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Scott PowersMay 30, 2017

Most of Florida’s members of Congress in hot seats for 2018 elections are off to hot starts in raising money for their re-election campaigns. Democratic U.S. Reps. Charlie Crist and Stephanie Murphy and Republicans Carlos Curbelo and Brian Mast already have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars each just this year, with Crist, of St. Petersburg, […]

Scott PowersMay 29, 2017

The next SpaceX launch, of a Falcon 9 rocket to send cargo to the International Space Station, has been set for a 5:55 p.m. launch on Thursday from Kennedy Space Center. The mission would be SpaceX’s 11th commercial resupply effort to the space station. The Dragon spacecraft will be carrying almost 6,000 pounds of science […]

Scott PowersMay 26, 2017

State Rep. Rene Plasencia, a former public school teacher, was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott as one of the state’s board members on the Southern Regional Education Board, a 16-state compact. “I am a firm believer we need to start reducing some of the high-stakes testing that we offer,” Plasencia told POLITICO Florida. “I want […]

Scott PowersMay 25, 2017

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Florida lawmakers led by U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and U.S. Reps. Alcee Hastings and Mario Diaz-Balart are trying again to give the Army Corps of Engineers the authority to go forward with Everglades restoration projects without having to have Congress sign off on each one. The ‘‘Everglades for the Next Generation Act,’’ was filed as […]

Scott PowersMay 25, 2017

Florida’s U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson have co-introduced a bill to add 10 new federal judge benches to the Sunshine State. The Republican and Democrat are co-sponsoring the Florida Federal Judicial Relief Act to add three new judge positions in Florida’s Northern District, six in the Middle District, and one in the Southern District. The […]

Scott PowersMay 24, 2017

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy wants to make sure that if a president or any other high official in the administration casually passes along classified intelligence to a country the United States is not happy with, he’ll have to tell Congress about it. Murphy, from Winter Park, announced Wednesday afternoon she has introduced the Prevention […]

Scott PowersMay 23, 2017

A new congressional caucus has been formed aimed at millennials with two Floridians, Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Kendall, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, among the leaders. Curbelo and Democratic U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona will be co-chairs of the newly-announced “Future Caucus,” and Murphy and Republican U.S. Rep. […]

Scott PowersMay 23, 2017

Florida’s Democratic congressional caucus reacted Tuesday to President Donald Trump‘s proposed 2018 budget with a shower of outrage over cuts to Amtrak, environmental programs, food stamps, student loans, disability funding, infrastructure grants, food stamps, and Medicare, while one Republican responded: “Don’t worry, we’ve got this.” “The president’s cruel and inhumane budget should be dead on […]

Scott PowersMay 23, 2017

The crisis of heroin and other opioids that is pounding Orlando, every part of Florida and every part of America might not be any easier to solve than it is to blame, as panelists from Orange County’s Heroin Task Force blamed doctors, middle schoolers and dealers. It’s a crisis that is causing three to five […]

Scott PowersMay 23, 2017

Call him former state Rep. Eric Eisnaugle now. The Republican from Windermere announced his resignation would come on the last day of Florida’s Legislative Session to accept an appointment to Florida’s 5th District Court of Appeals, but delayed the actual departure until late last week. With his now official resignation — spelled out in a […]

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Fundraising machines churning for several Florida Congress members in hot seats

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch set for Thursday evening

Rene Plasencia appointed to Southern Regional Education Board

Federal Everglades bills would give Army Corps advance authority to proceed

Florida’s U.S. senators seeking 10 new federal judges

Shhhh! Stephanie Murphy seeks to stop presidential leaks to enemies

Carlos Curbelo, Stephanie Murphy to lead congressional ‘Future Caucus’

‘Morally repugnant,’ ‘cruel,’ ‘obscene,’ ‘inhumane,’ ‘heartless:” Democrats react to Donald Trump budget

Opioids epidemic crisis blamed on careless doctors, unsupervised children

Eric Eisnaugle makes House departure official