated Florida. He is up for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2012. Outgoing…
Taj Mahal courthouse opens today
St. Petersburg Times’ Lucy Morgan busted wide open the story on the $50-million courthouse for the First District Court of Appeals. Today it opens and…
Panama City hires attorney, gets $1.2M from BP
The Pensacola City Council has been afraid to hire a law firm to represent it against the BP for the city’s lost revenue. Meanwhile Panama…
Tax-Cut Deal Price Tag: $868 Billion
Wall Street Journal: The numbers are in on Obama’s tax-cut compromise with the GOP, and they’re not pretty. Senate leaders began debating the measure Thursday…
TaxWatch finds $4B in savings
Press Release: A prominent group comprised of current and former government officials, business leaders, organizational experts, and renowned academics have released a report of 125…
China refuses to release Nobel Prize winner
Washington Post/AP: China has refused to release Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo on the eve of the awards ceremony in Oslo. Liu is serving an…
Remembering Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Senator John Edwards, died yesterday after a six-year battle with breast cancer. She was a brilliant lawyer and author. When…
Supreme Court to hear Wal Mart discrimination case
It’s the largest class action employment lawsuit in US history. The U.S. Supreme Court will review a federal appeals court decision that allowed a single…
WikiLeaks Founder arrested
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in London Monday on a Swedish warrant on suspicion of rape. He was nabbed at 9:30 in the morning…
Senate president pleads guilty
Florida Senate President Mike Haridoplolos pleaded guilty last week to leaving out details about his consulting company on his financial filings. Haridopolos, failed to disclose…
Top 5 Post-BP Jobs for Tony Hayward
What is Tony Hayward, former BP CEO, gonna do with all that free time? Well, after so many months of following him so closely on…
GOP presidential longshot: Haley Barbour
The Daily Beast reports on the man behind the media success of Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour. Read Haley Barbour’s Secret Weapon.
