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Associated PressOctober 8, 2015

Sen. Marco Rubio has raised roughly $6 million over the last three months for his Republican White House bid. That’s according to an attendee at the Florida senator’s donor retreat in Las Vegas, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share fundraising numbers before they’re officially released by the campaign. Rubio’s poll numbers may […]

Associated PressOctober 8, 2015

The founder of the global News Corp. media empire, Rupert Murdoch, is suggesting that President Barack Obama isn’t a “real black president.” Murdoch was praising Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson and his wife on Twitter Wednesday evening when he wrote: “Ben and Candy Carson terrific. What about a real black President who can properly address […]

Associated PressOctober 8, 2015

Voters are beginning to learn about Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio. What they’re not learning, however, is who is paying to promote his candidacy. The Florida senator is benefiting in unprecedented ways from a nonprofit group funded by anonymous donors. While other presidential candidates also have ties to secret-money groups, the Rubio arrangement is the […]

Associated PressOctober 7, 2015

Jeb Bush‘s signature achievement in education policy as Florida governor may be at risk of coming apart. A champion of what became known as Common Core education standards, Bush pushed a set of high-stakes tests for students and a system of grading schools as the centerpiece of an education agenda that defines much of his […]

Associated PressOctober 7, 2015

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Officials in two South Florida counties are moving forward with fines for misdemeanor marijuana possession, rather than arrests and criminal charges. County commissioners in Broward and Palm Beach counties both gave preliminary approval Tuesday for ordinances that would allow law enforcement officers to issue civil citations instead of filing criminal charges against people carrying 20 […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott wants legislators to keep in place a tax break for manufacturing companies. Two years ago, the Florida Legislature agreed to waive the state’s 6 percent sales tax for equipment purchased by manufacturing businesses. But the $137 million a year tax break is scheduled to end in 2017. Scott said in a statement […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2015

Florida lags behind other states in using federal mortgage assistance money to help desperate homeowners facing foreclosure, and Florida has only drawn on half of the $1 billion available, according to a critical report released Tuesday. The report by the Special Inspector General for Troubled Asset Relief Program said only 22,400 homeowners have been helped […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday lashed out at the special House committee investigating the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, calling it a partisan political exercise designed to “exploit” the deaths of four Americans. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy‘s recent comments that the Benghazi panel can take credit for her diminished public standing prove Republicans are […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is warning of too much government meddling with Internet-based “on-demand companies.” Speaking Tuesday in New York, the Florida senator praised Uber and Airbnb. He says such “disruptive” companies and the people who work for them are unfairly burdened by government regulation. He decried the federal government as “out of touch” […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2015

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is well-known in this serene coastal section of Scotland, where shimmering golden sand dunes meet the ice-blue North Sea and people play on his golf course. He’s known in the Himalayas, too, far from any sign with his name on it. And in the Middle East, Africa and beyond. His […]

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Report: Marco Rubio raises $6M over last 3 months

Rupert Murdoch suggests Barack Obama isn’t “real black president”

Anonymous donors send millions to pro-Marco Rubio group

As Jeb Bush campaigns, Florida struggles with his schools legacy

County officials look at civil fines for marijuana possession

Gov. Rick Scott will again attempt to eliminate manufacturing tax

Federal report: Florida lags in disbursing foreclosure aid

Hillary Clinton slams Benghazi committee in TV interview, ad

Marco Rubio criticizes government regulation of on-demand economy

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