Government

By: John Kennedy News Service of Florida | Posted: September 8, 2010 4:05 AM

Florida’s looming budget shortfall has been shrunk in half by state analysts who credit federal stimulus dollars, years of spending cuts, and Indian gambling money as helping forge a brighter picture – but one that could still leave the state in a $2.5 billion hole.

 
By: Keith Laing The News Service of Florida | Posted: September 3, 2010 4:05 AM
Newly minted lieutenant governor candidate Jennifer Carroll won’t be the only Northeast Florida Republican moving to a new political job.
 
By: By Kathleen Haughney The News Service of Florida | Posted: September 2, 2010 4:05 AM
Republican lawmakers have spent much of the past two years advocating a rollback of a constitutional cap on the number of students in school classrooms. But now that the proposed tweak is on the November ballot, one question remains: Who is going to campaign for a looser standard, and who will pay for it?
 
By: The News Service of Florida | Posted: August 31, 2010 4:05 AM


BP CLAIMS WORK GROUP OK'S RECOMMENDATIONS
The head of the House work group overseeing the government claims process says it's too early to hold a special session on the BP oil spill because lost revenue data from the cities and counties won't be available for a while.

 
By: John Kennedy News Service of Florida | Posted: August 28, 2010 4:05 AM
Attorney General Bill McCollum appealed Friday to the federal government and besieged oil giant BP for help in his battle over the $20 billion compensation fund established for Gulf oil victims.
 
Judge's ruling on SB 360 a blow to developers, economy
By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: August 28, 2010 4:05 AM

To developers, Senate Bill 360 was a breath of fresh air in a stifling economic climate. For cash-strapped cities and counties throughout Florida, it was an unfunded mandate that would have forced taxpayers to pick up a tab developers have traditionally paid.

 
By: David Royse News Service of Florida | Posted: August 27, 2010 4:05 AM
A circuit court judge has ruled that a parents group can continue with a court challenge of the state’s education system, rejecting a request by the Legislature to throw the suit out.
 
By: By Kathleen Haughney The News Service of Florida | Posted: August 25, 2010 4:05 AM

Florida is set to collect $700 million for its schools, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday, naming the Sunshine State one of 10 winners in the second round of its $4.35 billion Race to the Top competition.

 
By: Elizabeth Letchworth | Posted: August 23, 2010 4:05 AM

Congress is more than halfway through its six-week traditional August recess. While members of Congress are spending time with constituents, family and foreign heads of state in other countries, dozens of Capitol Hill staffers are scrambling and pouring through the U.S. Tax Code, trying to come up with new ideas to pay for the various new government programs that will be proposed this fall.

 
By: John Kennedy News Service of Florida | Posted: August 21, 2010 4:05 AM
Florida’s unemployment rate hit 11.5 percent in July, ending three straight months of decline even as annual job growth showed its first gain since 2007, state officials reported Friday.
 
By: Michael Peltier News Service of Florida | Posted: August 20, 2010 4:05 AM

Early voting appears to be catching on, according to a survey of elections supervisors who say that the millions of dollars spent on gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races may be raising turnout across the state.

 
By: By Kathleen Haughney The News Service of Florida | Posted: August 19, 2010 4:05 AM
House Speaker Designate Dean Cannon went to the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday to defend the Legislature’s attempt to blunt a pair of ballot measures that could threaten the Republican Party’s grip on the Legislature and congressional delegation.
 
By: Elizabeth Letchworth | Posted: August 16, 2010 4:05 AM

Since Congress is out for its traditional August break, I thought this column could explore some of the ramifications of the larger pieces of legislation Congress has passed over the last few months.

 
By: Elizabeth Letchworth | Posted: August 14, 2010 4:05 AM

Both the House and the Senate came back from the six-week August break to take care of items that both bodies thought were important enough that they couldn't wait until Congress reconvened Sept. 13.

 
By: Michael Peltier News Service of Florida | Posted: August 13, 2010 4:05 AM
Encouraged by recent upticks in corporate profits but wary of a potential weakening on the national economic scene, state economists on Thursday raised revenue estimates for next year by 1.4 percent from calculations made five months ago.
 
By: Josh Hafenbrack News Service of Florida | Posted: August 12, 2010 4:05 AM
Gov. Charlie Crist’s pitch was simple: Florida is united this time, from school boards to unions, in its bid for up to $700 million in federal education stimulus funds.
 
By: Michael Peltier News Service of Florida | Posted: August 11, 2010 4:05 AM
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said Tuesday that, his own personal feelings aside, Florida law dealing with gay parenthood is inconsistent and should be the same for both adoptive and foster parents.
 
South Florida water board to vote on $197 million purchase of U.S. Sugar land
By: Kenric Ward | Posted: August 11, 2010 4:03 AM

A downsized Everglades land deal is still a big deal to both sides as the South Florida Water Management District board meets this week.
 
By: Elizabeth Letchworth | Posted: August 9, 2010 4:05 AM

The Senate turned out the lights in its chamber last Thursday, having confirmed the newest Supreme Court justice, passing a jobs-stimulus bill for states to hire teachers and other emergency personnel, and a funding bill to pay for border security.

 
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