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Jacob OglesDecember 25, 2018

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Staying outside will no longer be an option for Broward County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a mass shooting, More than 10 months after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the sheriff’s office there will change its policies to require officers to enter the scene and engage the shooter, […]

Jacob OglesDecember 23, 2018

The first family won’t holiday in Mar-a-Lago for Christmas after all. President Donald Trump announced he will cancel a scheduled Christmas vacation in Florida, the White House announced yesterday. “Due to the shutdown, President Trump will remain in Washington, D.C. and the first lady will return from Florida so they can spend Christmas together,” White […]

Jacob OglesDecember 22, 2018

Background checks should stop violent felons from buying guns. State Rep. Margaret Good just filed legislation to make all sellers actually use them. “I don’t know if people understand that if you buy off the internet in Florida, if you buy off of Craiglist or you do it person to person, a background check is […]

Jacob OglesDecember 22, 2018

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The U.S. House threw its support behind legislation aimed at protecting education access for young girls displaced around the world. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, sponsored the companion Senate bill in 2017 and urged President Donald Trump to sign the Girls Count Act into law. “Millions of people are displaced globally due to ongoing […]

Jacob OglesDecember 22, 2018

A partial federal government shutdown went into effect at midnight, after Congressional leaders failed to pass a budget that ahd the support of President Donald Trump. Florida political leaders offered a variety of explanations what led the nation here. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida’s only Republican senator until Sen.-elect Rick Scott gets sworn in next […]

Jacob OglesDecember 20, 2018

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart are cautious of a new deal struck between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation. MLB owners on Wednesday came to an agreement that allows Cuban baseball players over the age of 25 and with six years of professional ball experience in Cuba to be […]

Jacob OglesDecember 20, 2018

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Count Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio among those angry at President Donald Trump for withdrawing from Syria after declaring “we have defeated ISIS” there. Trump on Thursday defended his Wednesday surprise announcement the U.S. would withdraw from the region by saying local players would need to deal with the Islamic State. “Does the USA want to […]

Jacob OglesDecember 20, 2018

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan demanded answers why the Department of Veterans Affairs spent less than 1 percent of its suicide prevention funding this year. Buchanan wrote a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie, calling it “unacceptable and disgraceful” for the agency to ignore a crisis. “Of the 20 veterans who commit suicide on […]

Jacob OglesDecember 20, 2018

After poor a midterm performance, a fight is breaking among Republican leadership in Seminole County. County GOP chair Kathryn Townsend faces criticism of toying with membership lists to retain power for herself at the expense of party unity. One countywide elected official has gone as far as offering the executive committee a $25,000 reward if […]

Jacob OglesDecember 19, 2018

Ensuring Florida’s economic growth benefits minority communities and those impacted by generational poverty must be a focus of Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis, according to former Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford. That will involve boosting education opportunities in all communities and finding innovative ways to increase access to capital for Sunshine State residents, he said. The issue […]

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Broward deputies now must enter active shootings

Trumps cancel Mar-a-Lago Christmas amid shutdown

Margaret Good aims for background checks on private gun sales

Marco Rubio bill to protect girls’ learning access heads to president

Florida pols point fingers on federal shutdown

Marco Rubio, Mario Diaz-Balart don’t want MLB to play ball with Cuba

Marco Rubio calls Syria exit ‘catastrophic decision’

Vern Buchanan furious at Veterans Affairs inattention to stopping suicides

Bitter losses fuel infighting within Seminole Co. GOP

Ron DeSantis economic transition board encouraging capital access in minority communities