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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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By Kevin Derby
When the House met on Wednesday afternoon, the session began with a moment of silence for former Rep. Jack Tobin who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 69. Tobin served in the House from 1982 until 1998.
Rep. Jim Waldman, D-Coconut Creek, took to the House floor to offer a tribute to Tobin.
By Kevin Derby
Marking the one-year anniversary of the Gulf oil spill, on Wednesday Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio called for the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship to meet in Pensacola to focus on the regions recovery.
By Kevin Derby
Score another win for Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.
Putnams Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Act (HB 7219) received unanimous support from the House Appropriations Committee and, on Wednesday, he thanked committee chairwoman Rep. Denise Grimsley, R-Sebring, and the members for supporting it.
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Likely voters in Florida overwhelmingly support a law requiring Florida voters to present a government-issued ID in order to vote, according to a statewide survey.
A proposal to require all Florida voters to show a government-issued ID such as a drivers license in order to vote received almost universal support from respondents to a Viewpoint Florida survey conducted April 13-18.
Some 87 percent of respondents said they would support a photo ID requirement, compared to just 9 percent who said voters should not be required to show an ID.
By Nancy Smith
Don't look for Tim Pawlenty or Rand Paul or Michele Bachmann. Not there. Not even close.
But Donald Trump? Maybe.
The Donald -- real estate mogul, reality TV celeb, network news interviewee -- could become the first presidential hopeful to place in a Google trends' daily Top 5 on a regular basis.
He just keeps doing things to get searched and clicked.
By Kevin Derby
In an interview with the Daily Beast, the always colorful and controversial Andrew Breitbart cheered the prospect of Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West running for president with businessman Herman Cain as his running mate:
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Workforce Central Florida shut down a controversial marketing program Wednesday, ending a campaign to distribute 6,000 red capes to job seekers.
The agency said its "out-of-the-box" initiative was designed to "introduce our programs and services to job seekers and employers who need them."
But amid a hail of public condemnation and mockery, the agency cut short its $14,000 campaign, which an agency news release admitted "seemed to offend some."
Full story will follow.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux released a web video attacking Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Tuesday. The video, which features a parody of Facebook, tried to connect Nelson to President Barack Obamas fiscal policies.
By Kevin Derby
Daniel Larison over at the American Conservative fired away at Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio from the right on foreign policy:
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