There are two strikes going against former Gov. Jeb Bush if he decides to run for president in 2016, according to what is termed conventional wisdom.
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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WASHINGTON -- Former President George W. Bush once said, rather proudly, that he didn't read newspapers.
President Barack Obama, a confirmed newsie, has claimed to read the major papers, perhaps to learn what's going on in his own administration.
Memorial Day will likely bring alarmist headlines in the elite media about a populist fever raging in Europe, and manifest in the shocking returns from the elections for the European Parliament.
My college-age children often ask me, How did you make it through school without the Internet?
This story has a very troubling start, but a pretty satisfying conclusion -- if it really is the conclusion.
The summer of 2013 was a watershed event for the Indian River Lagoon -- no pun intended. Its unique flora and fauna were decimated as the result of huge amounts of fresh water and pollutants entering the lagoon, causing lower salinity levels and massive algae blooms.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota says it has 10,000 lakes. The state also has, according to Anthony Sanders, "10,000 campaign finance laws." He exaggerates, but understandably. As an attorney for Minnesota's chapter of the Institute for Justice, a libertarian public-interest law firm, Sanders represents several Minnesotans whose First Amendment rights of free speech and association are burdened by an obviously arbitrary, notably complex and certainly unconstitutional restriction.
WASHINGTON -- Just when you thought American higher learning couldn't get any more ridiculous, along come demands for warning labels on provocative works of literature.
We have all received phishing scams, even though you may not realize it. How many times has a legitimate-looking email come to your in-box asking you to confirm or provide financial information?
LONDON -- British politics has a familiar look to Americans, with a center-right Conservative Party and a center-left Labour Party resembling America's Republicans and Democrats.
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By Kevin Derby
Noting that his bill reforming the VA department now had a majority of the U.S. Senate co-sponsoring it, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to bring it for a vote. Rubios bill, which would give the VA secretary more authority to fire underpeforming employees, has 11 Democrats on board including U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.
By Kevin Derby
Lets Get to Work, a group connected to Gov. Rick Scott, released a radio ad on Thursday in Spanish. The ad focuses on Scotts record and stays away from attacking his opponents.
The translation of the ad reads as follows:
What do we expect from our elected officials? That if they make a promise, they keep it. That they care about our future. That they seek ways to create opportunities. That is what Governor Rick Scott has meant for our state. He promised to create jobs. Today there are 600,000 new jobs that businesses have created and unemployment is declining.
By Nancy Smith
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad signed a bill into law May 31 that could ultimately shut down greyhound racing in his state.
The vehicle for its demise is casinos. The new law allows casinos to buy out dog racing.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scott reeled in the endorsement of Alachua Mayor Gib Coerper, a Democrat, who crossed party lines to back him on Wednesday.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scott joined five other Republican governors -- Sam Brownback of Kansas, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Paul LePage of Maine, Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania and Rick Perry of Texas -- in sending a letter on Wednesday to President Barack Obama, urging him to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA department has been under fire in recent weeks after reports emerged across the nation of altered waiting lists at VA medical facilities. Eric Shinseki resigned his post as VA secretary last week after a critical inspector generals report on VA medical facilities.
By Kevin Derby
Southwest Florida businessman Chauncey Solinger is back for a rematch with Rep. Ray Rodrigues, R-Fort Myers. In a three-way primary back in 2012, Solinger took 22 percent in the Republican primary but Rodrigues won with 50 percent. Solinger filed to run for the seat again on Tuesday.
Rodrigues, the vice chairman of the Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee, raised almost $64,000 by the end of April but spent almost $21,000 of it.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scott announced that LATAM Airlines is expanding its operations in South Florida with LAN Cargo building a maintenance facility at Miami International Airport, leading to 300 new jobs and $20 million in additional investments. Scott said part of this expansion came from a meeting with the LATAM CEO during his trade mission in Chile.
By Kevin Derby
With Iowa state Sen. Joni Ernst winning the Republican primary on Tuesday in the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., cheered the news on Wednesday. Rubio, a potential Republican presidential contender in 2016, backed Ernst in the competitive primary. Iowa traditionally holds the first presidential caucus.
Rubio insisted the results prove that conservatives across the country can come together to elect real conservative leaders in competitive races.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., went on the attack against President Barack Obama on Wednesday, insisting the deal to release five Taliban leaders in exchange for a captured American soldier was a dangerous precedent.
America now negotiates with terrorists, West insisted on Wednesday. This is a dangerous precedent and was done unilaterally by President Obama when he secured the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl ... a deserter who abandoned his post leaving his weapon behind.
By Kevin Derby
From his perch on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep.Ted Yoho, R-Fla., said he opposed the deal to release five members of the Taliban in exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
"It's the policy of the United States of America, Yoho told WOKV in Jacksonville on Tuesday. We don't negotiate with terrorists."
"Our enemies don't fear or respect us and I think respect is the most important part here," Yoho added.
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