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Broward Complaint about Allen West's District Could Blow Up on GOP

January 2, 2012 - 6:00pm

A letter from the Broward County Republican Party chairman complaining about the redesigned congressional district of Rep. Allen West could trigger legal challenges, a tea party activist says.

"Just when I thought the GOP couldn't get more incompetent, Broward comes along with an effort to save an incumbent? This is Exhibit A in the first lawsuit," said Henry Kelley, chairman of the Fort Walton Beach Tea Party.

Cheap Labor Visas Crowd U.S. Students Out of Job Market

December 26, 2011 - 6:00pm

At a time when fewer young Americans are finding work, hundreds of thousands of foreign students have taken jobs through a controversial U.S. visa program.

Muslim Leader Reaches Out to Build Bridges in Tampa Bay

December 20, 2011 - 6:00pm

The Tampa Bay area has emerged as a hotbed for Muslim and anti-Muslim activity. The local director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations says he's trying to cool things down.

Local Police Employing Aerial Drones to Spy from the Sky

December 20, 2011 - 6:00pm

Forget Iran and Afghanistan. Americans have unmanned drones flying over their own heads, and more are coming.

With financial help from the federal government, police departments across the country are marshaling a new generation of remote-controlled airborne surveillance devices to be their eyes in the sky.

In North Dakota, a local sheriff called in a Predator drone from Grand Forks Air Force Base to help corral a family of cattle rustlers.

Teachers' Hourly Compensation Doubles Up Private-Sector Average

December 20, 2011 - 6:00pm

Two surprising new reports show that hourly pay and benefits for public-school teachers are higher than the compensation received by other government employees or similarly qualified private-sector workers.

Teachers enjoy greater average hourly compensation in wages and benefits than any other group of state and local government workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The BLS also said teachers get more than twice as much in average hourly wages and benefits as workers in private industry.

House Republicans Raise the Stakes in Payroll Tax Showdown

December 19, 2011 - 6:00pm

The Republican-led House called on the Democratic-controlled Senate to return to Capitol Hill to approve a one-year extension of the payroll tax cut.

On a party-line vote of 229-193, the House on Tuesday rejected a Senate amendment that authorized only two-month extensions of the tax cut and unemployment benefits.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid adjourned his chamber Saturday, with no plans to reconvene. If an agreement is not reached by Jan. 1, the tax cut will expire.

Ron Paul Exposes Cracks in GOP's Tea Party Pot

December 19, 2011 - 6:00pm

While Ron Paul wants America to quit its "endless wars," he's blasting away at fellow Republicans.

Senators: Federal Spending Bill Contained Billions in 'Earmarks'

Ron Paul Is Iowa's Sixth Poll Leader; Mitt Romney Reaches for Tea

December 18, 2011 - 6:00pm

Mitt Romney -- in a move to grow his grass-roots base and peel off votes from a fading Newt Gingrich -- found new support in a national tea party straw poll Sunday. But Gingrich and Michele Bachmann remain the movement's favorites.

Meanwhile, Ron Paul's surge continues in Iowa, with a newPublic Policy Polling surveyshowing the Texas congressman taking the lead there with 23 percent.

Medical Malpractice Reform Would Install 'Patient's Compensation System'

December 15, 2011 - 6:00pm

Years of medical-malpractice reforms have begun to rein in insurance rates for Florida physicians, but those benefits haven't trickled down to patients, a new study finds.

"Florida surgeons and physicians have seen an average [cost] decline of approximately 8 percent. However, there is no mechanism in place to mandate a reduction in the patients' health-care costs when providers realize savings," states a study commissioned by the James Madison Institute.

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