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Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2017
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Vowing to do everything he can to prevent another terrorist attack like the June 12 Pulse nightclub massacre, Gov. Rick Scott pushed for nearly $6 million to create a new counter-terrorism and law enforcement intelligence task force in Florida. “Terror, like we saw in the attack on the Pulse nightclub, is a threat to our state, […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 3, 2017
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The United States has had an embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, for over a half century. But that may change if a new bill co-sponsored by Marco Rubio and a rival from his presidential campaign gets through Congress. The Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act, filed Tuesday in the Senate and co-sponsored by Rubio, former 2016 presidential primary rival Ted […]

Scott PowersJanuary 3, 2017
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Florida’s Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has picked up a seat on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee in the 115th Congress to go along with his appointments to the foreign relations and intelligence committees while Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s remained unchanged from the previous Congress. Rubio also received a seat on the Special Committee […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 3, 2017
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Florida utilities regulator Ronald Brisé will serve another term on an advisory committee to the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler released a membership list for its Intergovernmental Advisory Committee on Dec. 29 indicating that Brisé would continue to serve as sole representative of state utility regulators through 2019. Brisé has served on Florida’s Public […]


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