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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Scott Hawkins, the Florida Bar president, expressed concern to members of the Daytona Beach News-Journal editorial board that issue-oriented political groups may target some of the Supreme Court justices up for re-election next year.
By Kevin Derby
Quinnipiac University released a poll Friday that showed Republican U.S. Rep. Connie Mack is running right behind Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in a possible 2012 match-up. Nelson takes 42 percent in the poll while Mack, who is expected in coming weeks to formally enter the race for the seat his father held for t12 years, garners 40 percent.
By Nancy Smith
The South Florida Water Management District rescinded water shortage restrictions Thursday, finally giving farmers in the 16-county district a break. Lifting the restrictions will have the most impact on vegetable farmers, who saw their water allotments curtailed by 45 percent.
By Kevin Derby
Businessman Ron Rushing, who is challenging Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, in the Republican primary, said, if he is elected, he will push back against the federal government -- which he maintains has exceeded its powers.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, now running in a crowded Republican primary field to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, unveiled his team in Palm Beach County on Thursday.
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Circuit Judge Alan Dickey advised attorneys for the Republican Party of Floridathey must schedule a full hour for a hearing at a later date as they asked Thursday to have former chairman Jim Greers lawsuit thrown out.
By Kevin Derby
From his perch on the Foreign Relations Committee, Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio offered a bill to reform the United Nations.
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A Tampa couple has pleaded guilty to their involvement in an $8.8 million mortgage fraud scheme, the attorney general's office announced.
David Barile, 44, and Melissa D. Barile, 35, were among five arrested in April for their involvement in 50 fraudulent mortgage applications involving 33 properties in Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, Hernando, Osceola, Seminole and Orange counties.
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On a day when the Dow tumbled nearly 400 points, Republican presidential candidates at the CNBC debate were asked how they would "restore faith" in the stock market.
Rick Perry and Ron Paul focused on government interference and picked up on the "crony capitalism" critique issued by Michele Bachmann earlier in the debate.
Perry, who has been criticized for coziness with large corporate donors as governor of Texas, assailed a "culture in Washington, D.C., with corporate lobbyists having cozy relationship with the people that are supposed to be regulating them."
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