Bond Set For Two Lobbyists Snared In FBI Mayoral Sting
Two lobbyists ensnared in a federal sting that ended with the arrests of the mayors of Miami Lakes and Sweetwater turned themselves in to authorities on Wednesday.
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Two lobbyists ensnared in a federal sting that ended with the arrests of the mayors of Miami Lakes and Sweetwater turned themselves in to authorities on Wednesday.
Pointing to a change in the state's education-financing formula, Florida Virtual School eliminated 177 full-time positions Monday, the Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau reported.
Civilian Defense Department workers in Florida and across the nation are getting some relief from furloughs that have forced them to take weekly unpaid days off since July 8.
Florida Speaker of the House Will Weatherford, along with other legislators, want to continue to change the state's pension program. Speaker Weatherford on Tuesday went as far as asking voters to support the change to help Florida avoid bankruptcy.
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson will brief Haitian-American leaders in Miami on Wednesday when he returns from a four day visit to their homeland.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested the mayors of Miami Lakes and Sweetwater Tuesday on bribery charges.
Less than 24 hours after it was announced that the Florida House planned to hold a subcommittee hearing later this year to address the state's controversial "stand your ground" law, the state's Senate is moving towards doing the same.
Three Miami-Dade Fire Rescue ambulances slated to be eliminated to cut costs for the coming year have been saved. That's according to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez who will hold the first of a series of town hall meetings on Tuesday to discuss the proposed budget.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet voted Tuesday to allow university researchers to exhume human remains from unmarked graves at a defunct Florida Panhandle reform school.
Thanks to a Supreme Court ruling gutting Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott plans to restart a purge of "noncitizens" on Florida's voter rolls, according to CBS4 news partner the Miami Herald.
Four years ago, the tea party movement motivated conservatives to protest the ballooning deficit and President Obama's health care law.
Following the abrupt resignation of Tony Bennett, the education commissioner amidst a scandal that ultimately questioned his integrity, Florida's Board of Education has picked a top state education official to fill in.
Even though the chairman clearly stated he doesn't intent to support any changes to "stand your ground" law, the Florida House has planned to hold a subcommittee hearing later this year to address the state's controversial law.
Just days after a scandal broke calling into question the integrity of Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett, informed Governor Rick Scott he will resign.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who threatened to shut down the entire government if the Affordable Care Act wasn't defunded, now says it's not him who is threatening a shutdown but rather President Barack Obama.
