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Scott PowersJanuary 30, 2017

Three weeks into the 115th Congress, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has put targets on four Republican members of Congress from Florida: Brian Mast, Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Curbelo, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. The DCCC listed those four among 59 targeted nationally in a mid-term memo circulated to various Democratic allies. The DCCC’s rival, the National Republican Congressional […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 30, 2017

Florida will receive $111,000 in a multistate settlement over alleged one-sided use of the Social Security Administration’s death master file. Ameriprise Group, and its RiverSource Life Insurance Co. and RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York affiliates, will pay $1.5 million in all to California, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Pennsylvania, as well as to Florida. The […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 30, 2017

With about a week before the start of the 30-day period in which it’s supposed to have its first meeting, the membership of the state’s Constitution Revision Commission is still unknown. Representatives for Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran Monday said they still have not officially closed their application periods. “The President is […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2017

Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran is applauding President Donald Trump‘s executive order temporarily banning refugees from entering the United States. The Land O’Lakes Republican also wants to work with the administration to improve the transparency of the process, particularly on resettling refugees in Florida. In a letter sent Monday, Corcoran praised the president’s “bold action” on the issue, while complaining that the current relationship between […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 30, 2017

The state’s highest court set oral argument in what could be a landmark case regarding who pays whom to play old rock ‘n’ roll. The Florida Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear argument April 6 in a case pitting Flo & Eddie, two original members of the 1960s band “The Turtles,” against satellite radio operator […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2017

Sunday marked the eighth anniversary of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which gives people who experience pay discrimination more time to file a complaint. Although the bill (the first signed into law by Barack Obama) was designed to close the wage gap between males and females in the U.S., Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says that President […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 30, 2017

Florida Supreme Court Justice James E.C. Perry‘s last day as a “senior” justice will be Tuesday, according to a court order released Monday. Chief Justice Jorge Labarga signed the latest order Jan. 11, modifying his previous order of Dec. 1. Spokesman Craig Waters previously explained that the court’s “longstanding practice for many decades has been that retiring justices remain in senior […]

Associated PressJanuary 30, 2017

Trump’s temporary halt to the U.S. refugee program — the most consequential policy he’s unveiled in his presidency’s opening days — wreaked havoc at airports and sparked protests across the country. The order left Trump’s own government agencies scrambling, his Republican Party divided and allies around the world uneasy. A federal judge issued an emergency […]

Associated PressJanuary 30, 2017

Google has created a crisis fund that could raise up to $4 million for four immigrant rights organizations. Google has confirmed a USA Today report that it is funding an initial $2 million for the fund that can be matched with up to $2 million in donations from employees. The money will go toward the American Civil […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2017

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is weighing in on President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order temporarily banning refugees from mostly Muslim nations from entering the U.S., saying in a joint statement with South Carolina Republican Tim Scott that while generally supporting additional vetting, they are “uneasy about the potential impact of these measures on our military and our diplomatic personnel abroad, as well as those who put […]

Headlines

DCCC puts 2018 targets on four Florida Republican Congress members

Insurers settle multistate litigation alleging misuse of death master file

Still no word on makeup of constitution revision panel

Richard Corcoran wants to meet with Trump administration on refugee resettlement in Florida

Supreme Court orders oral argument in old rock ‘n’ roll lawsuit

Debbie Wasserman Schultz says pay wage gap in U.S. getting worse

James E.C. Perry’s “senior service” on Supreme Court to end

Donald Trump campaigned as a disrupter, begins governing by chaos

Google launches fund that could donate $4M to ACLU, others

Marco Rubio says he’s ‘uneasy’ about potential impact of Trump’s executive order on refugees