Bill Nelson News

Trey is running in Connie Mack's seat; Connie Mack, of course, is running in the FL-SEN Republican primary in order to make doubly sure that none of us ever have to remember which Senator Nelson was which, ever again.A Trey and I didn't really discuss that; but we did talk about the race, and CPAC.

Washington, Feb 12 : Michelle Obama concluded a three-day, four-state tour in Florida on Saturday promoting the anniversary of her signature "Let's Move" initiative.

On Jan. 27 the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights held a hearing in Tampa on the 2011 changes to the Florida Election Law.

President Barack Obama's long-sluggish poll numbers have inched up, the unemployment rate has dropped five months in a row, the stock market shows signs of life and the Republican presidential contenders are slicing each other up in a primary battle that shows no sign of ending soon.

"A day in politics is like an eternity. A lot of recent events have altered the political landscape," Adam Hasner told me by phone.

Lawton "Bud" Chiles, 57, the son and namesake of former Fla. governor and U.S. Senator "Walkin' Lawton" Chiles, will announce his own candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor at an event in Lakeland, Fla., next Saturday, a top elected official close to the Manatee County restaurant owner said Friday evening.

Barrels of bile were spilled in weeks leading up to the Florida primary. But that's just a clean-up on aisle three compared to the epic five million barrels of crude oil that paralyzed the Gulf Coast states a couple of years ago.

In celebration of 50 years of Americans in orbit, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host several events Feb.

It should come as a surprise to absolutely no one that the battle over access to contraception continued to dominate the healthcare world Thursday.

Reports of identification theft have recently jumped nearly 50 percent nationwide as the federal tax season gets underway, a Federal Trade Commission representative reported Friday after meeting with U.S. Rep.

On Jan. 27 the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights held a hearing in Tampa on the 2011 changes to the Florida election law.

HOUSES PASSES $69.2B BUDGET: The Florida House today voted along partisan lines in favor of a bare-bones $69.2 billion budget for the coming year.

Republican contenders for the party's presidential nomination dominate the current news cycle, but Florida's Republican women have their eyes on a key race in the US Senate.

Engineers around the world have worked for decades to invent an electric car that wouldn't need recharging.

Republicans stepped up their campaign Thursday against the Obama administration's controversial contraception rule, using the pulpit of the premier conservative conference in Washington to assail the policy as an unconstitutional "attack on religious freedom." The sustained GOP criticism, including a letter of opposition Thursday from three state ... (more)

Sen. Bill Nelson is the latest Democrat to split with the White House over its policy requiring some religious institutions to cover birth control for their employees.

In the underbelly of our nation's capitol, tucked in a corner near a staircase, is an old fashioned in-box. It is so inconspicuous that you wouldn't normally notice it, but if you do, you may be surprised to find out its contents.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants the federal government to drop a requirement for church-affiliated groups to include contraceptive coverage in their employee health plans.

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux has picked up endorsements from a handful of legislators - most of them from Central Florida - in his Republican primary race to return to the Senate.

Legal hearings on Justice Department charges against BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster are scheduled to begin Feb.