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Associated PressSeptember 7, 2015

Some Florida firefighters have headed west to fight raging forest fires and earn some extra money. The Miami Herald reports reports that more than 470 Florida Fire fighters have spent part of their summer fighting fires in western states. Tommy Price is a Valrico firefighter and president of the Florida State Fire Service Association. He just […]

Associated PressSeptember 7, 2015

Showing solidarity with workers on Labor Day, President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Monday requiring paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors, including 300,000 who currently receive none. The White House wouldn’t specify the cost to federal contractors to implement the executive order, which Obama was to address at a major union […]

Associated PressSeptember 6, 2015

Donald Trump insults and exaggerates. He dismisses the need for public policy ideas, gets confused about world affairs and sometimes says things that flat out aren’t true. And the cheers from his supporters only grow louder. By the standard that voters typically use to judge presidential candidates, Trump probably should not have survived his first […]

Associated PressSeptember 5, 2015

High schools in the Gainesville area are dealing with an unexpected influx of new students. The Gainesville Sun reports that the Alachua County School District has about 800 more high school students than it had expected for the 2015-2016 school year. District officials say they planned for increased enrollment at the district’s seven high schools […]

Associated PressSeptember 4, 2015

Puerto Rico’s financial crisis loomed over dueling Friday campaign appearances by Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Marco Rubio, two presidential contenders with sharply different positions on a key issue for Puerto Rican voters whose influence is growing in U.S. politics. In a speech delivered entirely in Spanish, the young Florida senator blamed Clinton supporters […]

Associated PressSeptember 4, 2015

Get in your bids fast. CNN said Friday that only one commercial slot is still available for its coverage of the Sept. 16 debate between top Republican presidential contenders, and it’s expected to draw top dollar. The trade publication Advertising Age reported this week that CNN is asking for up to $200,000 for a 30-second […]

Associated PressSeptember 4, 2015

Residents of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens but can’t vote for president. Yet Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton are campaigning there, following two other 2016 White House hopefuls. Why the journey? Despite its crimped political clout, Puerto Rico is seen as one path to presidential victory. Five million Puerto Ricans live on […]

Associated PressSeptember 3, 2015

Presidential candidate Donald Trump ruled out the prospect of a third-party White House bid Thursday and vowed to support the Republican Party’s nominee — whoever it may be. The billionaire businessman announced his decision in a raucous news conference at Trump Tower, the gold-hued skyscraper in midtown Manhattan where he launched his surging and front-running […]

Associated PressSeptember 3, 2015

Exploring a presidential campaign, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday offered a robust defense of a nuclear accord with Iran strongly backed by the White House in the latest sign of his work to present himself as a natural heir to President Barack Obama. “I tell you, I firmly believe, and I will go into […]

Associated PressSeptember 3, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says his first reaction was to laugh at rival Donald Trump‘s criticism of him for speaking Spanish. Bush told ABC’s “Good Morning America” Thursday, “I laughed. I mean this is a joke.” Bush said he had been responding to a reporter’s question in Spanish this week when he replied in […]

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Florida firefighters head west to make money

Obama observes Labor Day, extends contractors’ paid leave

Fed-up and angry supporters let trump defy political gravity

Gainesville-area high schools see enrollment boom

Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio court Puerto Rico voters as crisis looms

Expensive ad space almost sold out for debate

Puerto Rican voters prized by Democrats, Republicans

Donald Trump signs pledge to back GOP’s 2016 presidential nominee

Joe Biden, pondering campaign, defends Iran deal in South Florida

Jeb Bush: “I laughed” at Donald Trump’s criticism of speaking Spanish