Presidential candidates rarely speak of it except when specifically asked, but make no mistake, marijuana policy is a player in the agenda of the 2016 presidential election campaign.
With the Super Bowl, the biggest stage for national marketing, looming on Sunday, two South Florida congressional representatives want the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study deceptive advertising, warning of harm to consumers due to idealized body images.
On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Surgeon General Dr. John Armstrong urged the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take precautions as Florida readies to face the Zika virus.
With news emerging that there were three more cases of Zika in the Sunshine State, Scott asked Armstrong to extend a public health emergency to Broward County in addition to the ones declared in Hillsborough, Lee, Miami-Dade and Santa Rosa counties on Wednesday. Scott stressed that the three new cases were all travel related and did not involve pregnant women.
U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., part of the congressional leadership as senior deputy majority whip, took to the House floor on Thursday to support legislation reining in the U.S. Department of Justice’s “Operation Choke Point.”
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., took to the Senate floor to warn his fellow senators that he would do all he could to oppose a proposal from U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., to end the no-drilling zone extending at least 125 miles off of the Florida coast into the Gulf of Mexico. Nelson said the following in his remarks:
Running in the crowded Republican primary to replace U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., Mart in County School Board Member Rebecca Negron released a new TV ad on Thursday.
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While most of his focus is on the Republican presidential contest, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., scored a win on Wednesday night as the U.S. Senate passed “U.S.-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015.”
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U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., currently running for the U.S. Senate, filed his “Stop Act” on Wednesday. Jolly’s proposal would ensure members of Congress and other federal officeholders can’t personally ask individuals for donations.
CD 26 candidate Annette Taddeo has one bizarre campaign going on.
Facing a strong challenge from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for the Democratic presidential nomination, former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the support of more than 170 African American women on Wednesday including some from the Sunshine State.
