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Mitch PerryOctober 16, 2017

Starting this week, the Department of Homeland Security will collect and store all social-media handles, aliases, associated identifiable information and search results in the permanent files of all immigrants. The new policy will include new immigrants, permanent residents and naturalized citizens. The regulation — or Modified Privacy Act System of Records — also will encompass “publicly available […]

Drew WilsonOctober 16, 2017

September campaign finance numbers show Republican state Sen. Denise Grimsley continuing to outpace her competition in the race to take over for Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam in 2018. Grimsley added $51,869 to her campaign account last month, and tacked on another $27,500 through her committee, Saving Florida’s Heartland. The Sebring Republican has now passed […]

Associated PressOctober 16, 2017

Florida communities cleaning up and making repairs after Hurricane Irma may expect the U.S. government to reimburse their costs, but an analysis by The Associated Press shows the Federal Emergency Management Agency make take years to pay those bills — if it pays up at all. Dozens of requests for reimbursement from FEMA are still […]

Peter SchorschOctober 16, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott’s Let’s Get to Work committee added $75,000 in contributions last month after showing just $1,000 raised in August. The committee supported Scott’s successful re-election campaign for governor and could be back in action soon as a pot of money backing his probable campaign to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson next year. […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 16, 2017

Could industrial hemp be Florida’s next big crop? Maybe. But it’s going to take two years to find out. Florida citrus is a crop plagued by citrus greening and recently battered by Hurricane Irma. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released 2017 Florida orange production forecasts last Thursday; it was bleak, and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam hinted […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerOctober 15, 2017

The state is asking a Leon County circuit judge to dismiss a case alleging the state has failed to match $460 million in private donations to universities and state colleges that were made under Florida’s matching-gift laws. University of Florida graduates and Florida State University donors filed separate class-action lawsuits, which were consolidated, seeking to […]

Associated PressOctober 15, 2017

President Donald Trump‘s decision to end a provision of the Affordable Care Act that was benefiting roughly 6 million Americans helps fulfill a campaign promise, but it also risks harming some of the very people who helped him win the presidency. Nearly 70 percent of those benefiting from the so-called cost-sharing subsidies live in states […]

Staff ReportsOctober 15, 2017

Commissioner Roger Goodell, along with the head of the NFL Players Association, will meet with the owners from Oct. 17-18 in New York where the issue of player protests during the U.S. national anthem is expected to command much attention. “(Goodell) has a plan that he is going to present to owners about how to […]

Peter SchorschOctober 15, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King said he plans spend the next month rolling out policy proposals detailing how his administration would improve Florida’s job market and economy if elected next year. “Too many people are stuck in low-paying jobs, and they’re not moving up the ladder,” King said in a video. “So we’ve got to […]

Associated PressOctober 15, 2017

Thousands of Puerto Rican children displaced by Hurricane Maria are expected to enroll in Florida and other U.S. public schools this year. Most of the island’s 1,112 public schools are closed due to hurricane damage, and schools throughout Florida are preparing for the possibility that thousands of new students will come, the Orlando Sentinel reported. […]

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Buccaneers QB Teddy Bridgewater. Image via AP.

Vern Buchanan pleased Homeland Security starting to track immigrants on social media

Denise Grimsley top fundraiser last month in Ag Commissioner race

3 appeals for hurricane aid pending in Florida since 2004

Rick Scott’s political committee added $75K in September

On heels of citrus crisis, Florida talks hemp

State tries to scuttle matching-gift case

States that elected Donald Trump, including Florida, most affected by his health care decision

NFL not seeking mandate for players to stand during anthem

Chris King to roll out jobs and economic policy this month

Florida expects hundreds of displaced Puerto Rican students