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Jeff Miller Backs Neal Dunn to Take on Gwen Graham

Submitted by Kevin Derby on March 23, 2016 - 10:17am

U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., threw his support to Panama City physician Dr. Neal Dunn in the Republican primary to challenge U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., in November.

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Obama’s Shameful Trip to Cuba

Mario Diaz-Balart

March 23, 2016 - 10:00am

President Obama's attendance at a baseball game, gleeful handshakes with the Cuban people's oppressors, and seeming apologetic tone with continued requests for "indulgence" were sickening to those who know the true malevolence of the Castro regime that is responsible for the deaths of activists Oswaldo Paya, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, Laura Pollan, and Juan Wilfredo Soto Garcia, Harold Cepero, and Wilman Villar Mendoza during the Obama presidency alone.

United House Backs Opening Arlington to WASPs

Kevin Derby

March 23, 2016 - 9:45am

On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed a bill allowing Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), the female pilots from World War Two, to be honored at Arlington National Cemetery.

Carlos Lopez-Cantera Joins RLGA's Executive Committee

Submitted by Kevin Derby on March 23, 2016 - 9:14am

Currently running for the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera was named to the Republican State Leadership Committee’s (RSLC) Republican Lieutenant Governor’s Association (RLGA) executive committee.

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Vern Buchanan: Obama Needs a Plan to Take on ISIS

Submitted by Kevin Derby on March 23, 2016 - 8:37am

After the Islamic terrorist attacks in Brussels, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., called for President Barack Obama to come up with a plan to defeat Islamic State (ISIS) terrorism.

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Bush Backs Cruz to Stop Trump

Kevin Derby

March 23, 2016 - 8:15am

On Wednesday morning, former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., endorsed U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for the Republican presidential nomination, insisting the Lone Star State Republican represented the best chance to stop businessman Donald Trump from being the GOP’s candidate.

It's the Character

Mona Charen

March 23, 2016 - 7:00am

I first became aware of Donald Trump when he chose to make cheating on his first wife front-page news. It was the early '90s. Donald and Ivana Trump broke up over the course of months.

Full Stop

Jeff Stahler

March 23, 2016 - 2:00am

Children of Legal Immigrants Soon Will Be Eligible for Coverage

Margie Menzel and Tom Urban News Service of Florida

March 22, 2016 - 9:00pm

Thousands of children of legal immigrants will be closer to obtaining subsidized health insurance this summer, after the Legislature passed a long-debated expansion of the state's KidCare program.

Until this year, children of legal immigrants were technically eligible for KidCare --- the low-cost federal-state health insurance program --- but had to wait five years to actually start receiving services.

That changed on Thursday, when Gov. Rick Scott signed the state budget into law. Contained in an accompanying bill (HB 5101) was language eliminating the five-year wait.

Medical Marijuana Bill Awaits Scott's Signature

Allison Nielsen

March 22, 2016 - 8:30pm

One of the biggest laws to pass through the Florida legislature this year revolved around medical marijuana, and even though the bill passed with wide support from both chambers and is waiting to be signed off by Gov. Rick Scott, not everyone in the Sunshine State is happy with the state’s newly passed legislation.

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