A heated Corrine Brown headed to the Florida Capitol Thursday to voice her concerns over Florida’s congressional redistricting, and Brown left no holds barred as she tore into the state’s political process on drawing district lines.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) personnel visited the Tampa Bay region on Thursday as the federal government ponders declaring it a disaster area due to flooding.
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Outsiders are starting to find the 2016 presidential election to be fertile ground, which is bad news for Jeb Bush. This week, the former Florida governor weighed into foreign affairs, blaming the Obama administration -- and Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton -- for the current mess in the Middle East as Islamic State (IS) terrorism further destabilizes the region.
Republican congressional hopeful Brian Mast is going national even as another candidate entered the crowded primary field to replace U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., who is running for the Senate in 2016. Mast, a combat veteran who was wounded during his service in Afghanistan, took to Glenn Beck’s radio show this week to weigh in on President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran over its nuclear program and the need to reform veterans’ health care.
U.S. Sec. of State John Kerry will be in Havana on Friday to raise the flag as the American embassy opens. That doesn’t sit well with U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., one of the leading congressional Republicans when it comes to foreign affairs.
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the chairman of the Senate Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, wrote U.S. Sec. of State John Kerry, urging him to lower Cuba’s ranking in the State Department’s 2015 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Rubio also asked for Kerry to turn over to the Senate records to see how the administration made that decision.
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The Democratic primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is heating up with U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., finally throwing punches back at his chief primary rival. U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., has shown no hesitation in going after Murphy and, on Wednesday afternoon, he doubled down on his attacks against his primary rival.
With children returning to school across the Sunshine State, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is showcasing an app from the state government on nutrition.
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Ah, Florida. The land where the sun shines and palm trees sway has always held a special place in the heart of college students, who often come to the Sunshine State for spring break. It’s a seemingly picture-perfect paradise, at least on the surface.
After the Senate blocked the idea this year, the House likely will renew a push in 2016 to let patients stay overnight at ambulatory-surgical centers and could again seek to open the door for longer-term recovery centers.
