February 3, 2018 - 2:00am
Low Income South Floridians Need Permanent, Free Tax Preparing Services
February 2, 2018 - 5:45pm
This week, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., South Florida’s only Member on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee and the sponsor of the “VITA Permanence Act," highlighted the need for permanent, free tax preparing services for low income South Floridians in a Subcommittee on Oversight. Curbelo highlighted the legislation’s bipartisan support within the House of Representatives, and emphasized how free tax preparing services help vulnerable populations receive highly-accurate guidance to ensure the largest possible tax returns.
Weekly Roundup: Budgets and a Bombshell
February 2, 2018 - 2:30pm
With the 2018 legislative session nearing its midpoint, lawmakers are doing their duty.
State of the Disunion
February 2, 2018 - 2:00am
Trump's New Immigration Proposal Is Quintessentially Presidential
February 2, 2018 - 7:00am
President Trump once boasted that his base was so loyal that he "could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters." Now he's putting that claim to the test with his immigration proposal. In his State of the Union address Tuesday, Trump offered to support not just legal status, but a path to citizenship for nearly 2 million illegal immigrants -- the "Dreamers" who were brought to the United States as children through no fault of their own -- if Democrats would agree to fund his border wall and limit chain migration.
Stephanie Murphy, Jacky Rosen Want Feds to Continue Efforts for Homeless Veterans
February 1, 2018 - 6:15pm
This week, Florida Democrat Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy joined with three other members of Congress to bring out a bill looking to ensure the federal government continues its efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans.
PolitiFact Hires and Fires Alan Grayson as 'Reader Advocate' for Fact-Checking Site
February 1, 2018 - 5:15pm
PolitiFact -- a self-proclaimed unbiased fact-checking website aiming to sort out the truth in politics -- made headlines for all the wrong reasons on Thursday when it announced one of its new hires, controversial former Florida Congressman Alan Grayson.
Florida Forever and Often-Maligned Florida Agriculture: Florida's Twin Weapons against Development
February 1, 2018 - 8:30am
Florida Forever finally found its land champion in Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Bradley.
Kids and Their Detergent
February 1, 2018 - 2:00am
Can Trump Sustain Newfound Aura of Gravitas?
February 1, 2018 - 7:00am
It was a good speech.
Calm down. I said good.
Despite talking for an hour and 20 minutes, the longest speech since Bill Clinton's much-mocked 2000 stem-winder, Donald Trump's first State of the Union address did exactly what it needed to do: nothing.
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