By: Kevin Derby
| Posted: January 21, 2011 11:45 AM
Florida Republican Congressman Vern Buchanan introduced a bill Friday that could have a deep impact on Florida, because it seeks to stop Cuba from establishing oil rigs only 50 miles from the coast of the Sunshine State.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: January 21, 2011 8:42 AM
He only had time to answer a fraction of the questions posed, but Gov. Rick Scott made the best of the time and space allotted in his first Twitter Town Hall.
By: Kevin Derby
| Posted: December 1, 2010 3:30 PM
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico would be closed to new offshore drilling until at least 2017.
By: Kenric Ward
| Posted: September 3, 2010 4:05 AM
It's not another BP disaster, but an explosion and fire on an offshore drilling platform spread a mile-long sheen of oil in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday afternoon.
Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul issued a ringing statement Tuesday, accusing Gov. Charlie Crist of unnecessarily wasting taxpayers' money, playing political games and distracting state leaders from solving the state's real problems right now.
