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Mitch PerryApril 6, 2017

When Congressional Republicans last month attempted to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, they heard from several GOP governors, who warned them not to go ahead with a plan to cut more than $800 billion from Medicaid, saying it would have a deleterious effect on voters. Now, with new polling indicating that Medicaid has […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2017

Those in Florida’s Congressional District 5 who seek face time with Rep. Al Lawson will be in luck this month, should they be in Jacksonville, Tallahassee, or Quincy. Rep. Lawson, a first-term Democrat, has three town halls slated for April. Jacksonville Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Florida State College at Jacksonville Downtown […]

Scott PowersMarch 24, 2017

As U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was gathering his conference and then announcing the failure of the Republican health care plan, many Florida Democrats were swiftly calling for bipartisan work to improve the Affordable Care Act instead. Republicans who opposed the bill also responded swiftly, calling for a better bill to be crafted, […]

Scott PowersMarch 24, 2017

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has pulled together a bipartisan group of Florida congressmen to sign a letter urging the administration of President Donald Trump to not permit off-shore oil near Florida’s Gulf Coast. In a letter sent Friday to U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Nelson and 16 members of Florida’s congressional delegation urged the […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 22, 2017

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Al Lawson made his feelings known on the GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. Spoiler: the Democrat from Florida’s 5th Congressional District stands in opposition, calling the Republican proposal “smoke and mirrors” in a Wednesday op-ed for the Tallahassee Democrat. Lawson’s editorial distilled familiar Democratic talking points: “Tax breaks to the wealthiest […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 21, 2017

The Eureka Garden complex has been a focus of politicians in the last couple of years, with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Sen. Marco Rubio, Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis, and Rep. Al Lawson all demanding rehab of the facility and reform of the HUD process. A new management group, which is looking to buy the property, promised changes. That group promised […]

Scott PowersMarch 21, 2017

Democratic U.S. Reps. Al Lawson and Darren Soto sent a letter to President Donald Trump Tuesday morning urging him to exempt the Social Security Administration from the federal hiring freeze. “On the campaign trail, you promised to not cut Social Security—particularly the benefits for our seniors. However, a hiring freeze does indirectly cut those benefits, […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 1, 2017

Jacksonville’s two-man Congressional delegation, Reps. Al Lawson and John Rutherford, messaged to their respective bases in the wake of Tuesday night’s Presidential address to Congress. Democrat Lawson excoriated President Donald Trump as a “leader who is alienating Americans instead of bringing people together” and someone who delivers a “bunch of broken promises.” “Forty days after his inauguration, we […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 21, 2017

The Arlington area of Jacksonville has seen better days, and the enclave of mid-century apartment buildings on Justina Road is no exception. That’s where Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry went on Tuesday afternoon, on one of his regular neighborhood walks in areas that have localized challenges. “There’s a lot of people that come to my office on any […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 21, 2017

U.S. Representative Al Lawson may have had good intentions when choosing to spend the first part of an off week in Jacksonville. But intentions are one thing. And delivery is another. Lawson’s itinerary, arrived at last week, was pretty straightforward. Among other things: the first-term Democrat from Tallahassee was to go to Eureka Garden on Tuesday […]

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Al Lawson plans Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Quincy town halls

Florida Congress members react to GOP health care plan defeat

Bill Nelson, bipartisan Florida Congress members urge drilling ban in Gulf

Al Lawson: GOP health care plan ‘smoke and mirrors’

Failed Eureka Garden HUD inspection: whose fault is it?

Al Lawson, Darren Soto urge hirings not be frozen at Social Security Administration

Al Lawson, John Rutherford diverge on Presidential address to Congress

Arlington residents express crime concerns to Lenny Curry

Schedule confusion characterizes Al Lawson in Jacksonville