Mel Martinez News

WASHINGTON Is there a shadow of a chance that bipartisan middle-ground common sense could be applied to solve pressing issues of America's housing future? A housing commission formed by the Washington-based Bipartisan Policy Center has a plan, formed over 16 months of debate and released in February.

Chase bank announced this morning it is continuing its Florida expansion, with plans to open its first locations in Jacksonville in early fall and that it is adding 10 ATM locations this year in the market.

Rick Scott has yet to file for a second term for governor, but he's already drawn a primary opponent -- Elizabeth Cuevas Neunder, founder and CEO of the Puerto Rican Chamber of Commence of Florida, and a longtime Republican activist and candidate from Sarasota.

As I've noted before, while a bipartisan "Gang" of eight senators are the prime movers behind the renewed hopes for passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill, every play they run, in terms of persuading skeptics, goes through Sen.

Grumbling on the Right has turned into protests over U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's immigration-overhaul bill in his home state of Florida.