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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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While politicians in Washington, D.C., struggle with our nations debt, out-of-control spending and the recent downgrade in our nations credit rating by Standard & Poor's, Florida received an upgrade from the same credit rating agency from negative to stable.
The decision by Standard & Poor's to strip the United States of its AAA credit rating, for the first time, has triggered a barrage of catcalls against the umpire from the press box and Obama-ites.
In Don Marquis' classic satirical book, "Archy and Mehitabel," Mehitabel the alley cat asks plaintively, "What have I done to deserve all these kittens?"
The Senate and House ended the debt standoff with the president by passing the debt deal this past Monday evening.
Why aren't voters moving to the left, toward parties favoring bigger government, during what increasingly looks like an economic depression?
NBC has placed a new drama called "The Playboy Club" on its fall schedule to capitalize on the scandalous sound of America's most famous pornography empire.
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Gov.Rick Scott made a visit to SteriPack Group in Lakeland Friday to announce the 31 new jobs they have created since 2012.
By Kevin Derby
On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) announced former U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao will be the keynote speaker at the GOPs annual Statesmans Dinner at Disney World in October. Chao is the wife of GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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According to the Free Beacon, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., sent a letterto companies this week that may have supported the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, asking them about about ALECs work on model legislation for Stand Your Ground laws.Some are saying Durbin is attempting to tie ALEC to the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of George Zimmerman, while those associated with the organization say it is less about policy than a political effort to criticize a prominent ri
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Gov. Rick Scott will be heading to Lakeland Friday, where he will be touring SteriPack USA's facilities and will be highlighting jobs the company has recently created.
The companyspecializes in flexible medical packaging and contract manufacturing service solutions. The Lakeland facility is about 43,000 square feet in size.
By Kevin Derby
Roll Call obtained an email with the top targets of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in the weeks to come -- and not one of the 17 incumbent Republicans is from Florida. With the congressional recess here, the DCCC will be ramping up the attacks on the Republican congressmen as they look to win back the House in 2014.
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The Dream Defenders announced Thursday that they're launching a massive drive to register 61,550 voters by 2014, which is the same margin of votes Gov. Rick Scott won by in the 2010 election.
"We intend to register the people that are forgotten -- the black, the brown, the indigent, the poor, the LGBT community and we will meet them where they are, in the classrooms, in the mall, at the club, on the corner, at the bus stop" said the Dream Defenders Executive DirectorPhilip Agnewat a press conference Thursday.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scott is looking to lure jobs from Massachusetts to Florida. On Thursday, Scott released a letter to business leaders in the Bay State in which he urged them to examine the possibility of relocating to Florida.
By Kevin Derby
With the likes of former U.S. Sen Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and U.S. Sen.Ted Cruz, R-Texas, heading out to Iowa this weekend for the Family Leader Summit in Ames, eyes are starting to turn to the Hawkeye State as the race for the Republican presidential nomination starts to shape up.
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After Tony Bennett resigned as commissioner of education for the Florida Department of Education, Democrats across the Sunshine State began calling for a return to the process of an elected education commissioner. On Thursday, the Florida Democratic Party started an online petition for an elected education commissioner on their website.
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Miami-Dade school board member and congressional hopeful Carlos Curbelo had fighting words for Congress on Thursday, criticizing members for going on recess while Americans "roll up their sleeves and get to work."
"With only four of the 12 spending bills passed and nine legislative days left before the fiscal year ends, our representatives in Washington thought it was best to keep House tradition and break for August recess,"read Curbelo's press release.
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