There are many reasons the Legislature should embrace Smart Justice legislation, including significant benefits to public safety.
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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"Without legislative language," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy declared in a statement March 20, "there is nothing for the Judiciary Committee to consider this week at our markup."
WASHINGTON -- The recent kerfuffle over a secret recording of Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign strategy meeting, which focused on opposition research about a likely opponent, actress Ashley Judd, has divided observers into two groups.
WASHINGTON -- Well, at least we're starting to get the procedure right. Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It's called "regular order," using the normal, routine, constitutional process to arrive at, for example, a budget.
We tell ourselves, we parents of college-bound kids (not to mention ordinary citizens), that American campuses really aren't as bad as all that, that students can avoid the most tendentious indoctrinators and that the press tends to exaggerate.
"Divisive." That's a word that appeared, often prominently, in many news stories reporting the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scott met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday and, after the meeting, released a statement on a host of issues. Scott focused on Obama using funds from Medicare to fund his signature federal health-care law, as well as flood insurance and the continuing political turmoil in Venezuela. The statement was as follows:
By Kevin Derby
Businessman Mike Giallombardo, a veteran of the Iraq War, announced on Monday he was ending his bid for the Republican nomination in a special congressional election in Southwest Florida and was endorsing businessman Curt Clawson for the congressional seat vacated when former U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., resigned after pleading guilty to cocaine possession.
By Kevin Derby
Republican David Jolly looked to push back against attacks from Democratic rival former state CFO Alex Sink on Social Security in a new television ad released on Monday. The ad features Jollys mother Judith and his aunt Carol Matthews.
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Former Gov. Jeb Bush announced his support for congressional candidate Carlos Curbelo on Monday, taking to his Twitter account to first announce the news.
By Kevin Derby
Bob Rohrlack, the president and CEO of the Tampa Chamber, offered a reminder to the three congressional candidates running for an open congressional seat in Pinellas County on Monday morning about the importance of MacDill Air Force Base to the local economy. Former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate, takes on Republican David Jolly and Libertarian Lucas Overby in the March 11 special election.
By Kevin Derby
With little more than two weeks to go in the Pinellas County special election for an open congressional seat, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) launched a new television commercial on Monday, contrasting Republican David Jolly and former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate, on President Barack Obamas federal health-care law and the need for a federal balanced budget amendment.
By Kevin Derby
A national poll released this weekend shows American adults continue to believe public schools are not doing enough to discipline students. A Rasmussen Reports poll unveiled Sunday shows 78 percent of American adults believe its tougher for teachers to maintain discipline in the classroom compared to the past while 62 percent of those surveyed believe public schools are too easy on discipline. Only 5 percent think public schools are too tough on discipline while 19 percent think its about right.
By Kevin Derby
Late last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., released a video responding to President Barack Obamas plans to cut Medicare Advantage (MA) and use those funds for the federal health-care program.
By Nancy Smith
Good for the National Organization for Women (NOW), which obviously pays no attention to who's in or out at Emily's List.
NOW has asked Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich to give the keynote address at its annual Susan B. Anthony luncheon. The luncheon, set for 12:30 p.m. Saturday, honors Lori Berman, Democratic deputy whip in the Florida House. Berman represents District 90 with an office in Boynton Beach.
By Kevin Derby
The Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar Association are teaming up to back a bill ensuring high school students in the Sunshine State are required to take a financial literacy course, nicknamed The Money Course, before graduating. More than 40 legislators are behind legislation which would require the course with Sen. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, leading the charge in the Senate while Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen, R-Fort Myers, and Rep. Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah, back it in the House.
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