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Phil AmmannNovember 21, 2016

Since winning the presidential election, Donald Trump has become more popular with Americans, a new poll of registered voters shows. According to a survey conducted by POLITICO/Morning Consult Nov. 16-18, 45 percent of voters now have either a very favorable or somewhat favorable opinion of Trump. Twelve percent say they have a somewhat unfavorable opinion […]

Phil AmmannNovember 20, 2016

The blood tide was unleashed on Jacksonville just after the election. It has been coursing through our streets since. We’re in one of those cycles where it seems like every newscast leads off with a fresh body — a man shot at point-blank range in his house off St. Augustine Road; a group of kids […]

Phil AmmannNovember 19, 2016

Newly elected Congressman Charlie Crist is one of the freshmen lawmakers making up the New Democrat Coalition for the 115th Congress. By a unanimous vote, the Coalition inducted 10 members-elect — four from Florida — to the progressive centrist group of legislators dedicated to advancing the New Dem vision of economic innovation, competition and national […]

Phil AmmannNovember 4, 2016

Election Day is only days away, and Uber and Google have teamed up to help voters cast ballots. As part of its ongoing campaign to boost the turnout among Uber users, the San Francisco-based ridesharing service has worked with Google on a special in-app feature available Nov. 8 that will help locate polling locations — and quickly request […]

Phil AmmannNovember 4, 2016

Donald Trump is set to receive more than $25 million of new advertising, thanks to a pair of outside groups looking to boost the GOP candidate in the final days of a grueling presidential campaign. This unexpected boost, first reported by CNN, could help the GOP nominee come in line with Hillary Clinton’s television ad […]

Phil AmmannNovember 4, 2016

Billionaire George Soros is investing heavily in Central Florida, backing several down-ballot races with support for Democratic candidates Gray Rohrer of the Orlando Sentinel reports Soros, a well-known champion of liberal causes, spent $430,000 on United for Progress PAC for mailers and paid TV ads in a variety of races — from U.S. House to […]

Phil AmmannNovember 4, 2016

Those who have been in Jacksonville for decades have long since have internalized the slogan: “Baseball’s never been hotter with the Jacksonville Suns!” That catchy jingle has been a fixture on commercial radio for decades, promoting whatever event the local minor league baseball team was putting on to fill the stands week after week. The […]

Phil AmmannNovember 1, 2016

The big political news of the week: President Barack Obama will be coming to Jacksonville Thursday, for the first time since a February visit to a local manufacturer. The president will be campaigning for Hillary Clinton. This is going to be treated by the media as a BFD. What it is: an ad hoc attempt […]

Phil AmmannOctober 31, 2016

For many Floridians, the most unsettling part of Halloween isn’t ghosts, goblins, or zombies. It’s figuring the state’s tax rules on candy. The innocent goody bag can become a minefield of tax policy, with often-confusing rules governing grocery store purchases statewide and throughout the country. Florida TaxWatch, the nonprofit bipartisan government watchdog, uses Halloween to demonstrate exactly […]

Phil AmmannOctober 30, 2016

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Donald Trump may have said he was scaling back on high-dollar fundraising — ending with a Las Vegas luncheon held last week — but it didn’t mean he wasn’t quite done raising money. The Republican nominee, joined by Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus and former ambassador Mel Sembler, among others, returns to Florida for a breakfast […]

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Charlie Crist unanimously inducted into New Democrat Coalition

Uber, Google develop app for Election Day rides

Sheldon Adelson to boost Donald Trump with $25M of ads in campaign final days

George Soros Democratic support extends to down-ballot Central Florida races

Jacksonville Bold for 11.04.16 – We are all jumbo now

Jacksonville Bold for 11.01.16 — Optical Illusion

A real fright for Halloween: Florida tax rules on candy, treats

Despite end of formal fundraising, Donald Trump to hold breakfast event at Doral Wednesday