On the day Rick Scott became Florida’s chief executive, the Independent’s Travis Pillow laid out what to expect from the Sunshine State’s new governor.
As a new cabinet prepares to take over the state’s executive branch, Florida officials are waging a multi-pronged campaign to appeal to oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg.
President Obama’s approval ratings have rebounded somewhat since the midterm elections in Florida, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday.
In its recommendations for saving money on the state’s prison system, Gov.-elect Rick Scott’s transition team seizes on a national trend taking hold among conservatives: maintaining their image as being “tough on crime,” while also getting tough on prison spending.
Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, sent invitations late Tuesday to a handful of judges, officials, and contractors associated with the recently completed 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee — asking them to testify before a state Senate committee in January.
This morning, MSNBC hosts Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie announced their list of the worst candidates of the 2010 election cycle, with two of the three nominees hailing from Florida. Both outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist and CFO Alex Sink made the list, and the hosts determined Sink to be the worst candidate following her defeat by former health care CEO Rick Scott.
The Florida Clemency Board on Thursday pardoned Jim Morrison, the deceased singer for the legendery rock group The Doors, according to the Associated Press.
Media attention over a possible pardon of Jim Morrison, legendary singer of The Doors, has the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida worried that other “contemporary injustices” may be overshadowed by the hype.
When it comes to describing his plans for dealing with the state’s $2.5 billion projected budget deficit, Gov.-elect Rick Scott has been short on specifics. In a recent interview on Bloomberg television, he singles out prisons, pensions “and other areas” for spending cuts.
Only 10 days after announcing his intention to become the next chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, Tallahassee City Commissioner Andrew Gillum is taking himself out of the race and backing Gainesville attorney Rod Smith, who this morning had clinched…
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