Congress finally passed a measure jam-packed full of funding to fight the Zika virus last month, but Zika is still spreading in Florida and state officials say they haven't seen a dime of the money to fight the virus.
The second presidential debate -- bloody, muddy and raucous -- was just enough to save Donald Trump's campaign from extinction, but not enough to restore his chances of winning, barring an act of God (a medical calamity) or of Putin (a cosmically incriminating WikiLeak).
Labeling the use of business recruitment incentives as "socialism," incoming House Speaker Richard Corcoran told a Texas audience this week he doesn't expect Florida lawmakers to give such money to Gov. Rick Scott --- or to Scott's successor.
"When you're taking money out of the masses' pockets and then giving it literally --- to the Democrats' argument --- to the top 1 percent, to the detriment of everybody else, that is de facto socialism," Corcoran said during a panel discussion in Austin hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a non-profit conservative think tank.
The Common Core State Standards may be implemented nationwide, but support for the standards has dropped to an all-time low.
With news of more exchanges closing, fewer healthy enrollees signing up, insurance companies pulling out, and health insurance premiums set to spike, this October we will see a tighter turn in the death spiral of Obamacare. There is no doubt about the higher premiums and lack of choices in Obamacare. What should be done in its aftermath is up for debate. This makes the November presidential election a significant turning point in our national health-care conversation.
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence will be heading to Florida later this week.
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Florida police chiefs are adding their names to the list of opponents against Amendment 2.
Hillary Clinton has the lead over Donald Trump in the pivotal swing state of Florida thanks in part to growing optimism about the economy and support from Hispanics, a new poll shows.
