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Lenny Curry: GOP Policies to Credit for Florida's Unemployment Drop

Submitted by Anonymous on March 18, 2013 - 3:36pm

Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry said Monday the fact that Floridas unemployment rate is under the national rate for the first time in five years shows Republican principles work.

"These results speak volumes," said Curry."The continuous drop in unemployment and the creation of 282,000 private-sector jobs since December of 2010 proves that Republican economic policies are moving the state in the right direction."

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Senate Rockets Internet Sweepstakes Cafes toward Close-Down

By
Nancy Smith
March 17, 2013 - 7:00pm

Cafe operators, senior-citizen customers, veterans, even a soup-kitchen priest from Fort Lauderdale pleaded with the Senate Gaming Committee on Monday not to ban Internet cafes in Florida. But the committee voted 11-0 to advance SB 1030, a bill that changes its version of a moratorium on the gaming-arcade businesses to an out-and-out ban.

Committee Chairman Garrett Richter, R-Naples, set the pace when he began the meeting, "Internet sweepstakes have wiggled their way through loopholes long enough."

Obama Leans Far Left in Latest Poll

Submitted by Anonymous on March 18, 2013 - 2:28pm

A new Rasmussen survey of likely U.S. voters finds Americans continue to think of President Barack Obama as a liberal Democrat.

According to the poll, 69 percent of respondents said Obama is at least somewhat liberal, but 43 percent tagged him as very liberal.In contrast, only 23 percent said the president is politically moderate. And, somewhere in America, there are 3 percent that actually believe he is conservative.

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Florida's Unemployment Rate Below National Average, First Time in 5 Years

Senate Gaming Panel on Internet Cafes: We're Going for the Outright Ban

Submitted by Nancy Smith on March 18, 2013 - 12:51pm


Following a string of testimony from cafe and adult arcade owners, and from others for and against keeping Internet cafes in business, the Senate Gaming Committee unanimously advanced SB 1030 Monday, a bill that changes its version of a moratorium on Internet cafes to an out-and-out ban.

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Florida's Jobless Rate Drops Under National Average

Submitted by Anonymous on March 18, 2013 - 12:02pm


Florida's unemployment rate was7.8 percent in January, marking its lowest level sinceNovember 2008, according to information released by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Monday.

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Florida Shoots 3 Teams into NCAA Tournament with 1 Surprise

By
Sunshine State News
March 17, 2013 - 7:00pm

Three Florida universities head to the NCAA tournament, but it might not be the trifecta people put their money on.

Even though the Gators crumbled in Sundays Southeastern Conference tournament final, the University of Florida was a shoe-in for a spot in the highly-anticipated March hoops tourney.

The Billy Donovan-led team secured a No. 3 seed in the South, and will start its bracket in a game against 14-seed Northwestern State, who entered the Southland Conference tournament as the country's top-scoring team. That game will be held in Austin on Friday.

Support for Same-sex Marriage Crosses Party Lines

By
Michael Barone
March 17, 2013 - 7:00pm

In an opinion article in the Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman announced that he has changed his mind and now supports same-sex marriage.

Patrick Murphy, Please Get the Tin Cup Out of My Face

By
Nancy Smith
March 10, 2013 - 7:00pm

Another week, another couple of panhandling emails from Patrick Murphy. This is getting ridiculous.

Marco Rubio Made It Close, but Rand Paul Wins 2013 CPAC Straw Poll

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