As the congressional “August recess” wraps up and members of Congress get ready to head back to Washington next week, this is the last chance tell your U.S. representative and senator face-to-face what Congress ought to get done this year.
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Chances remain about zero that Republican leaders will be swayed by calls from the state's Democratic congressional delegation to hold a one-day special session to replace a statue of a Confederate
On July 4, 2017, 15,000 immigrants were sworn in as new American citizens -- something each and every one of them worked hard to attain. On that day, they earned the most sought-after citizenship in the world and swore they would support and defend our Constitution. And on that day, along with their citizenship, they were granted the right and the responsibility to vote.
Excuse me for a minute, while I laugh. Actually, I don't know whether to laugh or call the police.
When I saw recent reports of the oil and natural gas industry’s impact on our state, my interest piqued. As the president and CEO of the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, I represent the needs of more than 80,000 minority-owned businesses in the Sunshine State, so I am especially attuned to anything that affects our state’s economy. We support the development of all types of energy, natural gas being one of them.
The University of Tampa just fired a visiting professor who suggested on Twitter that Texas deserves the deadly devastation from Hurricane Harvey because the Lone Star State voted for President Trump in the 2016 election.
Was St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman going to wait until the polls closed Tuesday to tell city residents about the latest sewage spill?
A petition drive has started to remove the Confederate Memorial in Pensacola’s Lee Square. I will not take the time to detail the history of the memorial which was erected in 1891 with private dollars. The reader should do that with a quick Internet search. That’s the problem with this insane drive to remove Confederate statues from across our nation – ignorance of history.
Sooner or later, and the later the better, the president's wandering attention will flit, however briefly, to the subject of trade. So, let us try to think about the problem as he seems to: Wily cosmopolitans beyond our borders are insinuating across our borders goods that Americans, perhaps misled by British economist David Ricardo, persist in purchasing.
More than four decades after he was elected to the Florida House and more than a quarter of a century after he was thrown out of the mayor’s office after one term in Jacksonville, Democrat Tommy Hazouri continues to make waves on the First Coast.
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By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., is taking to the TV airwaves during the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday night.
By Kevin Derby
Ballard Partners announced on Tuesday that attorney Justin Sayfie, well known across the Sunshine State for his work for former Gov. Jeb Bush and his Sayfie Review and other new media projects, will take over as managing partner of its new Fort Lauderdale office.
By Kevin Derby
State Rep. Mike La Rosa, R-St. Cloud, announced on Tuesday morning that he will not run for Congress next year.
By Kevin Derby
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) will use the Sunshine Summit in Orlando in November to showcase the candidates running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate come 2016.
By Kevin Derby
At the end of last week, the U.S. House voted to pass the “Adapt to Changing Crude Oil Market Conditions” ending the ban on exporting crude oil.
By Kevin Derby
On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott turned his attention to Florida technical centers, calling for $20 million in next year’s budget to expand current programs and create new ones.
By Kevin Derby
Acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Carolyn Colvin is headed to Florida this week for a townhall event with U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., held a moment of silence on Friday to remember the 33 lives lost when the El Faro sunk in Hurricane Joaquin last week.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, held a hearing on the crisis currently engulfing Syria on Thursday.
By Kevin Derby
Running to replace state Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, in the Florida House, businesswoman Monique Miller announced this week that she had raised almost $10,100 for her bid for the Republican nomination.
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