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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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WASHINGTON -- A willow, not an oak. So said conservatives of Chief Justice John Roberts when he rescued the Affordable Care Act -- aka Obamacare -- from being found unconstitutional.
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" is Newton's third law of physics.
To judge from his surly demeanor and defiant words at his press conference on Monday, Barack Obama begins his second term with a strategy to defeat and humiliate Republicans rather than a strategy to govern.
Options for both initial and continuing education have expanded rapidly in the 21st century.
Now the other shoes begin to drop. Voters knew in November that many of the promises Obama made in 2008 had been broken.
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By Kevin Derby
On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott announced that Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) will move its corporate headquarters from outside of Chicago to Boca Raton, bringing 225 new jobs to the area. CTCA runs five hospitals across the nation.
By Kevin Derby
With reports that the communist government ruling Cuba is ramping up on arrests of pro-democracy activists, two South Florida Republican congressmen took aim at the Castro regime.
By Kevin Derby
More than 70 members of Congress will be wearing orange lapel pins on Tuesday night when President Barack Obama offers his State of the Union address. The pins indicate support of No Labels, a group trying to push bipartisan solutions in Washington.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scott continued unveiling parts of his proposed budget, focusing on education on Monday morning. Scott announced his proposed budget would send $18.84 billion for K-12 public schools, $2 billion for state colleges and $3.59 billion for Floridas state universities. All of these are the highest levels in state history.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., continued to warn about taxpayer dollars being used to bail out President Barack Obamas federal health-care law. Rubio responded to a constituent question about the issue.
By Kevin Derby
Florida writer Patrick Smith, best known for his historical novel A Land Remembered which offered a sweeping glance at Florida history through the story of a family, passed away on Sunday. Smith was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize three times and was also nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
In a warm, accessible way, Patrick Smith told the Florida story, said Florida Agricultural Commissioner Adam Putnam. His story of the courage, greed, love and loss in the swamps and glades of our state will be a Florida classic for many decades to come.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scott reached across party lines to appoint former Rep. Mack Bernard to the Florida Elections Commission on Friday.
After serving in the House from 2009-2012, Bernard ran in the Democratic primary for a Florida Senate seat. Bernard lost by the skin of his teeth to Jeff Clemens with accusations of voting irregularities.
Bernard will served until the end of 2016.
By Kevin Derby
In 2010, in a major political upset, Marco Rubio drove then-Gov. Charlie Crist out of the Republican Party and beat him in the U.S. Senate race by pointing out his support of President Barack Obamas federal stimulus. With Crist now a Democrat running against Gov. Rick Scott, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) picked up the same attack on Monday.
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U.S. Rep Trey Radel, R-Fla., will be resigning Monday morning, according to his chief of staff.
Radel has been at the center of controversy over the last few months after he was arrested for misdemeanor cocaine possession in October. Instead of resigning, Radel said he would take a leave of absence from the House of Representatives.
Many in Radel's own party, however, called for his resignation from his position.
A special election will be held to replace Radel, as Gov. Rick Scott cannot appoint officials to the U.S. House.
By Nancy Smith
One day after the suspended mayor of Sweetwater, Manuel Maro, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for receiving $45,000 in a pay-to-play grant scheme, Gov. Rick Scott formally removed him from office.
On Friday the governor signed Executive Order 14-32 (see the attachment below).
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