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James CallFebruary 6, 2015

Patricia Nelson demonstrated during 25 hours of negotiations over a 35-hour period she means business. The director of the state Office of Compassionate Use concluded negotiations for a regulatory structure for a medicinal marijuana industry saying she would submit a proposed rule as quickly as possible. She made the statement around 7:00 p.m. Thursday. It […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

If and when former Olympic hero turned reality TV personality Bruce Jenner does make his transition to becoming transgender, she would become the most famous personality in America to do so yet. Transgendered people in the U.S. are certainly having their moment in popular culture, what with the success of Amazon’s Transparent, which has been hailed by […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 6, 2015

If it’s too early to anoint a presidential front-runner among the Republicans, the national media are obviously treating Jeb Bush as one. Among the in-depth articles already up and running is a Boston Globe inquiry into his teenage years at the elite Phillips Academy nearly half a century ago. Another is a biting review on […]

Adam WeinsteinFebruary 6, 2015

It’s time, as Hunter Thompson might say, for an agonizing reappraisal of the media scene. And brother, it’s especially agonizing this week. Read on for the biggest heartbreaks: Brian Williams: Brian, Brian, Brian. What can one say? There’s the fog of war, and there’s making that little fish sound big, and then there’s stolen valor. The […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday urged all Floridians who are customers of Anthem to take extra measures in monitoring their credit. The company, one of the nation’s largest health care insurers, stored the Social Security numbers of 80 million customers without encrypting them. Hackers then broke into their database, the largest-ever computer breach […]

Associated PressFebruary 6, 2015

A new report says Florida has the highest number of “zombie” foreclosures, or foreclosures where the house has sat empty, of any state in the country. The report released Friday by the research firm RealtyTrac says that Florida had almost 36,000 “zombie” foreclosures at the end of January. That’s about a 35 percent decrease from […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

Jeb Bush is the front-runner for the nation’s first primary election to be held next January in New Hampshire. The WMUR Granite State Poll by the University of New Hampshire shows Bush with 17 percent support, followed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker with 12 percent, and Chris Christie, Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee are at 9 […]

Ryan RayFebruary 6, 2015

Yes, Jeb Bush gave a well-covered speech at the Detroit Economic Club about economic inequality, but he also gave Ron Fournier of National Journal something else: an unconstrained semi-soliloquy reminiscent of a dorm room bull session at Washington & Lee, in which Jeb talked animatedly about his first political love: ideas of the Right. If […]

Ryan RayFebruary 6, 2015

Yes, Jeb Bush gave a well-covered speech at the Detroit Economic Club about economic inequality, but he also gave Ron Fournier of National Journal something else: an unconstrained semi-soliloquy reminiscent of a dorm room bull session at Washington & Lee, in which Jeb talked animatedly about his first political love: ideas of the Right. If […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

Sen. Bill Nelson says that the Muslim world is now coming together to fight ISIS, in the wake of the attention given to the video showing Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive after being captured by the group. Jordan has certainly raised its efforts, promising an “earthshaking response” to his killing. That nation’s fighter jets […]

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Charlotte’s Web rule published; clock ticking on 21-day comment period

Frank Artiles bill on transgendered people getting piss-poor reviews

Martin Dyckman: Jeb Bush’s behavior in the Schiavo case is unworthy of a governor — or a president

Adam Weinstein: The worst of the week in journalism

More timely than ever, the Florida Center for Cybersecurity at USF opens

Florida leads nation in “zombie” foreclosures

Jeb Bush leads in first major poll of New Hampshire voters

The freewheelin’ Jeb Bush: the GOP’s leading contender talks it over with National Journal

The freewheelin' Jeb Bush: the GOP's leading contender talks it over with National Journal

Bill Nelson weighs in on ISIS, arming Ukraine and Baileygate