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  • Republican leaders steer millions to hand-picked candidates

    Two leading Republican Florida lawmakers hold an outsized influence over which party legislative candidates will get the fundraising advantage in next month's primary election, a testament to the power of incumbency despite a new redistricting law designed to weaken that clout.

    Rep. Will Weatherford, of Wesley Chapel, and Sen. Don Gaetz, [...]

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  • President Obama endorses Rep. Frederica Wilson

    Looks like Democratic Congresswoman Frederica Wilson won the endorsement war against her rival Democrat, Rudy Moise, who was endorsed by Haitian president Michel Martelly in May. Moise has sent out mailers featuring him with Presidnt Obama. But Wilson can now lay claim to being endorsed by him.

    Here's the press release:

    Miami, [...]
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  • IRS targets, slaps lien on Dem. Rep. Daphne Campbell, who also faces Medicaid-fraud probe

    Already facing a Florida Medicaid fraud probe, state Rep. Daphne Campbell is being investigated by Internal Revenue Service agents who are tracing hundreds of thousands of dollars through bank accounts tied to a web of family healthcare businesses, The Miami Herald has learned.

    The IRS has slapped $145,000 worth of liens [...]

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  • Marco Rubio scolds county commissioner who 'disrupted' citizen-service event; Sen. might call cops next time

    Senator Marco Rubio's getting sucked into crazy Miami-Dade County politics, it appears, now that County Commissioner Barbara Jordan apparently made a scene during an otherwise run-of-the-mill constituent-outreach effort.

    Welcome to Miami:

    Friday, July 27, 2012

    Commissioner Barbara Jordan
    Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners
    District 1
    Stephen P. Clark Center
    111 N.W. 1st Street, [...]

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  • District 113 candidates defend business backgrounds

    Business backgrounds have become a contentious issue among the state House District 113 candidates who list their net worth at about $1 million or more.

    Mailers attacking the finances and dealings of candidates Mark Weithorn and Adam Kravitz have hit mailboxes, dredging up unpaid bills and loans and ties to a [...]

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  • Putnam releases agenda for energy summit

    Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam released the agenda for the 2012 Florida Energy Summit. Topics include "the economics of solar in the Sunshine State" and "Converting crops to fuel." Putnam recently took on leadership of the state's energy initiatives.

    Here's the statement from his office about the summit:

    Florida Commissioner of Agriculture [...]

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  • RNC highlights Obama-foreclosures criticism of Dem candidate Joe Garcia, former Obama official

    The Republican National Committee is highlighting Democratic Congressional candidate Joe Garcia's comment last week when the former Obama administration official said that the White House "has not done enough" when it comes to foreclosures.

    Garcia's comment, which also rapped Congress, is a no-brainer in the foreclosure-wracked Kendall-to-Key West district.

    But it's campaign [...]

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  • Citizens' approves $210 million outsourcing contract, cites no savings

    [Latest update from Citizens' board meeting today in Miami]

    Citizens Property Insurance approved a $210 million, seven-year contract Monday for seven outsourcing firms to do what its staff and one outsourcing firm currently does, but did not announce any plans to cut staff.

    The size of the contract—and the fact that it [...]

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  • Dems file fed lawsuit to stop shortened early-voting days in Florida

    U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown announced this morning she is leading a federal civil rights lawsuit to block changes to Florida's early voting laws.

    “Early voting has worked extremely well for all Floridians and especially for African American voters,” Brown said. “In fact, more than any other racial or ethnic group, African [...]

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  • Rep. Artiles' opinion piece on Citizens adds to GOP's North-vs.-South feud

    Rep. Frank Artiles, R-Miami, penned an opinion piece in the Miami Herald on Friday, blasting “reckless and damaging proposals” at Citizens Property Insurance. The state-run insurer is looking to raise rates by an average of 7.5 percent, limit water damages to $15,000 and uncap rates for new customers. Artiles’ [...]

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