Crist Cash Crunch Sparks Creation of New 527 Group
Supporters of Gov. Charlie Crist are taking steps to armor his independent U.S. Senate campaign against an expected massive spending campaign by the national Democratic and Republican parties. Longtime Crist backer, Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, has formed a 527 organization called Friends for Freedom and Prosperity…
Ichetucknee Springs: Floating Along and Livin’ the Life
Today’s adventure was sponsored in part by a local church and the day of tubing at Ichetucknee Springs State Park was promised to be a day of fun for its youth group. Ichetucknee Springs State Park is about an hour and a half outside of Jacksonville but is well worth the journey. We stopped at Lowes Tubeland a few miles away from our destination…
Scott, McCollum Agree: Obama Wrong on Immigration
Florida Republican gubernatorial contenders Bill McCollum and Rick Scott have been blasting each other over immigration, but joined together Thursday in criticizing President Obama’s proposed overhaul. In his first major address on immigration, Obama urged Congress to approve legislation toughening border security and creating a path toward citizenship…
New State Retirement Rules Kick In
State employees who retire must stay away for at least six months before coming back to work under a 2009 law that kicked in Thursday to prevent “double dipping” for more money. Coming in response to cases of highly paid elected officials and senior managers retiring early from state employ only to return a month [...]
New Laws Go Into Effect Today
High school students will have to take some tougher classes. Exotic pythons can no longer be sold in Florida. And it will be harder to sue businesses for “slip and fall” incidents. Today, more than 150 measures go into law, the product of the Florida Legislature’s 2010 session, which also included the passage of the [...]
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