Florida Senate Passes Bill To Allow Guns During Evacuations
The Florida Senate passed a bill which would allow gun owners without a concealed weapon permit to take their guns during emergency evacuations.
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The Florida Senate passed a bill which would allow gun owners without a concealed weapon permit to take their guns during emergency evacuations.
The Senate, despite continued opposition from some Democrats, is one step closer to passing a National Rifle Association-supported measure that would allow more people to carry concealed weapons during emergency evacuations.
House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner entered the legislative session Tuesday with a set of shared priorities --- dubbed "Work Plan 2015" --- that includes cutting taxes, crafting a water policy and boosting education spending.
The Democrats are already working on a plan to bash Jeb Bush. Their attack involves comparing him to the GOP's 2012 White House nominee – Mitt Romney.
While Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Charlie Crist duke it out for the governor's position, there is no question that the GOP will maintain large majorities in both the state's House and Senate.
First lady Michelle Obama will be making two campaign appearances in Florida on Friday to help support Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist.
Final preparations are underway at Broward College in Davie where CBS4 anchor Eliott Rodriguez will moderate the second gubernatorial debate Wednesday evening.
With the election just three weeks away, the Governor Rick Scott campaign will launch a new ad this week which features former Gov. Jeb Bush touting the current governor because he delivers "results."
With the Florida governor's race in a dead heat, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are headed to the sunshine state to support Charlie Crist.
The November Election is right around the corner and time is running out if you haven't registered to vote.
The November Election is right around the corner and time is running out for Floridians to register to vote.
With the November elections little more than a month away, Floridians face a Monday deadline to register to vote.
Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist and his supporters were busy adding to the campaign's coffers in the last week or two.
Florida Republicans contended Saturday they are ready for the November election.
Republicans have had control of the Florida Legislature and governor's office since 1999 and have used their power to restrict abortions, loosen gun laws, strip state workers of benefits, allow private school vouchers and enact a slew of other policy changes that Democrats opposed but could do nothing to stop.
Former Governor Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination Tuesday against Nan Rich to seek his old job against Governor Rick Scott in the November elections.
Incumbent senators easily won primary contests Tuesday, dominating races that never seriously threatened their bids for re-election.
Poll workers spent most of Monday getting ready for Tuesday's primary election.
The Republican Party of Florida raised about $14.9 million in little less than five months, while the Florida Democratic Party collected $13.1 million, according to newly filed finance reports.
Most Florida voters assume it will be a head to head match up of Rick Scott and Charlie Crist for the Governor's job this November. But before former governor Crist takes on current Governor Scott, he has to get past former Sen. Nan Rich in the August primary
Steve Perman is talking trash. And now he wants Broward County voters to smell what he means. The Coral Springs chiropractor this week unwrapped an odiferous "scratch-and-sniff" mailer --- possibly the first of its kind in the Florida campaign world --- to smoke out Broward County Commissioner Kristin Jacobs in the Democratic primary battle for House District 96.
A coalition issued a sharply-worded motion Monday which called the recently redrawn Florida congressional "brazenly partisan" and claimed it would not fix the problems that prompted a judge to declare the original map unconstitutional in the first place.
Voter-registration numbers showed Democrats have more registered voters in Florida's seven most populated counties but Republicans have a huge advantage in some mid-sized counties.
Vote for for Gov. Rick Scott and save a tree. Caught in a tight campaign with former Gov. Charlie Crist, the current governor has pledged to spend millions more on environmental concerns if re-elected.
Allegations of financial misconduct by the states two leading candidates for governor have been tossed out by Florida's election commission. Since March, supporters of both former Gov. Charlie Crist and Gov. Rick Scott have filed a long list of complaints which dealt with alleged election law violations.
