Florida: Disaster coming without help on Zika fight
Florida will experience a "disaster" with the Zika virus if federal authorities don't immediately provide money to help battle the virus, Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday.
Category Archives: Florida
Once opposed, now in favour: Republicans form an orderly line to endorse Trump
Marco Rubio not so long ago insulted Donald Trump's tan, made crude insinuations about his anatomy, and dubbed him a "con man" and "the most vulgar person ever to aspire to the presidency". Yet days after Trump clinched enough delegates to become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the Florida senator said he would speak on the billionaire's behalf if asked, and would release his delegates to Trump at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July.
There’s no fun these days in Florida’s political parties
This summer may be remembered not only for a blue moon and the welcome end to a bitter presidential primary, it may also mark the time America's century-old political parties went on life support. At the top of the ticket, both the Florida Democratic Party and the Republican Party of Florida have anointed presidential frontrunners who are seen by most voters more negatively than positively.
Sanders ridicules ‘Trump’s love for me’
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. waves toward the crowd at a rally at the Anaheim Convention Center, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Anaheim, Calif.
He once called Donald Trump a ‘con man’, now Marco Rubio says he should be president
Donald Trump passes behind Senator Marco Rubio, during a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre on Thursday, March 3, 2016. Over the course of his presidential bid, Senator Marco Rubio called Donald Trump a "con man" who was "dangerous" and unqualified to control the nation's nuclear codes.
Sydney woman escapes knife attack in Gardiner Park, Banksia
Tragedy as body of pilot, 56, who crashed his vintage WWII fighter in the Hudson River is found during desperate rescue attempt Harrowing moment the remains of missing hiker, 66, are discovered two years after she disappeared on the Appalachian Trail is caught on camera Happy Memorial Weekend from the TSA! TWO MILLION travelers battle chaotic airport security lines with some forced to arrive HOURS before their flight amid staff shortages Florida teen, 16, arrested for 'recording 15-year-old sex trafficking victim sleeping with multiple boys in high school bathroom' with as many as 25 young men present Confessions of a voyeur: The married father who spied on couples in his motel for years then gave his diaries to a top author... and now Spielberg's turning them into a film Woman, 55, who was killed on Sundance zip line died from serious internal injuries after 'hitting a tree that was ... (more)
Jesinta Campbell flaunts her figure in Calvin Klein activewear
Tragedy as body of pilot, 56, who crashed his vintage WWII fighter in the Hudson River is found during desperate rescue attempt Harrowing moment the remains of missing hiker, 66, are discovered two years after she disappeared on the Appalachian Trail is caught on camera Happy Memorial Weekend from the TSA! TWO MILLION travelers battle chaotic airport security lines with some forced to arrive HOURS before their flight amid staff shortages Florida teen, 16, arrested for 'recording 15-year-old sex trafficking victim sleeping with multiple boys in high school bathroom' with as many as 25 young men present Confessions of a voyeur: The married father who spied on couples in his motel for years then gave his diaries to a top author... and now Spielberg's turning them into a film Woman, 55, who was killed on Sundance zip line died from serious internal injuries after 'hitting a tree that was ... (more)
Scott Walker moves forward with plan to drug test food stamp users
Wisconsin's plan was approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature more than two years ago, but it languished because it conflicts with federal rules prohibiting states from imposing additional eligibility criteria on Florida had a drug test requirement for food stamp recipients that a federal appeals court blocked in 2014, finding it violated constitutional protections against unreasonable searches. Walker filed a federal lawsuit in 2015 seeking approval to test food stamp applicants, but it was rejected because then-President Barack Obama's administration had not yet formally rejected the state's request to do the testing.