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Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2017

Showing support for the Muslim community, Bob Buckhorn attended prayer services Friday at an east Tampa mosque. Afterward, Tampa’s mayor ripped into President Donald Trump‘s executive order banning travel into the U.S. by citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries. “This city has your back,” Buckhorn told congregants packed into the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay mosque. “I don’t care what this President did […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 3, 2017

Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Labarga is open to the idea of law schools converting at least part of their third year from being classroom-based to more experiential learning. He also wondered whether the amount of subjects tested on the bar exam can be pared down, so third-year students can pursue more hands-on experience. […]

Associated PressFebruary 3, 2017

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A judge says Florida airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago will not take medication for an undisclosed mental condition. U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom said at a scheduling hearing Friday that Santiago, of Anchorage, Alaska, is unwilling to take psychotropic drugs at a Miami detention center. Santiago is being held on a 22-count federal indictment charging […]

Associated PressFebruary 3, 2017

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The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 1:28 p.m. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will direct the Treasury secretary to review the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul. It’s Trump’s first step at scaling back regulations on financial services. Trump has called the law a “disaster” and said it failed to […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2017

Donald Trump will make his first visit to MacDill Air Force Base as President Monday. The president is spending the weekend at his luxury resort in Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach this weekend, leaving Washington Friday night and staying through Monday morning. MacDill is home to the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) and the United States Operations Command (SOCOM), often […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 3, 2017

Florida’s chief justice Friday publicly defended his decision to allow Justice James E.C. Perry to continue working on cases after his retirement. On Dec. 1, Jorge Labarga assigned Perry “senior” status for a period after his mandatory Dec. 30 retirement. News since surfaced that the Florida House of Representatives, led by Republican Speaker Richard Corcoran, was preparing a legal challenge […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2017

Tallahassee Mayor and potential 2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum says America’s kids deserve someone better than Betsy DeVos to serve as education secretary. The U.S. Senate voted early Friday to advance President Trump‘s choice at education to a final confirmation vote, expected Monday. The vote was 52-48 along party lines. Florida Democratic Senator Bill Nelson […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2017

The clash between Rick Scott and the leaders of the Florida House and Senate have dominated the front pages of several Florida newspapers this week, and Dana Young doesn’t like it one bit. “There is this angry, shrill tone coming out of Tallahassee, and I truly don’t understand why,” the GOP District 18 state Senator told a crowd of over 50 people at the Oxford […]

Associated PressFebruary 3, 2017

Betsy DeVos cleared a major hurdle in the Senate to become the next education secretary despite vigorous opposition from Democrats. Senators voted 52-48 to cut off debate at dawn Friday, setting the stage for a final confirmation vote next week on President Donald Trump‘s nominee. DeVos, a billionaire Republican donor, has faced fierce criticism from […]

Associated PressFebruary 2, 2017

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has quit President Donald Trump‘s council of business leaders, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. Kalanick wrote to his employees that he’d spoken with Trump on Thursday to “let him know that I would not be able to participate on his economic council. Joining the group was […]

Headlines

Bob Buckhorn, other mayors trying to get Donald Trump travel ban reversed

Three years of law school? Maybe not, Jorge Labarga says

Judge: Florida airport shooting suspect refusing medication

Donald Trump takes aim at Dodd-Frank financial overhaul

Donald Trump to visit MacDill AFB Monday

Jorge Labarga answers critics about James E.C. Perry’s ‘senior’ service

Andrew Gillum says he stands with Florida teachers in opposing Betsy DeVos

Dana Young decries the ‘shrill tone’ coming out of Tallahassee

Betsy DeVos clears Senate hurdle toward becoming ed secy

Uber chief quits Donald Trump business council amid boycott calls