A congressional proposal to issue visas to foreign nationals who buy U.S. homes could be a big boon to Florida's real-estate market.
Already the top state in sales to international buyers, Florida stands to benefit from the VISIT-USA Act proposed by Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Mike Lee, R-Utah.
Vice President Joe Biden is set to speak at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) event tonight in Orlando.
It will be interesting if Biden brings up a recent contentious exchange with a reporter over comments he made considering the potential impact if the jobs legislation fails.
Supposedly, some of Biden's staffers are still reeling from an interview where Human Events reporter Jason Mattera was able to catch the vice president offguard in a Senate hallway.
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The Republican field for the U.S. Senate gained a well-known contender this week and lawmakers got their first glimpse of a controversial gambling measure that has already attracted the attention of casino fat cats and "The Mouse."
While backers of resort gaming began testing the waters, a federal judge early this week ordered state officials to stop testing the water of applicants seeking temporary cash assistance from the feds in a battle pitting drug tests against federal protections from unnecessary searches.
U.S. Rep. Alcee Hasting, D-Miramar, is one of 10 Democrats taking up the Food Stamp Challenge, which requires spending a week eating only what can be purchased with an average week's Food Stamp allotment.
The challenge was organized by the religious group Fighting Poverty With Faith because Congress is considering cutting the budget for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamps, according to a release from the group.
The program kicked off Thursday.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi has joined a national effort urging young drivers not to text while driving.
One of the saddest aspects of deaths associated with texting while driving is that in many cases the deaths were preventable, Bondi stated in release. The Stop Texts, Stop Wrecks campaign educates parents and teens on the dangers of texting while driving, which will save lives.
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A group of Republicans along the I-4 corridor -- where a congressional district has been discussed that would be weighted heavily with Hispanics -- want an apology from Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, for comments regarding Hispanics that Hays made during a redistricting hearing last week.
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Sen. Bill Nelson visited a Tallahassee middle school Thursday, joininga delegation of local state and county elected officials lending their support to a private cable giants effort to expand Internet access to low-income children.
Comcastheld a media event at Griffin Middle School to announce its Internet Essentials programto parts of Florida within the footprint of the Philadelphia-based cable provider.
The program, kicked off last year in Delaware, discounts Internet access and training to familiesthat havechildren in the federal free-lunch program.
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