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State Sen. Alan Hayes, R-Umatilla (Pic by Senator Hays, via flsenate.gov) State Reps. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, and Darren Soto, D-Orlando, requested Wednesday that state Sen

Pontiac will be the first city where the state’s new Emergency Manager law is used to cancel a labor contract now that the state has approved a plan to void the contract with the city’s police dispatchers. The move will allow Pontiac Emergency Manager Michael Stampfler to save an estimated $2 million by dissolving the city police force.

The anti-draft campaign against Sen. Evan Bayh’s (D-Ind.) vice-presidential bid is picking up some steam. A Facebook group opposing Bayh reached

A tiny catapult flings tiny pies at flies (there’s video). Steve King says gay marriage will lead to Sparta-style warehouses for kids... ...and a GOP

The Friday morning session at CPAC follows a pattern -- an exciting opening speech to rouse conference attendees out of bed, and a few pro forma speeches until

No, not Larry Korb. I’m not being cute here. I mean Ken Adelman, the former chair of the Reagan-era Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the guy who said

Although U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is scheduled to make two appearances Monday on behalf of The Family Leader , one of her key supporters, Iowa Sen.

South Carolina’s The State newspaper’s expose of emails sent by journalists to Gov. Mark Sanford’s (R-S.C.) office are essential reading. One of the worst

Another poll, another big lead for Rand Paul, the insurgent candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky who really should be labeled the frontrunner now. SurveyUSA

The Manatee Tiger Bay Club last week hosted a discussion about the county’s sex education policies and what members see as the failure of abstinence-only polices in their schools. As previously reported, Manatee County addressed a significant rise in teen pregnancy in the county last year by opening up its sex education policy to include a curriculum that moved beyond “abstinence-only” information. At the time, county officials blamed the limited curriculum, among other factors, for the sharp rise in teen pregnancy rates.

All 41 Republican senators have signed an open letter asking Democratic leadership not to use the filibuster-proof reconciliation process to pass health care

Washington may occasionally have a hard time calculating its interests. Al Qaeda, on the other hand, tends to know what’s good for it. Unsurprisingly, then,

As Alabama has supplanted Arizona as the state with the strictest immigration laws, it’s no surprise that it is also gathering supporters and opponents from all over the world. The latest out of state group to weigh in is Colorado’s Team America, led by former congressman Tom Tancredo. From an email Tancredo sent supporters this week: Alabama’s new immigration law, which passed its legislature this June, is the strongest and strictest immigration law in the nation … … and for that reason it is being opposed with incredible ferocity by the Hispanic lobby, corrupt business interests and the open-borders Obama Justice Department! … The law also forbids transactions between illegal aliens and any division of state government.

Walter Alarkon talks to Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), the freshman Republican who got every member of his party, and all but seven Democrats, to support an

As the scramble continues to plug the oil gusher a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico -- and as Senate Democrats promote their long-awaited proposal designed to

An Iowa manufacturing plant recently highlighted by President Obama will take advantage of a state economic development package to launch a $300 million expansion of its rolled aluminum product offerings, creating an estimated 150 permanent jobs. Alcoa, the world’s leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, will expand it’s rolled products plant in Bettendorf, known as Alcoa Davenport Works, to coincide with supply demands from the automotive market