July 19, 2013 - 6:00pm
Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush Doing Fine With Wyoming Republicans Despite Immigration Reform
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 19, 2013 - 12:19pm
Wyoming held its Republican presidential caucus right before Super Tuesday during the 2012 election cycle. Mitt Romney scored a victory there with 39 percent followed by Rick Santorum with 32 percent.
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Liz Cheney Starts Out Behind Mike Enzi in Wyoming GOP Primary
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 19, 2013 - 12:07pm
Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, announced earlier this week that she will challenge U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., in the Republican primaries come 2014. A poll released on Friday shows she starts off as the underdog to topple the incumbent senator.
Harper Polling took a poll of likely Republican primary voters which found Enzi with a comfortable lead. He takes 55 percent in the poll while Cheney gets 21 percent.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson: Boycott Florida as 'Apartheid State'
Submitted by Anonymous on July 19, 2013 - 11:51am
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has called a boycott of the Sunshine State if the Department of Justice doesn't bring forth a civil rights case against George Zimmerman. Jackson called Florida an "apartheid state" in a CNN interview Thursday. Jackson said President Barack Obama must, at some point, "offer the moral leadership he has to offer."
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Florida College System Gets Access to Online Developmental Education Courses
Submitted by Anonymous on July 19, 2013 - 11:35am
Florida's high school and college students will now have access to new online developmental education courses from a new grant issued by the Florida Department of Education, according to a press release from FLDOE Friday morning. The departmentseeks to increase the number of underrepresented students who enter and remain in higher education through this grant.
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USF Grad Student Petitions for Dozier Exhumations
Submitted by Nancy Smith on July 19, 2013 - 11:29am
A University of South Florida graduate student has begun a petition drive on behalf of the exhumation of bodies buried under suspicious circumstance at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.
Maryann Cairns of Tampa hopes a petition will motivate Gov. Rick Scott, Secretary of State Ken Detzner and Attorney General Pam Bondi to expedite USF's work at the site
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Alan Williams Speaks Out on Capitol Sit-In
Submitted by Anonymous on July 19, 2013 - 11:10am
Rep. Alan Williams, D-Tallahassee, who had been calling for Gov. Scott to 'come home' to speak with protesters camping out at the Capitol, has spoken out yet again about the protests taking place in Tallahassee.
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Rick Scott Calls for Day of Prayer
Submitted by Anonymous on July 19, 2013 - 10:59am
Gov. Rick Scott is calling for a statewide day of prayer for unity in Florida on July 21 to reflect on the Trayvon Martin case, which has caused protests not only in Florida but across the nation, as people call for a review of the Sunshine State's Stand Your Ground laws.
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Ron Paul Group Sounds the Alarm on More Gun Control
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 19, 2013 - 9:50am
The president of a group chaired by former Congressman Ron Paul is warning supporters that, with the filibuster deal in place, Democrats in charge of the U.S. Senate could turn next to gun control.
John Tate, the president of the Campaign for Liberty which Paul chairs, sent a message to supporters on Thursday insisting U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., could soon push gun control legislation.
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Dodd-Frank Draws Fire From Ron DeSantis and Prosperity Bank CEO
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 19, 2013 - 9:41am
Freshman U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., is the vice chairman of the U.S. Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs. From that perch, DeSantis invited Eddie Creamer, the president and CEO of Prosperity Bank in St. Augustine, to testify before the subcommittee on Thursday on how Dodd-Frank impacts community banks -- and, in particular, Prosperity Bank and its ability to serve Florida's 6th District..
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