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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Rarely does a political party issue a document so scathingly critical of itself and its most recent presidential nominee as the report of the five-member Growth and Opportunity Project of the Republican National Committee.
NEW YORK -- The recent rape conviction of two teenagers, one of whom also distributed a photo and sent cruel text messages about their victim, has captured the "bystander effect" in graphic and nauseating detail.
The main thing wrong with the term limits movement is the "s" at the end of the word "limit."
Almost 40 years ago I covered a meeting of the National League of Cities in Miami and was amused by the astonished, and angry, reactions from delegates from other states when they were briefed on Florida's Government in the Sunshine laws.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is at a record high, and the unemployment rate has ticked down to 7.7 percent, but this is no time to celebrate. The economy is still in the doldrums.
In an opinion article in the Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman announced that he has changed his mind and now supports same-sex marriage.
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By Nancy Smith
The Florida House of Representatives Appropriations Committee passed a series of bills Wednesday aimed at strengthening laws to protect children from sexually violent predators.
It's part of the Legislatures Work Plan 2014 Protecting Floridas Vulnerable initiative.
Bills included in the Houses initiative to deal with violent predators are the following:
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Almost 300,000 Floridians had signed up for health insurance under theAffordable Care Actas of Feb. 1, federal officials announced on Wednesday.Nearly 3.3 million people had signed up for President Barack Obama's signature health-care plan in total.
People aged 18 to 34 accounted for about a quarter of the sign-ups. The majority of sign-ups, however, came from those aged 55 to 64.
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Charlie Crist will be making a pit stop in Jacksonville to promote his new book "The Party's Over," but the party has just begun for Duval County Republicans.
According to an email, the Duval GOP will be hosting a "Hey Charlie Party" at the Books-A-Million to welcome Crist to Jacksonville.
Anti-Charlie Crist protesters showed up in Fort Myers earlier this week where Crist kicked off his statewide book tour. Jacksonville is the third stop for Crist's nine-city book tour. Other stops are also planned for Tallahassee, Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale and St. Petersburg.
By Kevin Derby
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released a new ad attacking former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate in the special election for an open congressional seat in Pinellas County, for supporting President Barack Obamas health care law. Sink takes on Republican David Jolly and Libertarian Lucas Overby in the March 11 election.
By Nancy Smith
Whatever you think of Joe Garcia, the Democratic congressman from Miami knows poison when he sees it. And Obamacare isn't a potion he wants to take him out in 2014.
So -- Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Obamacare love letters aside -- in its latest ad, the House PAC supporting Garcia is insulating him against claims he's an Obamacare apologist.
The ad doesn't even mention Garcia's most potent rival, Carlos Curbelo.
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Rick Scott's campaign team had some choice words for Charlie Crist on Wednesday, slamming the former governor for "abandoning" the state of Florida while the economy suffered during the economic recession.
"[Crist] basically did nothing to try to help Florida out of its recession," said Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, who serves as Scott's campaign chairman. "Instead, he abandoned his post and his state [when he ran for United States Senate].
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, unveiled a bill earlier this week giving the U.S. secretary of veterans affairs the ability to fire or demote senior VA department officials based on performance. Rubios and Millers bill would give the VA secretary the ability to fire or demote senior executive service (SES) officials in the department. As of fiscal year 2012, there were 448 SES officials in the department.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., continued his calls for higher education reform on Wednesday as he appeared on former U.S. Education Secretary Bill Bennetts national radio talk-show. Rubio has been making the rounds with the national media after unveiling his proposals for higher education reform at a speech at Miami-Dade College on Monday
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As Winter Storm Pax sweeps across the East Coast, its snow and ice are slushing away flights along with thousands of power lines, leaving many Florida travelers, hoping to head north, stranded.
By Nancy Smith
You knew Jeb Bush would rise up and revolt sooner or later, and sure enough.
Over and over Charlie told the world he sees the Republican Party just like Jeb did.
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