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Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla,. was co-chairing a school safety forum on Capitol Hill recently just as Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott - the man hoping to oust Nelson in November - was across town raising money for his Senate campaign this fall.
GOP Sen. Marco Rubio's cozy relationship with Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson may be issue in Nelson re-election campaign. Sen. Marco Rubio's cozy relationship with Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson could sway Nelson's re-election bid GOP Sen. Marco Rubio's cozy relationship with Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson may be issue in Nelson re-election campaign.
Confronted with a federal judge's looming deadline, Florida Gov. Rick Scott called an extraordinary late-night meeting of top state officials Wednesday to decide what to do about the state's process for restoring voting rights to former prisoners. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker gave Florida until Thursday to create a new process after ruling in February that the state's system is unconstitutional and arbitrary, with decisions possibly swayed by politics and racial factors.
In this Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, a family reunites following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A commission tasked with investigating government actions surrounding the Florida high school massacre and the state's other mass shootings is set to hold its first meeting, Tuesday, April 24. A commission tasked with investigating government actions surrounding the Florida high school massacre and the state's other mass shootings is set to hold its first meeting.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has made it clear: She and Gov. Rick Scott are willing to fight against the ruling that Florida's felon voting restoration system, which more or less amounts to a permanent revocation of voting for current and ex-felons, is unconstitutional as it violates the equal protection clause. Earlier this April, Bondi filed a motion requesting a stay against the order that the state of Florida has until April 26 to revamp its current ex-felon voting restoration system.
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U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says he is prepared to run against Florida Gov. Rick Scott in a highly anticipated clash between the two politicians. Nelson on Monday issued a brief statement where he said that while Scott "will say or do anything to get elected" that if he does the "right thing" then the "politics will take care of itself."
The two-term Republican governor, barred by law from seeking a third term, has scheduled a morning event at a construction company headquarters in Orlando and a 2 p.m. event at a citrus packing house in Fort Myers. Scott's entrance sets up a nationally watched race that could be the most expensive Senate battle of 2018.
If he does choose to run, he will face off against incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson, who has held the seat since first being elected in 2000. If he does choose to run, he will face off against incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson, who has held the seat since first being elected in 2000.
Trump aide endorses wind turbines, not oil rigs, as future of the East Coast U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke endorses offshore wind generation, flexibility on coastal oil drilling. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2GEzsCK Three wind turbines from the Deepwater Wind project off Block Island, R.I. Deepwater Wind's $300 million five-turbine wind farm started operating Dec. 12, 2016, making it the first operating offshore wind farm in the United States.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is teasing a "big announcement" on April 9, fueling long-running speculation that he will launch a Senate bid to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in November. Scott has long been courted by national Republicans to run against Nelson and President Donald Trump himself said last year he hopes Scott runs for the Senate.
Gov. Rick Scott goes to Lake Mary to make a jobs announcement, on Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems announced that their North American headquarters will be in Lake Mary, and will add 100 new jobs.
Earlier tonight, Sen. Marco Rubio joined Gov. Rick Scott and other local law enforcement and government officials at a press conference at Florida International University to discuss the pedestrian bridge that collapsed today across Southwest Eighth Street in Miami. As RedState reported, the pedestrian bridge was built using a newly-developed type of modular construction that had never been used on a bridge this large before.
A new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing at least five vehicles under massive slabs and killing several people, authorities said. Several people were seen being loaded into ambulances and authorities launched search and rescue missions.
Florida officials said Thursday that four people have been found dead in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida pedestrian bridge where the frantic search for any survivors continued past nightfall. Fire Chief Dave Downey said at an evening news briefing that four deceased people were found amid the chaotic scene of concrete rubble and crumpled vehicles.
In this frame from video, emergency personnel work at the scene of a collapsed bridge in the Miami area, Thursday, March 15, 2018. A new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing at least five vehicles under massive slabs and killing several people, authorities said.
A pedestrian bridge being built across an eight-lane highway collapsed at a Miami-area college Thursday , crushing eight vehicles under massive slabs and killing multiple people, authorities said. Search and rescue missions were underway.
A new, $14.2 million pedestrian bridge on the Florida International University Modesto Maidique Campus in West Miami-Dade has collapsed. People are reportedly trapped under the rubble.
A new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing at least five vehicles under massive slabs and killing several people, authorities said. Several people were seen being loaded into ambulances and authorities launched search and rescue missions.
It's early yet, but so far this year's field of prospective Republican governors hasn't offered enough leadership on the issue. nder President Trump, the action in education has shifted back to the states.