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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
Politics
Columns
Not long ago, I wrote about how the private sector outraces and laps government. While governments dither and dispute, the private sector discovers.
Jobs, jobs, jobs -- from every corner of the country politicians say we must create more jobs in America.
MADISON, Wis. -- The residues of liberalism's Wisconsin Woodstock -- 1960s radicalism redux: operatic lamentations, theatrical demonstrations and electoral futilities -- are words of plaintive defiance painted on sidewalks around the state Capitol.
The hurricane season might have started slowly, and Florida has been lucky to avoid storm impacts for several years, but the forecast path for Hurricane Irene shows the dangers of complacency.
Is the Senate trying to re-ignite the Cold War?
One of the few issues on which opinion has moved left over the last few years is same-sex marriage.
A sampling of the cost for drug-testing welfare recipients in Central Florida shows the program is a loss leader for the state.
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By Kevin Derby
Speaking to the media in Panama City on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., praised the Medicare Advantage in very personal terms -- and warned it could be gutted due to President Barack Obamas health care law.
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Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, announced his support on Tuesday of Gov. Rick Scott's decision to take legal action over the Apalachicola Bay. The governor announced earlier that Florida would be filing a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court to address Georgia's growing consumption of water, which "threatens the economic future of the Apalachicola region."
By Kevin Derby
The Republican leadership in the Florida House came out in full support of Bill Gunters bid to replace former Rep. Mike Fasano in Tallahassee. House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, incoming House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Wesley Chapel, and Rep. Jose Olivia, R-Miami Lakes, announced they were backing Gunter. Rep. Richard Corcoran, R-Trinity, who is scheduled to be House speaker after the 2016 elections has been an early Gunter supporter.
By Kevin Derby
On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced Florida was going to the U.S. Supreme Court to sue Georgias water consumption. Scott said Georgias water use was hurting fisheries around Apalachicola Bay which he and other political leaders, including U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., toured on Tuesday.
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Navy veteran James Williams headed to Tallahassee Tuesday to present the Dream Defenders with 67,000 signed petitions, 40,000 of which called for the pardon of Marissa Alexander, a Jacksonville woman who was sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot in a heated argument with her abusive husband. Alexander attempted to use Florida's Stand Your Ground law as her defense, but was found guilty.
By Kevin Derby
The Campaign for Liberty, chaired by former Congressman Ron Paul, is planning to run a new television ad encouraging politicians in Washington to support a bill auditing the Federal Reserve.
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BYP 100, ayoung black activist group convened by the Black Youth Project to "mobilize communities of color beyond electoral politics" has created a "Justice for Trayvon Toolkit" booklet that covers a wide range of issues from white supremacy, the Marissa Alexander case and "stop and frisk" laws in new York.
By Kevin Derby
Former Congressman Allen West, a favorite of the tea party movement, ripped into the Obama administration on Tuesday after news broke that the White House was planning to delay implementing its federal health care law again.
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Although President Obama said Friday there were tighter restrictions on the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program, most voters aren't convinced the government will protect their constitutional rights and very few Americans expect the program to cut back on monitoring the phone calls of ordinary Americans.
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., confirmed Monday night on FOX News' Sean Hannity that he's considering a presidential bid in 2016.
I have been thinking about it, Paul said.
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