By: Kevin Derby
| Posted: February 14, 2011 3:55 AM
More than a few times on the campaign trail, Gov. Rick Scott made reference to marrying his high school sweetheart. So it comes as no surprise that the new governor has issued a proclamation declaring National Marriage Week in Florida, which ends Monday, Valentine’s Day.
By: Kevin Derby
| Posted: January 25, 2011 3:55 AM
As opponents of abortion took part in the annual March for Life in Washington on Monday to mark the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, religious and political leaders from across Florida vowed to continue the fight against it.
Florida Republican lawmakers and major contributors who fiercely opposed Rick Scott during the party’s August primary for governor wasted little time sliding over to support the nominee.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: September 28, 2010 4:05 AM
Prominent conservatives from across the nation, including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former presidential candidate Gary Bauer, struck back Monday against an advertisement released over the weekend by Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson.
By: Kevin Derby
| Posted: September 23, 2010 4:05 AM
An appeals court in Miami shook up the Sunshine State’s political landscape Wednesday by ruling that the 33-year-old Florida law banning gay couples from adopting children is unconstitutional.
The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has found the setting up of large crosses along roads in memory of Utah state troopers killed in the line of duty to be unconstitutional, maintaining that it violated the Establishment Clause.
The backing of conservatives is crucial in the hotly contested Republican gubernatorial primary between health-care executive Rick Scott and Attorney General Bill McCollum, as both candidates seek to brandish their appeal to right-of-center voters while painting their rival as a closet liberal.
Florida's "ultrasound" abortion bill is neither unique nor out of the mainstream of state policies around the country, a Sunshine State News analysis shows.
