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And then we'll be the sad losers watching helplessly as homes and dreams are consumed by floodwaters. Just like the unfortunate souls in Baton Rouge, La., last week, and just like folks in West Virginia and South Carolina in the months before that.
George P. Bush, the Texas land commissioner and son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is seen on a video posted online encouraging Republicans to unite behind the Republican nominee. The Texas Tribune reports the video of Bush's remarks was taken Saturday at meeting for state party activists.
Less than four years ago, the Republican Party tapped a few respected party officials to help the GOP find its way forward. This week, one of them says she's leaving the party - driven out by Donald Trump.
A longtime adviser to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush - and the co-author of the Republican National Committee's infamous 2012 " autopsy report " that focused on making inroads with Latino voters - has left the Republican Party. She cited the nomination of Donald Trump, who she calls a "misogynist" and a "bigot," as her reason.
TRENTON - A lifelong Republican and a top adviser to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Monday she'll cast her vote for Hillary Clinton if the contest in her home state gets close. Sally Bradshaw, who was a senior adviser to Bush's failed presidential campaign, told CNN she left the Republican party and turned independent.
Officers with Broward County Mosquito Control make daily inspections and respond to residents' complaints. Florida health officials said they are investigating two more mysterious cases of Zika infection that do not appear to be directly related to travel, bringing the ... more > Evidence that mosquitoes have begun to spread the Zika virus on the U.S. mainland is setting off alarm bells among Florida's leaders and reviving partisan bickering over who is to blame for a lack of congressional action to confront the disease.
The enormous algae outbreak that has coated swaths of Florida's St. Lucie River with guacamole-like sludge is a man-made affliction, arising from political and economic decisions made over the past 140 years. Chasing dollars, Florida land developers and their government allies broke up nature's flow that used rivers, Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades to move water south from central Florida to the Florida Bay at the peninsula's tip.
The enormous algae outbreak that has coated swaths of Florida's St. Lucie River with guacamole-like sludge is a man-made affliction, arising from political and economic decisions made over the past 140 years. Chasing dollars, Florida land developers and their government allies broke up nature's flow that used rivers, Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades to move water south from central Florida to the Florida Bay at the peninsula's tip.
Donald Trump publicly introduces new running mate Mike Pence on Saturday, two days before the start of the Republican National Convention. "Look forward to introducing Governor Mike Pence ," Trump tweeted Saturday.
Sixty mega-donors gave 30 percent of the money raised by Donald Trump and the Republican Party - Sixty mega-donors gave at least $100,000 each to a joint committee raising funds for Donald Trump and the Republican Party, together pouring in $15.4 million from late May until the end of June, new campaign finance records show. Trump does not represent the future of the country - or the GOP - Jeb Bush was governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007 and a 2016 Republican candidate for president.
Convention organizers on Thursday released a partial list of speakers that shows the two Florida politicians will appear on stage at next week's event in Cleveland. Bondi was the first high-profile Florida politician to back presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump ahead of the March primary.
The state of Florida asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to allow it to discontinue a kosher meals program for thousands of religiously observant prison inmates in the event that chronic budget problems worsen and other costs take priority. An attorney representing the Florida Department of Corrections told a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the estimated $12.3 million additional cost of kosher meals could become prohibitive if other budget needs arise.
It's extremely hard for a Republican to win the presidency without Florida's 29 electoral votes. The polls suggest that Hillary Clinton might capitalize on huge demographic shifts to an extent that Barack Obama never did.
Algae covered water at Stuart's Central Marine boat docks is thick, Thursday, June 30, 2016, in Stuart, Florida. The blue-green algae is the latest contaminant in years long arguments over water flowing from Lake Okeechobee.
Scott announced Wednesday that he is heading next week to Louisiana, where a s pecial session of the Legislature began Monday to cover a $600 million budget shortfall. New Gov. John Bel Edwards is looking to raise the state's income tax to help cover the budget hole, over push-back from the Republican-run Legislature.
Donald Trump threatened last week to run to replace New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, but still wants her to support his candidacy for president. " I'd like to have it ," Trump said Thursday, when asked by The New Mexican if he'd want an endorsement from her.
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.
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.