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Guest AuthorFebruary 26, 2018

Floridians are blessed with a low cost of living. When comparing the cost of housing, utilities, transportation, health, or the overall cost of living, Florida is lower than the U.S. average. Why, then, is Florida ranked among the five most expensive states for car insurance? The answer is, in part, because of a broken statutory […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 26, 2018

Trade officials from the Trump administration recently wrapped up the sixth of seven scheduled rounds of discussions with counterparts from Mexico and Canada to revise and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. President Donald Trump stated that if the process doesn’t go to his liking, he’ll pull the plug on the deal altogether. That […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 24, 2018

Just days ago, 17 people, mostly teenagers, were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. There were warning signs, and one of them was an online posting under the shooter’s name that dictated “I’m going to be a professional school shooter” on a YouTube video. These types of threats can be a critical indicator that […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 23, 2018

The most important and unregrettable time of my life was the 12 years I spent in the Army. I became a bomb technician because I wanted to save lives. I nearly gave my own life for that — I lost both my legs and a finger when a roadside bomb detonated beneath me — and […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 22, 2018

Florida just made history as the first state to have an African-American represent it in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statutory Hall Collection. By approving HB 139 and its SB 472, the Florida Legislature chose to replace a statue of a Confederate Army general Edmund Kirby Smith with one of Mary McLeod Bethune, an iconic figure […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 21, 2018

Like many of you, I have been praying for those that were murdered or injured in Parkland, as well as for their families and the community. Our hearts are broken for them. The grief and sorrow being experienced by this community is no doubt crushing to their souls and we should continue to lift them […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 19, 2018

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And there it is. The look. The look I knew I would see. And I will get it again and again, from this moment forward. I just didn’t expect it to happen so quickly. As my family checked in to our hotel tonight, after two nights of choppy, if any sleep, countless hours spent wandering […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 16, 2018

Like many of you, I have spent the last two days mourning the tragic loss of life at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a loss of life that was caused by an assault rifle legally purchased in Coral Springs. This community lost daughters, sons, siblings, husbands, cousins and friends. Feb. 14, 2018, will forever be […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 15, 2018

More than 1,100 children were prosecuted as adults in Florida last year — taken from their homes, removed from their schools, and locked up in adult jails. Although children’s brains are still developing, and they cannot fully understand the consequences of their actions, our criminal justice system treats some of them like grown adults. They […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 13, 2018

Companion bills SB 462 and HB 237 seek to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and other forms of well stimulation in Florida. Supporters of the bills claim that a ban on fracking in Florida would not impact the state’s existing oil and gas industry. This is simply not true. If the bills are passed, they […]

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Stephanie Smith: Florida Senate should vote to fix auto insurance laws

Brandon Arnold: Florida wins by modernizing NAFTA

Amy Mercer: It is not illegal to threaten a school shooting in Florida

Brian Mast: I appreciate assault weapons. And I support a ban

Perry Thurston Jr.: No joke: The ‘Punchline State’ makes history for something good

Bob White: Our rights to life and liberty are secured by our right to keep and bear arms

Jill Beitscher Fox: ‘The look’

Joshua Simmons: Stop the posturing, do something about assault rifles

Scott McCoy: Children do not belong in adult jails

Thomas McMillan Jr.: Attack on oil and gas industry is attacking private property rights