Half a year after he announced he was launching an exploratory bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., will join the growing field of GOP hopefuls later this month, scheduling appearances in states that hold early presidential primaries and caucuses.
Florida’s education system has another reason to brag, according to a new report
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., came out swinging at the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on Friday. Huckabee is currently making a second bid for the Republican presidential nomination. After his 2008 bid, Huckabee moved to the Florida Panhandle.
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Saturday marks the 71st anniversary of D-Day, the Allied landing of Normandy and the start of the liberation of France from Nazi control during World War II. Florida played a supporting role in the amphibious landing and the start of what Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, the Allied commander, called the crusade in Europe.
Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, was up in New Hampshire this week and said there was one major reason he could launch a potential bid for the Republican presidential nomination: the start of former Gov. Jeb Bush’s, R-Fla., efforts.
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Many political debates in the upcoming presidential race will play out this way: The Democrat will offer "X for all," and the Republican will respond, "Do you have any idea how much that's going to cost?" That's the way nearly all political debates are engaged -- usually to the disadvantage of Republicans (and the public fisc).
FHIX 3.0, the Senate's amended Medicaid expansion alternative, went nowhere fast Thursday, as one by one majority House members picked it apart.
Jacksonville's Mia Jones, House minority leader pro tempore, drew the short straw for the Democrats by having to present the Senate's case for FHIX, explaining it -- and trying to sell the package. She made it plain that she personally favored full Medicaid expansion as required under the Affordable Care Act.
The "nonpartisan" Democratic-leaning group Florida Strong is at it again with its attacks on House Republicans over their refusal to expand Medicaid in Florida.
In an email sent to House members Thursday, the group attacks Speaker-designate Rep. Richard Corcoran, R-Land O'Lakes, for "falsely claiming" Florida cannot afford to close the health care gap.
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