It has come to my attention that some cities have been expressing concern in reference to SB 896/HB "Road391, utility relocation legislation of the 2015 session, and its potential impact on our loc
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Welcome to The Dean's List -- an Ed Dean-style look at who Florida's political achievers were (and weren't) in the last seven days.
Hoping to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate, businessman, veteran and former CIA agent Todd Wilcox is taking a page from a very familiar political playbook: hitting his opponents as “career politicians.”
Though Gov. Rick Scott's office would not confirm it, South Florida Water Management District chief executive Blake Guillory will be out of the job next week, replaced with the governor's former general counsel, Peter Antonacci.
Aside from the court-ordered dribbling out of Hillary Clinton's classified-m
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, famous for making public gaffes her party pretends it doesn't notice, might be in real Democratic doo-doo this time. Washington insiders say the National Committee chair has incurred the wrath of the party's two most powerful people, President Barack Obama and now presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Over the last several months we’ve heard the continuing refrain from Hillary Clinton and her campaign that she has “never received or sent any classified emails.”
Ten years have elapsed since one of the most amazing cases of Republican-bashing media bias in the television era began. The media elites laugh when preachers say immorality causes God to send hurricanes, but they suggested with straight faces that Hurricane Katrina was a death sentence President George W. Bush and his cronies brought to the less fortunate.
This weekend, almost two dozen men who held versions of the heavyweight boxing championship will be descending on South Florida . Big names like Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe and Roy Jones Jr. will be in attendance to watch Shannon Briggs, a former champ himself, continue his latest comeback efforts.
WASHINGTON -- The Trump riddle continues to compel: How has he managed to successfully execute such a mass deception?
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By Kevin Derby
With three weeks to go in a contentious election against Democrat Gwen Graham, U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., released a TV ad on Monday playing up his national security credentials and tying his opponent to President Barack Obama and U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
By Kevin Derby
Former state Rep. Carl Domino, the Republican candidate running against U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., took to the national airwaves on Monday, appearing on MidPoint with Ed Berliner on Newsmax TV.
Domino said he wanted to push solutions in Congress and pointed to his record in Tallahassee.
In my eight years in the state Legislature, I produced solutions to problems, Domino said. Theres a lot of solutions to problems out there.
By Kevin Derby
The Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) announced on Monday it opposed Amendment 2, a proposal to expand medical marijuana in the Sunshine State. If Amendment 2 gets 60 percent on the November ballot, it will be added to the Florida Constitution.
By Kevin Derby
With a third presidential bid a real possibility, Vice President Joe Biden turned his attention to the Sunshine State and went to bat for former Gov. Charlie Crist, the Democratic candidate challenging Gov. Rick Scott in Florida. Biden is hitting the campaign trail for Crist on Monday.
In a fundraising email sent out on Monday morning, the notoriously gaffe-proned Biden even insisted Crist was reminiscent of himself since the former governor "speaks from the heart."
By Kevin Derby
Republican congressional candidate Carol Platts team came out swinging at U.S. Rep. Alan Graysons, D-Fla., campaign on Monday, accusing it of placing signs on private property without the owners permission.
By Kevin Derby
With a report out from the Wall Street Journal that Democratic gubernatorial candidate former Gov. Charlie Crist is hesitant to have President Barack Obama stump for him in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott looked to link the two on economic issues.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., penned an op-ed at Fox News website on Friday, making the case for school choice, insisted it helps children from lower income families do better. Praising Florida's school choice options, Rubio maintained changes in education and technology made school choice options more necessary and argued teacher unions often block the path to real reform. The essay can be read here.
Rubio wrote:
By Kevin Derby
The team behind Miami-Dade School Board member Carlos Curbelo, the Republican candidate running in CD 26 in South Florida, released a Web video on Friday taking aim at U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla. The new ad uses Garcias words against him, looking to undermine the Democrats arguments on why he deserves a second term in Congress.
By Kevin Derby
After reports emerged that a health-care worker was infected with the Ebola virus in Dallas Sunday afternoon, Gov. Rick Scott asked Florida hospitals to launch mandatory training for health-care workers on the disease.
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A new poll finds most Americans want an end to the era of big government, with more than half of them saying they view the federal government unfavorably.
The Rasmussen Reports poll of 1,000 likely U.S. voters found 64 percent of respondents viewed the federal government as "somewhat unfavorable" or "very unfavorable," while only 28 percent said they viewed the federal government as "somewhat favorable." A minuscule number -- 4 percent -- of voters said they view the government as "very favorable."
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