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Associated PressJuly 8, 2015

Marco Rubio is campaigning for president on the promise of a better future and on his powerful personal story about the American Dream. As he treks across Iowa this week, however, he often leaves unmentioned a record of accomplishment that is thin next to that of some rivals, thanks to his youth if nothing else. […]

Associated PressJuly 8, 2015

As lawmakers in South Carolina consider removing the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, a north Florida county has decided to do the opposite. The Marion County Commission voted Tuesday unanimously to again fly the Confederate flag in front of a government building, weeks after it had been taken down. The interim county administrator had […]

Associated PressJuly 7, 2015

The popular ridesharing service Uber has announced it is leaving Broward County. The company announced Monday that it will withdraw completely from the county on July 31. Uber had previously agreed to withdraw from the airport and port in Broward County, hoping to persuade commissioners not to institute new regulations. Those rules include requiring each […]

Associated PressJuly 7, 2015

With an eye on the future, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is laying out his plans for an “innovative economy” and “revolutionized higher education system” in his first major domestic policy speech as a presidential candidate. The Republican White House hopeful will outline his policies at a Tuesday morning speech in Chicago before an extended campaign […]

Associated PressJuly 6, 2015

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is suggesting Jeb Bush is out of step with Republican principles in the party’s presidential race. Bush departs from some conservative Republicans with his policies on immigration and education. The former Florida governor has said GOP presidential candidates should be willing to “lose the primary to win the general” election. Jindal […]

Associated PressJuly 6, 2015

A statue of Andrew Jackson in downtown Jacksonville has been vandalized twice in the past week. The Florida Times-Union reports that graffiti was sprayed on the statue of the seventh president over the weekend. Jackson was also Florida’s military governor in 1821 after the territory was acquired from Spain. Large orange letters spelled out “Black […]

Associated PressJuly 5, 2015

Authorities say they’ve taken down a Confederate flag someone raised unauthorized on a pole outside Tallahassee City Hall. Police said in a report released Saturday that an anonymous caller alerted them to the flag found flying Friday afternoon outside City Hall. Police impounded it. City Hall was closed for the July Fourth weekend. Mayor Andrew […]

Associated PressJuly 3, 2015

2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney will be hosting two rival Republican presidential contenders at a holiday sleepover Friday evening. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will both be staying over at Romney’s property in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, an aide to Romney confirmed. The aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity […]

Associated PressJuly 2, 2015

You may have noticed your Facebook friends getting considerably more colorful. More than 26 million Facebook profile photos have taken on a rainbow hue in the days since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that marriage is a right guaranteed under the Constitution regardless of a person’s sexual orientation. People have been covering their […]

Associated PressJuly 2, 2015

Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars in new money to five Gulf Coast states in a deal the company said would bring its full obligations to an estimated $53.8 billion. Federal and state government officials touted the record-breaking $18.7 […]

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Marco Rubio inspires, yet experience question lingers

Marion County votes to fly Confederate flag once again

Uber to cease operations in Broward County

The Marco Rubio economy: ‘The old ways no longer work’

Bobby Jindal says Jeb Bush willing to hide GOP principles

Jacksonville’s Andrew Jackson statue vandalized twice

Police remove unauthorized Confederate flag flown over Tallahassee city hall

Marco Rubio, Chris Christie planning sleepover with the Mitt Romneys

Rainbow Facebook photos: Armchair activism or shifting tide?

$18.7B deal clears path for BP to close books on Gulf spill