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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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What happened in Aurora, Colo., could happen in Florida. Fortunately, more than 1 million Florida residents are prepared.
This is a tale of two cities. No, not Dickens' phlegmatic London and passionate Paris. Nor the two neighborhoods Charles Murray contrasted in his recent bestseller "Coming Apart" -- prosperous but isolated Belmont (actually, Mitt Romney's home for decades) and needy and disorganized Fishtown.
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to over-the-top politics, the Obama campaign has set a new standard with recent attempts to paint Mitt Romney as a felon.
The dispute between the state of Florida and Eric Holders Justice Department took an interesting turn last weekend when the DOJ finally agreed to give Florida access to federal databases as part of the states effort to verify citizenship of registered voters.
"If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
One of the most important needs facing all Floridians is how to obtain access to high-quality health care in a cost-effective manner, which produces the best health outcomes for individual patients and their families.This is especially true with long-term care and end-of-life care.
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Former Gov. Charlie Crist has addedGreg Goddard to his campaign team. Goddard will be working as Crist's Florida finance director, having previously served as finance director for the Florida Democratic Party in charge of North Florida.
Goddard has also worked as a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown. He joins Michael Hoffman, former FDP deputy finance director overseeing South Florida, who will serve as Crist's deputy finance director.
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Gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich's first campaign ad seemed to go live yesterday, but Rich's camp was mostly silent over the video and did not officially distribute it.
Rich had been the only Democratic nominee to be in the gubernatorial race for quite some time until former governor Charlie Crist announced his candidacy earlier this week. Rich's ad is composed by quotes only from women, which seems to suggest the former state senator is targeting the female population as part of her campaign.
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An agricultural company owned by the Mormon Church agreed Thursday to purchase 382,834 acres of timberland in the Florida Panhandle.
The St. Joe Co. announced Thursday it will sell the land to AgReserves Inc., a taxpaying company owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for $565 million.
The transaction is expected to close by April 1.
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Gov. Rick Scott issued the following statement Friday regarding Veterans Day:
This weekend, Ann and I join all Americans as we express our appreciation for the brave men and women who served our great nation," said the governor. "The bravery and sacrifice of our veterans has preserved and protected the American dream for generations.
By Nancy Smith
St Lucie County commissioners voted 4-1 Thursday night to opt out of the Seven50 regional plan. They join Indian River and a number of municipalities in the northern reaches of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council area in rejecting the seven Florida counties that would embrace a regional rather than local concept of planning the area's future.
By Kevin Derby
With the U.N. expected to vote on which countries should be on its Human Rights Council on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., weighed in on Friday, arguing violators of human rights -- including Russia, China and Cuba -- should be excluded. Rubio sits on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.
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U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., issued the following statement to commemorate Veterans Day:
America is the land of the free and home of the brave. Men and women in our armed forces have been paying a high price for this freedom and on this Veterans Day as with every other day of the year -- we remember their courage and sacrifice with the deepest gratitude.
By Kevin Derby
At the Mayport Naval Station on the First Coast on Friday, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., honored 33 veterans in a ceremony.
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Florida's fourth- and eighth-graders did better this year, better than counterparts two years ago on math and reading according to national test results released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress on Thursday.
The NAEP results showed a higher percentage of students scoring at or above the "basic level" this year, increased from 2011 for Florida's fourth-graders in reading and eighth-graders in both math and reading. In math, fourth-graders remained where they were two years ago.
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The U.S. economy added 204,000 jobs during the month of October, an unexpected hiring number during a month where the federal government was shut down for 16 days.
The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate went up to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent, likely as a result of furloughed federal workers being counted as unemployed. About 800,000 government workers were furloughed for all or part of the shutdown, which lasted from Oct. 1 through Oct. 16.
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