edited by: Kay Day,
Florida Editor
On the website for former House Speaker Marco Rubio, you can find the following words: "This earmark was not requested by Rubio. During Rubio's last four years in the House, he did not file any individual budget requests." The U.S. Senate candidate is referring to a $800,000 item that was tucked [...]
By Josh Hafenbrack, Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE – In his last year in office, Gov. Charlie Crist wants to score a final tax-cutting victory with a plan to slash Florida’s corporate income tax, which generates $1.7 billion annually.
The move could help solidify the governor’s conservative credentials in his 2010 campaign for U.S. Senate, but [...]
Members of the Tampa Bay Young Republicans Club on Wednesday night were lamenting how personal the split between supporters of Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist in their U.S. Senate race have become.
"It's sad," said young GOP-er Dywan Washington, a Rubio backer. Long-time acquaintances from the two camps have stopped [...]
By Aaron Deslatte and Josh Hafenbrack, Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE – Embattled Florida Republican chairman Jim Greer is facing a coup from disgruntled party leaders enraged that he took sides in the state’s U.S. Senate primary and who are now accusing him of causing “irreparable harm” with the party check book.
In a [...]
U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young has proven his power and longevity once again, securing 36 defense earmarks worth $83.7 million.
That topped the $76.5 million Defense Appropriations Chairman John Murtha, D-Penn., got in the budget, which is awaiting Senate approval, according to an analysis by [...]
Add another prominent Republican voice calling for Jim Greer to step down as Republican party chairman: Ken Plante, the lobbyist and former Senate minority leader:
"There's a group of us that are working to see what can be done ... I think what he really needs to do is go [...]
TALLAHASSEE — All the anti-establishment conservatives might not be crazy about the latest Associated Industries of Florida/Zogby poll, which shows Gov. Charlie Crist still holding a 9-point lead over U.S. Senate rival Marco Rubio.
The same poll shows Republican gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Bill McCollum with a 38 percent to 8 percent [...]
More from that Associated Industries/Zogby poll of likely voters. The poll, taken from Dec. 7-11, looked at GOP primary races and has a margin of error of 5.7 percentage points.
In the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, Gov. Charlie Crist (45 percent) still leads Marco Rubio (36.4), with 16.4 percent not sure.
The Republican [...]
Republican Senate leader Alex Diaz de la Portilla filed for divorce Dec. 10 with a pretty boilerplate separation filing from lobbyist Claudia Diaz de la Portilla. She followed up Dec. 11 with a counter petition that whacked him right between the eyes by claiming the Miami Senator is "unwilling and" [...]
A Miami psychiatrist who writes prescriptions for Medicaid patients at a rate of 150 a day, seven days a week, has been targeted by a U.S. senator as an example of why the federal government should do more to investigate over-utilization of healthcare.
A biting letter, from Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, to federal [...]
Senate Republican leader Alex Diaz de la Portilla wants a divorce, and he says the assets accumulated during his six-year marriage to a Tallahassee lobbyist should be equally distributed. But Claudia Diaz de la Portilla, in her own court filing, depicts the South Florida lawmaker as a husband who spends her money and [...]
The Democratic U.S. Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami has been endorsed by the NARAL Pro-Choice America political action committee, which gave his campaign $5,000 and promised to raise money for him from its 58,840 Florida members.
“Rep. Kendrick Meek represents a great opportunity for a pro-choice pickup [...]
Congressman Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, wants war bonds to finance the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, calling it an effort to promote "national shared sacrifice and responsibility." Meek, who is running for Senate, introduced the legislation today, a companion to legislation by Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska.
“At a time of tremendous [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist responded this morning to questions about the latest Rasmussen poll, showing him in a 43-43 tie with Marco Rubio in the race for U.S. Senate.
From Rasmussen Reports: “Crist’s support has fallen from 53% in August to 49%… [...]
Yesterday we all got the following university-wide message from the Chair of the Faculty Senate (who happens to be a law school colleague):
Colleagues:
I’m writing to alert you to the importance of participating in the upcoming “E-Verify” compliance program. Fortunately, for the vast majority of us, it will [...]
