February 17, 2018 - 2:00am
Weekly Roundup: Reeling Again
February 16, 2018 - 4:30pm
Those were the words of a grieving parent Thursday, the day after his 14-year-old daughter, Jamie, was gunned down by Nikolas Cruz at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in the nation’s second-deadliest school shooting.
FBI: We Failed to Investigate Report on Suspected Parkland Shooter
Submitted by Nancy Smith on February 16, 2018 - 3:03pm
The FBI says it failed to investigate a specific report in January that Nikolas Cruz could be plotting a school shooting.
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Press Ignores Facts in Rush to Call Parkland Shooter a White Supremacist
February 16, 2018 - 2:45pm
In the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following the loss of 17 lives, reports emerged about the shooter, a 19-year-old former student of the school. For one, the Associated Press announced the gunman was affiliated with a white supremacist group out of the Tallahassee area, dubbed “Republic of Florida” (ROF).
Democrats Turn to Val Demings on Election Security
February 16, 2018 - 6:00am
U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., turned her attention to election security this week as she went to bat for her party on Capitol Hill.
Corcoran Wouldn’t Debate Gun Safety with Gillum -- Perhaps He Should Have
February 16, 2018 - 9:00am
The night before the horrific Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass murders by former student Nikolaus Cruz, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran held a debate. Democrat Gillum is a current guberatorial candidate, Corcoran is expected to be one soon.
Media 'Enable' Bill Nelson to Campaign Off of Parkland School Shooting
February 16, 2018 - 9:00am
In the wake of the shooting tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, there was no shortage of outcry and calls for political legislation to prevent these atrocities. As is ever the case in the immediate stampede for legislative action, pragmatic thinking is rarely addressed -- but that doesn't stop the desire to score political wins.
Just Like France
February 16, 2018 - 2:00am
Infrastructure Spending Won't Transform America
February 16, 2018 - 2:00am
"MASON CITY.
To get there you follow Highway 58, going northeast out of the city, and it is a good highway and new."
-- Robert Penn Warren, "All the King's Men" (1946)
Tax Plan Stirs Controversy Over Schools, Airports
February 15, 2018 - 6:30pm
Over objections that more money would flow away from public schools and that airport projects could be grounded, the House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday approved a nearly $350 million tax package that would help farmers impacted by Hurricane Irma and lower a lease tax on businesses.
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