Florida Republican Marco Rubio won the race for the U.S. Senate with a wide margin — one of several victories for Latino Republicans on Nov. 2.
Other winners included Republicans Susana Martinez, elected as the nation’s first Latina governor…
Rep.-elect Allen West yesterday tapped WFTL afternoon radio host Joyce Kaufman as his chief of staff; she will continue her radio show from Washington, according to a statement on the station’s website.
Newly elected state Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, has left a $95,000 a year job with the Salvation Army where he been employed for three decades following controversy that nearly wrecked his campaign.
Norman, R-Tampa, informed the Salvation Army he would…
The Congressional Black Caucus will allow two black Republicans, Allen West of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina, to join, according to a statement made by the CBC’s chair, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.
“Should either of the two African-American…
The Heritage Foundation just wrapped up a panel discussion called “Where Does the Tea Party Go from Here?” Panelists included Billie Tucker, executive director of the First Coast Tea Party in Florida, Ed Morrissey from Hot Air and Byron…
Rep.-elect Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, has picked Joyce Kaufman, a South Florida radio host with a history of incendiary comments, as his chief of staff, reports the Palm Beach Post. Kaufman’s website confirms that she has accepted the post.
In 2011, Republicans will enjoy a veto-proof majority in the state legislature — simply put, they don’t need the governor’s approval.
The Miami Herald reports today that “incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, said last week that while…
Rep.-elect Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale — one of two black Republicans elected last week to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first African-American Republicans voted into the House since 2003 — plans to join the Congressional Black Caucus, which…
The Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy — which studies how state fiscal and economic policy impacts low- and moderate-income individuals, families and neighborhoods, workers, and small businesses — says in a November report:
Two taxes targeted specifically to
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Efforts to enact E-Verify, a program that would stop the hiring of immigrants not authorized to work in Florida, will likely return in Florida’s 2011 legislative session.
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