Senate turns out the lights on electric rate hike
Legislation that would have given Florida Power & Light and other investor-owned utilities authority to raise customer rates to finance alternate energy projects appears dead for this session. The...
View ArticleWhile pushing back critics, FSU gains a couple more GOP insiders
Even as Florida State University administrators work to stiff-arm critics over the school’s $1.5 million donation from conservative titan Charles Koch, Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday added a couple...
View ArticleKoch-founded group extends TV ad buy ripping Obama on debt ceiling
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kIdN3UEQo&w=350&h=212] The debt ceiling showdown has ended, but the conservative group Americans For Prosperity sees no reason to stop running ads...
View ArticleNegron gets ‘A’ from group associated with ‘T’, as in Tea Party
Sen. Joe Negron, the Stuart Republican whose district includes parts of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, was named “legislator of the year,” by the Florida branch of Americans for Prosperty,...
View ArticleWill Scott veto energy bill? Read the tea (party) leaves
Conservative activists called Tuesday for Gov. Rick Scott to veto an energy bill pushed by fellow Republican Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, with critics saying it picks winners and losers by...
View ArticleTV spots blasting Florida Supreme Court to air today
Television spots blasting the Florida Supreme Court over the federal Affordable Care Act are scheduled to begin running today in West Palm Beach and other markets, paid for by Americans for Prosperity,...
View ArticleSupreme Court justices draw more heat, and some praise
The group pushing to oust three Florida Supreme Court justices this fall has a new video ad on its site blasting them for taking part in a 2003 ruling ordering a new trial for a Death Row inmate. The...
View ArticleNelson, Mack both tout $2 million-plus fundraising marks heading to homestretch
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican rival Connie Mack IV both topped the $2 million mark in fund-raising in the last full quarter before the Nov. 6 election, with both contenders saying...
View ArticleScott incentive cash draws rebuke from tea party group
House and Senate budget negotiators were slapped Saturday by a leading tea party group for beefing up the pool of money given Gov. Rick Scott for luring companies to Florida. Lawmakers are working...
View ArticleDemocrats rip Jeb Bush for Medicare “phase out”
Jeb Bush calls for Medicare phase out. Democrats wasted little time Thursday seizing on former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s proposal to phase out Medicare. At an Americans for Prosperity Forum a day...
View ArticleLingering feud with Scott reflected in tea party scorecard
AFP scorecard reflects lingering feud with Gov. Rick Scott Most Florida House and Senate Republicans drew high marks Tuesday from Koch brothers’-founded Americans for Prosperity, despite the...
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