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Martin DyckmanFebruary 9, 2015

Glenn Terrell, a Florida Supreme Court justice for 41 years, kept a thick file with such titles as “God, the Original Segregationist,” “The Bible Answers the Race Question,” and “God Gave the Law of Segregation (as well as the 10 Commandments) to Moses on Mount Sinai.” Upon voting to keep a black man out of […]

Associated PressFebruary 4, 2015

The Supreme Court is taking another look at President Barack Obama’s health care law, and this time it’s not just the White House that should be worried. Republican lawmakers and governors, too, will feel the backlash if the court invalidates insurance subsidies worth billions of dollars to people in more than 30 states. Obama’s law […]

Associated PressFebruary 4, 2015

The Supreme Court is taking another look at President Barack Obama’s health care law, and this time it’s not just the White House that should be worried. Republican lawmakers and governors, too, will feel the backlash if the court invalidates insurance subsidies worth billions of dollars to people in more than 30 states. Obama’s law […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 2, 2015

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential 2016 presidential hopeful, is kicking off a book tour in early primary states with a trip to Iowa on Feb. 13. The Miami Republican says a final decision on a 2016 White House bid will happen in the coming weeks, going so far as to instruct his campaign team […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 27, 2015

Earlier this month, I took a look at where Florida fit in the pantheon of battleground states. This one is more a primer on the state heading into 2016 in terms of the keys to past Democratic and Republican wins since 2000. Like the last piece, this one aggregates data. This time I use county […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 26, 2015

President Barack Obama urged employers to “give working families a fair shot,” as part of national conversion to the “middle-class economics” he called for in last week’s State of the Union Address. He reminded us that basic necessities of economic survival for working people worldwide, including living wages, paid sick-leave days and affordable child care, […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 26, 2015

If he throws his hat into the presidential ring, Marco Rubio will run as a staunchly conservative Republican. But one of Rubio’s great advantages is something he has in common with Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. That’s the Bill Clinton of 1992 and the Barack Obama of 2008. It’s a simple as this: Marco […]

Associated PressJanuary 22, 2015

Ask Joshua Thevenin – who since last month has been a newspaper salesman, fireworks vendor and telemarketer – what he thinks about assertions the economy is roaring toward recovery and you’ll get a sigh and a shake of his head. “I don’t see it. If it is, I don’t know where,” he said. Lately, everyone […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 16, 2015

There’s an anniversary today regarding U.S. foreign policy that I’m sure nobody will bring up, and why would they? We like our anniversaries in round numbers, so maybe you’ll hear something next year on the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the 1991 Gulf War, when the United States and a coalition of allies attacked Iraq, with U.N. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 14, 2015

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Homeland Security funding bill that would cancel President Barack Obama’s deferred-action executive order allowing some four million undocumented immigrants to stay in the country without fear of deportation. “Congress made a promise to the American people in December to defund the president’s executive order on amnesty. Today […]

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Martin Dyckman: Reject bigotry and evil perpetrated in name of religion

Supreme Court's new health law case cuts both ways

Supreme Court’s new health law case cuts both ways

Marco Rubio starts book tour in Iowa, early primary states, on Feb. 13

Steven Schale: 2016 Florida outlook has bright spots for Dems and GOP

Daniel Tilson: Fighting for “middle-class economics” can put Fla. Dems back on track

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Marco Rubio’s ‘new’ advantage

Hard-hit worker wonders where economic resurgence is

Mitch Perry Report for 1.16.15 — Foreign policy priorities

David Jolly defends House vote to defund Obama immigration order