TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott vetoed an otherwise non-controversial bill Friday that would have steered taxes from visitors at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to the Melbourne-based Florida Institute of Technology. HB 7099 was... »
TALLAHASSEE — Its corporate sponsors get awarded tax breaks and lobbying contracts. Its board members get hired as vendors. It doesn’t disclose all its tax-funded awards to companies or notice all its board meetings. Those are a few of the reasons why ... »
TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and welcome to the morning reads. Here are the top five stories we’re reading this morning. * The Orlando Sentinel reports that U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, is turning the GSA scandal to his advantage. * Attorney Gener... »
U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams is continuing the bare-knuckles fight for re-election against fellow incumbent U.S. Rep. John Mica, this time calling the 10-term Congressman the “personification of all that went wrong” with the Republican majority. In a fundrais... »
Craig Miller, Republican candidate for the Congressional District 6, announced this morning he was endorsed by the Veterans’ Vision publication out of Washington D.C. The endorsement comes despite the fact that at least one other candidate in the crowd... »
TALLAHASSEE – Florida Democrats and the Fair District coalition of voting-rights groups asked a Leon County judge Wednesday to block new congressional districts from taking effect in this year’s elections, the latest salvo in a multi-pronged showdown o... »
TALLAHASSEE — Former state Rep. Pat Patterson, a DeLand Republican considering a bid for Senate, announced Monday he would run for Volusia County Commission instead — avoiding a costly primary with Rep. Dorothy Hukill, an Ormond Beach Republican who h... »
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. John Mica scored a big fundraising quarter to start the year, netting more than $425,000 from January to March, said a top supporter close to Winter Park Republican. The haul puts Mica in a strong position in his primary race aga... »
TALLAHASSEE — The business-backed Florida TaxWatch trotted out its list of “budget turkeys,” more commonly known as pork, in a report Friday that said the Legislature had spent $150 million on special projects at a time when they cut spending for highe... »
WASHINGTON — Lavish spending at the General Services Administration has given U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, some good fodder to attack federal spending — as well as provide a glimpse into work conditions for congressional interns. Mica, who heads... »
Winter Park attorney, businessman and conservative activist Todd Long announced today he is officially kicking off his 2012 campaign for Congress. Long is running as a Republican in the newly-created 9th Congressional District, which includes Osceola C... »
GOP U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers is launching a TV ad criticizing incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson for supporting the federal stimulus. The ad, set to run this week in advance of “Tax Day” — April 15 — accuses ... »
Florida Watch Action, the self-styled progressive group that’s led the “PinkSlipRick” campaign against Gov. Rick Scott – has released a list of what it terms “Pink Slip Puppets” — 56 lawmakers who the group says voted for “Rick Scott’s agenda” 100 perc... »
The campaign of 9th Congressional District Republican candidate Julius Melendez reported it has raised $50,000 so far this year. Melendez is in a crowded field of Republicans hoping to take on Democratic former Congressman Alan Grayson in the fall. He ... »
The crowded Republican primary of the 6th congressional district — a new coastal district that runs from Daytona Beach north to the Duval County line — has picked up yet another candidate. And unlike the other three who’ve already announced — who come ... »
