The Buzz caught up with outgoing Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum after oral arguments yesterday in Florida's lawsuit claiming the federal health care legislation is unconsitutional. Nineteen states joined Florida in the suit, and McCollum said h... Read More
As Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum argues against the new federal health care law today, he adds to a court file already swollen with "friend of the court" briefs from around the country. Overwhelmingly, though, the briefs weigh on the... Read More
Ray Sansom has an early Christmas gift for Attorney General Bill McCollum. McCollum's office has to wade into the political caper one last time after Sansom appealed a Leon County Circuit Court decision that kept prosecutor Willie Meggs on the job. San... Read More
A platform in the basement of the Capitol has been the stage for some of the state's brightest political stars twice a month for the past four years. But Tuesday, it was more like a political gallows: Two seated behind the rostrum lost statewide ele... Read More
Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued the following statement regarding the race for Florida Governor: “Florida is facing a critical time. Our state needs conservative leaders who will grow our economy and create jobs. We need merit pay and... Read More
Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that he has decided not to appeal the ruling that has thrown out the Florida's ban on the adoption of foster children by gay couples, putting an end to the law that has been on the books for 33 years. The ... Read More
Attorney General Bill McCollum, currently the senior statewide Republican official, said today that he just might support his party's nominee for governor. At least he's leaning that way. Asked whether he would cast a vote in the race, he had... Read More
One week after he lost the Republican nomination for governor, Attorney General Bill McCollum asked Florida's ethics watchdogs whether he could lobby the Cabinet -- yes, a Cabinet that could include the man who defeated him, Rick Scott. McCollum's Sept.... Read More
BP claims czar Kenneth Feinberg yielded to critics and announced today that geographic proximity to the oil spill "would not prevent a legitimate individual or business claim from being processed." Feinberg portrayed the change as a "clarification," though the issue... Read More
Florida Republicans declared themselves one big happy family at their annual gathering Friday, seeking to banish any hard feelings lingering from a divisive governor's race before the high-stakes Nov. 2 election. At this reunion of hundreds of party activists, politicians... Read More
