On Thursday, Sen. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, teamed up with Rep. Charles McBurney, R-Jacksonville, to propose making committing crimes outside of the county the criminal lives, works or goes to school a third-degree felony.
Criminals that commit felonies outside of their home county are going out of their way to break the law and make it more difficult for law enforcement, said Hukill. We need to provide law enforcement with the tools to make our communities safe for our citizens.
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Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., a favorite of conservatives and the tea party movement, endorsed former Marines Gen. Mark Bircher in the Republican primary in the special election for the open congressional seat left vacant by the death of U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla. West endorsed Bircher late on Wednesday over former Young aide David Jolly and state Rep. Kathleen Peters, R-St. Petersburg.
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For $100,000, a painting by George Zimmerman can hang in your house.
The former neighborhood watchman has listed an original piece of artwork on eBay. The 18-by-24-inch canvas features a blue, waving American flag with the words, "God, one nation, with liberty and justice for all" across it.
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WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans' long-simmering dismay about Barack Obama's offenses against the separation of powers became acute when events compelled him to agree with them that the Affordable Care Act could not be implemented as written.