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  • FBI agents raid South Florida office of eye doc tied to gift, prostitution controversy with Sen. Bob Menendez

     

    FBI agents raided the West Palm Beach business of an eye doctor suspected of providing free trips and even underage Dominican Republic prostitutes to New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez — who has denied what he calls the “fallacious allegations.”

    Agents gathered at the medical-office complex of Dr. Salomon Melgen, a contributor [...]

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  • Weatherford says he won't push for new online-only university

    From the News Service of Florida:

    House Speaker Will Weatherford clarified his stance on overhauling the state's approach to online higher education Tuesday, emphasizing that he would not push for an actual, 13th university focused on web-based education.

    But in remarks at a panel discussion held by the Orlando Sentinel and the University of [...]

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  • Miami lawmaker wants more scrutiny for economic incentives

    Rep. José Javier Rodríguez, D-Miami, is pushing for more accountability from the state's tax incentive program, which provides tax breaks for companies who agree to create jobs in Florida.

    Under a bill field by Rodríguez, the state would have to provide detailed information about the type of jobs created by companies receiving [...]

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  • RPOF spox Brian Burgess back in private sector after dodging questions about Rick Scott's dog

    Brian Burgess, the combative communications director for the Republican Party of Florida, is returning to the private sector less than five months after taking over as the party's top communicator.

    Burgess would not return emails or telephone calls, but was shown the door at the party after he did not answer [...]

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  • Marco Rubio conquers Mt. Rushbo

    Yesterday, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh was in a typical lather about the Gang of Eight's new immigration pla, saying repeatedly that it amounts to failed policy.

    And he used that most-hated of words to many conservatives: "Amnesty." Limbaugh said it over and over again.

    "We've done this before. We've done [...]

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  • Gang of 4? Rubio, Coons Klobuchar, Hatch file high-skill immigration bill

    Best theatrics part of this bill? Marco Rubio's Senate speech today when he wondered why PHds, etc. don't get a green card.

    "That's crazy," Rubio said, starting to stammer at what he thinks is a no-brainer issue. "Not only..that...that's just..that's just.. That's cray-zee."

    The proposal for this legislation will also appear in [...]

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  • Study: Obamacare's Medicaid expansion would save, not cost, FL money

    Florida would save money over the next decade — not lose billions as Gov. Rick Scott has argued — by accepting Medicaid expansion under federal healthcare reforms, according to a detailed economic study.

    Miami-Dade legislators and healthcare industry leaders, getting together on Monday, heard about the report by Georgetown [...]

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  • Rick Scott/Mitt Romney campaign alum Ward Baker now NRSC political director

    Ward Baker, the nuts-and-bolts data meister who furnished outsized help in Rick Scott's gubernatorial campaign, has been named the political director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Baker most recently worked on Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.

    Another FL tie: Baker is married to Citrus County native Jennifer Coxe Baker, who repped [...]

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  • Nursing home managers accused of $2.75M in Medicaid fraud

    UPDATE: Attorneys representing the two nursing home business managers sent over a statement saying that Maxcine Darville and Joanne Carter have been released on bond and are cooperating with law enforcement.

    "During the period of the investigation, both Ms. Darville and Ms. Carter voluntarily cooperated with state authorities and will continue" [...]

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  • Anti-Castro bill would ban medical licenses for American doctors trained in Cuba

    Two South Florida lawmakers are pushing for a law that would stop American doctors who studied in Cuba from receiving medical licenses in Florida.

    Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., and Sen. Rene Garcia, both Hialeah Republicans, filed bills last week, seeking to clamp down on U.S. medical students who go to Cuba for training.

    “U.S students who turn [...]

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