In this morning's Politico Playbook, it was reported that President Obama endorsed Rick Kriseman for St. Petersburg mayor.
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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UPDATED AT 6 PM. TO INCLUDE CALLALOO GROUP'S ADDRESS: Who can blame folks in Midtown, a predominantly African-American neighborhood in St. Petersburg, for protesting Mayor Rick Kriseman's decision to put the historic Manhattan Casino in the hands of community outsiders?
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined Vice President Mike Pence, Gov. Rick Scott, and U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Fla., to meet with members of the Venezuelan exile community, local leaders, and elected officials about the continuing deterioration of democracy, the lack of respect for human rights, and unrest in Venezuela. After the listening session, Rubio delivered remarks at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Doral. His remarks are as follows:
When John Adams wrote into Massachusetts' Constitution a commitment to a "government of laws and not of men," he probably assumed that the rule of law meant the rule of laws, no matter how many laws there might be. He could not have imagined the modern proliferation and complexity of laws, or how subversive this is of the rule of law.
When Gov. Rick Scott says he misspoke, why would anyone who's listened to him mangle words for nearly seven years -- especially his hometown Naples Daily News -- not give him the benefit of the doubt?
The state investigation into the alleged abuse of marine life off Manatee County in July -- most prominently, a live shark dragged to death behind a speedboat -- was still incomplete Monday afternoon.
One of the radical rewrites of the Martin County Comprehensive Growth Management Plan by the 2012 county commission, and engineered by Martin County’s “shadow government,” likely will be rolled back at Tuesday’s Board of County Commissioners meeting. Finally.
The Florida Democratic Party is faced with a huge dilemma. It hasn’t won the governor’s mansion in a generation and unless Democrats nominate the right person, they won’t have a chance at winning back the most coveted position in Florida government.
Back in the '60s, I missed a chance to cover a story that haunts me to this day.
Will Awan go Barry White? Will he hit a Michael Jackson note? Will he throw in some rap or heavy metal?
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Three Republican state representatives--Dennis Baxley of Ocala, Elizabeth Porter of Lake City and Jay Trumbull of Panama City--backed Dr. Neal Dunn for Congress on Thursday.
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The Florida Senate Rules Committee unanimously backed a proposal to remove the Confederate flag from the Senate’s logo.
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From his perch as chairman of the U.S. Senate Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., offered prayers to the families impacted by the El Faro tragedy.
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U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., backed the Army giving an additional 60 days as a Green Beret tries reinstated in the Army after he was forced out of service when he reported an Afghan ally sexually abusing a child but said the solider deserves a full reinstatement.
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U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, is backing U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., to be speaker of the House in Thursday’s vote.
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