Five of today’s top Florida political stories at your fingertips:
Marco Rubio enters presidential race calling 2016 a ‘generational choice’ – Saying America faces a “generational choice” in the upcoming presidential election, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio jumped feet first Monday into the race for the highest office in the land. Read more
Florida politicos respond to Rubio’s announcement that he’s running for president
Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio; Fast facts about his background
Read: Marco Rubio’s full presidential kickoff speech
Video: Party in Miami: Watch Rubio announce White House bid, take swipe at Hillary
Florida ex-Senator pursues claims of Saudi ties to Sept. 11 attacks – The episode could have been a chapter from the thriller written by former Sen. Bob Graham of Florida about a shadowy Saudi role in the Sept. 11 attacks. A top F.B.I. official unexpectedly arranges a meeting at Dulles International Airport outside Washington with Mr. Graham, the former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, after he has pressed for information on a bureau terrorism inquiry. Mr. Graham, a Democrat, is then hustled off to a clandestine location, where he hopes for a breakthrough in his long pursuit of ties between leading Saudis and the Sept. 11 hijackers. Read more
Is Will Weatherford interested in the U.S. Senate? – Now that Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is out, there’s a lot of speculation as to who might seek Marco Rubio’s seat in the U.S. Senate. Among the potential contenders: former Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel. Asked Monday if he was interested, Weatherford was coy. Read more
Related: Marco Rubio’s presidential bid creates open-seat scrum
Florida House Speaker Blaise Ingoglia? – We’re a little late to this internal squirmish within Florida House GOP, but chatter that Florida GOP Chairman Blaise Ingoglia could replace Orlando state Rep. Eric Eisnaugle as Speaker-to-be in 2020, has ticked off a bunch of folks. Here’s the letter former Florida GOP Chairman sent to Ingoglia Saturday. Read more
The untold, bad-science story of the Everglades Foundation founders – It’s been 19 years since investigative reporters Bob Malloy and Will Bourne wrote how money and political influence contributed to the demise of water quality and the seagrass/coral reef ecosystems of Florida Bay and the Florida Keys. The story reads like a Greek tragedy. Read more
Fries with that? Photo: Gator strolled up to Florida McDonald’s
For more Florida political news, visit BPR’s FLORIDA NEWS page
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
[email protected]
- Florida Five: DWS draws serious primary opponent, Legislators haul in $28.5 mil. pre-session - January 18, 2016
- Florida Five: Trump’s ‘Freedom Kids’ take Internet by storm, Miami seeks help with Cuban migrants - January 15, 2016
- Florida Five: Trump rallies ‘noisy as hell majority’ in Fla., Senate passes historic water bill - January 14, 2016
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
