By Joshua Miller, Roll Call
The GOP-controlled Florida state House passed a Congressional redistricting map, moving the Republican-friendly lines one step closer to becoming law.
The map passed by a margin of 80 to 37. The lines are identical to the version …
By Sam Youngman
(Reuters) – A confident Mitt Romney solidified his lead in Florida polls and ridiculed Republican rival Newt Gingrich on Monday, calling his opponent’s attacks “sad” and “painfully revealing” the day before the state’s crucial presidential primary.
Romney’s self-assurance …
By Associated Press
THE VILLAGES, Fla. — It’s an urgent issue seemingly on the minds of many in this retiree mecca, if not the entire state of Florida — how to fix Social Security. And voters’ proposed solutions to …
By ROBBIE BROWN, The New York Times
ATLANTA — A Florida man was charged with plotting a terrorist spree around Tampa, including bombing nightclubs, destroying bridges and shooting police officers in the name of radical …
By Beth Reinhard | National Journal
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will spend only “limited money” in Florida, a winner-take-all state in which first place comes with the grand prize of 50 delegates.
Paul is pursuing a long-term strategy in which he …
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ, The New York Times
MIAMI — Rebuffing the governor, Florida A&M’s board of trustees on Monday decided not to suspend the university’s president and asserted that it would “stand firm against …
(CNN) – Florida Gov. Rick Scott “has strongly recommended” that the trustees of Florida A&M University suspend, “effective immediately,” the school’s president in the wake of alleged hazing and “financial irregularities,” the governor’s office announced Thursday.
Scott told the chairman of FAMU’s …
By Beth Reinhard, National Journal.
Big get for surging Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich in Florida: His new state director is Jose Mallea, who helped steer Marco Rubio’s come-from-behind victory in the 2010 Senate race.
The Miami-based campaign strategist has longstanding ties …
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U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV, R-Fort Myers, made it official tonight: He’s running for the United States Senate.
Mack, who was in Sarasota, announced on Fox News Channel that he’ll compete for the Republican nomination for the right to oppose incumbent …
By AP / KELLI KENNEDY and MIKE SCHNEIDER
(ORLANDO, Fla.) — A federal judge temporarily blocked Florida’s new law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving benefits on Monday, saying it may violate the Constitution’s ban …
