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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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By Kevin Derby
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined with U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., to write a piece in The Hill on why tax breaks for higher education costs need to be reformed.
Rubio and Schock bring in their personal experiences as to why the reform needs to be enacted:
By Kevin Derby
On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott took part in a ribbon-cutting for Advanced Disposals corporate headquarters expansion in Ponte Vedra. With the waste service companys move to St. Johns County, there will be 85 new jobs and $4 million more capital on the First Coast.
By Kevin Derby
Rep. Ross Spano, R-Riverview, announced he was backing Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) Vice Chairman Blaise Ingoglia to replace Rep. Rob Schenck, R-Spring Hill, in the Florida House.
"Blaise Ingoglia has a long history of holding government accountable and being a fiscal watchdog," Spano said in a statement. "I am looking forward to having him join me in Tallahassee fighting for responsible, accountable government and fiscal restraint. I am pleased to endorse his candidacy for state representative, District 35."
By Kevin Derby
With the Department of Defense holding a gay pride event in Afghanistan last week, former Congressman Allen West, who has opened the door to a political comeback, ripped into the Obama administration for backing the event -- while discouraging public expressions of Christian faith in the armed forces.
By Kevin Derby
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) continues to staff up as it prepares for the 2014 political cycle. On Monday, the RPOF announced it was teaming with the Republican National Committee (RNC) to bring on Tim Saler to serve as deputy executive director for political strategy while the RNC is bringing John Vinson in as its state director for Florida and Andrew Abdel-Malik is the new director of digital strategy.
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Tropical Storm Chantal formed in the Atlantic Ocean late Sunday evening and began her path toward the Lesser Antilles, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
By Kevin Derby
Earlier this year, Rep. Daniel Davis, R-Jacksonville, announced he will not seek another term in the Florida House come 2014. With Davis taking over as the new leader of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, a major Republican candidate filed for his seat which covers much of the Westside of Jacksonville -- prominent attorney and Navy vet Paul Renner.
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The U.S. added 195,000 private-sector jobs in June, according to the newest Bureau of Labor Statistics report on unemployment across the country. June's job numbers were higher than expected, but the percentage of unemployment remained unchanged at 7.6.
The U.S. Department of Labor also revised its job estimates for April and May, adding an additional 70,000 jobs to its previous estimates.
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A new report released Friday by Generation Opportunity, a national, nonpartisan youth advocacy organization, revealed the unemployment rate for 18-to-29-year-olds is 16.1 percent -- well above the national average of 7.6 percent.
By Kevin Derby
Former Congressman Allen West, a favorite of the tea party movement despite losing his seat to Patrick Murphy in 2012, weighed in on Wednesday on the Obama administrations decision to delay implementing the employer mandate part of the federal health care law until 2015. Posting on Facebook on Wednesday, West took aim at Obama and quoted a popular classic rock band.
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