February 25, 2017 - 3:30pm
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and President Donald Trump are two peas in a pod.
Martin County Commissioners' 'Criminal' Behavior; Republican Recklessness
February 25, 2017 - 6:00am
This column is a vehicle for a number of items in a bits-and-pieces, strictly opinion, sometimes irreverent format. Look for "Just Sayin'" to run once a week in this spot.
Denials Are Over for Martin County Commission's Public Records Sinners
Weekly Roundup: They'll Be Back
February 24, 2017 - 9:15pm
It's time for denizens of Tallahassee to get their last week of rest and recreation --- or at least sanity --- before the whirlwind of activity begins. In the words of a House video from this week: "Session Is Coming."
Need Some Space
February 25, 2017 - 2:00am
Stephanie Murphy Leads Congressional Push for Feds to Investigate Threats to Jewish Centers
February 27, 2017 - 6:00am
More than 150 members of Congress signed onto a letter from a Florida congresswoman urging the U.S. Justice and Homeland Security Departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigate bomb threats to more than 50 Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) in 26 states.
Anitere Flores Aims to Slash, Replace Cell Phone, TV Taxes
February 24, 2017 - 5:00pm
A high-profile Miami senator wants to say “bye bye” to Florida’s high cell phone and TV taxes, filing legislation to cut both during this year’s legislative session and replace them with a smaller tax.
Sen. Flores Files Bill to Cut Cell Phone and TV Tax
Submitted by Nancy Smith on February 24, 2017 - 4:59pm
Senate President Pro Tempore Anitere Flores, R-Miami, filed Senate Bill 378 on Friday, a measure that would repeal the insurance premium tax credit and replace it with a 2 percent reduction in the communications services tax (CST).
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Shocker? Trump Supporter Matt Gaetz Says President Should Produce His Tax Returns
February 24, 2017 - 3:00pm
First-term GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz, a steadfast Trump supporter, shocked even CNN at a "town hall" event near Pensacola Thursday night when he called for President Donald J. Trump to release his tax returns.
Once an Unknown, Rick Scott Rises to Top at RGA
February 24, 2017 - 10:45am
Updated 4:45 p.m.: The Republican Governor's Association's Executive Board voted Gov. Rick Scott as the group's Vice Chair Friday afternoon.
It’s good to be Gov. Rick Scott these days.
Scott has risen from a political nobody to governor, potential head of the Republican Governor’s Association to a possible Senate candidate next year, all in a whirlwind seven years.
Vern Buchanan Continues the Fight Against Synthetic Drugs
February 25, 2017 - 6:00am
This week, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., doubled down on his efforts cracking down on synthetic drugs by championing U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi’s, R-Ohio, “Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention” (STOP) Act.
Tiberi’s proposal increases screening at U.S. Postal Service facilities on packages arriving from oversees in order to reduce shipments of fentanyl, carfentanil and other synthetic drugs. Those drugs are considered far more powerful than heroin and have increasingly been shipped from China in recent years.
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