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Mitch PerryJanuary 9, 2017

When Christine Roeper was about to turn 26 last year and thus no longer be eligible to stay on her parents health care insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act, she says she contacted the navigators based at USF to help her find a plan. “I definitely do need health insurance,” Roeper said on Monday at a news […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 6, 2017

President Barack Obama is taking time away from wrapping his term up to visit Jacksonville for a staffer’s wedding Saturday. He has no public events slated, and no media availability … almost as if he’d exhausted his quota of such in the Sunshine State during the presidential campaign. President Obama arrives at Jacksonville International Airport at […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 6, 2017

I have a friend who has owned a small restaurant in Tampa for decades. He voted for Donald Trump for two important reasons: Trump isn’t Hillary Clinton, and he hates Obamacare. Let me rephrase that: He doesn’t like Hillary, but he loathes Obamacare with unyielding venom. Keeping up with its requirements, he said, has been […]

Associated PressJanuary 1, 2017

For eight years, a leaderless Republican Party has rallied around its passionate opposition to President Barack Obama and an unceasing devotion to small government, free markets and fiscal discipline. No more. On the eve of his inauguration, Donald Trump is remaking the party in his image, casting aside decades of Republican orthodoxy for a murky […]

Staff ReportsDecember 31, 2016

President Barack Obama is the man most admired by Americans 2016. In a new Gallup Poll, 22 percent of respondents mentioned Obama in response to the open-ended question. Coming in second was President-elect Donald Trump at 15 percent. This marks Obama’s ninth consecutive time at the top of the most-admired list, but with a margin […]

Associated PressDecember 31, 2016

Fed up with Europe’s union across borders? Reject it. Disgusted with the U.S. political establishment? Can it. The news in 2016 was filled with battles over culture and territory that exposed divisions far deeper than many realized. But people confronting those divides repeatedly rejected the prospect of middle-ground solutions and the institutions put in place […]

Larry GriffinDecember 30, 2016

Senator Marco Rubio supports the sanctions President Barack Obama is imposing on Russia in the wake of their possible hacking of the U.S. election earlier this year. In fact, he thinks they should’ve happened sooner. The sanctions are in response to U.S. government allegations that Russian hackers meddled in the election and tried to tip it […]

Scott PowersDecember 28, 2016

Puerto Ricans and other supporters are counting down days until Jan. 20, 2017, waiting to see if President Barack Obama will heed their pleadings to release Oscar López Rivera – a federal prisoner varyingly known as a terrorist, Puerto Rican nationalist freedom fighter, dangerous criminal, political prisoner, avowed enemy of the United States, or a conscience for a […]

Associated PressDecember 26, 2016

Congressional Republicans are planning a massive overhaul of the nation’s tax system, a heavy political lift that could ultimately affect families at every income level and businesses of every size. Their goal is to simplify a complicated tax code that rewards wealthy people with smart accountants, and corporations that can easily shift profits — and […]

Associated PressDecember 21, 2016

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The turbulent U.S. election, featuring Donald Trump‘s unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, was the overwhelming pick for the top news story of 2016, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. The No. 2 story also was a dramatic upset — Britons’ vote to leave the […]

Tag: Barack Obama

Kathy Castor calls on GOP not to repeal ACA without a viable replacement

President Obama in Jacksonville Saturday, but not for the public

If Republicans have a better idea to replace Obamacare, let’s hear it

Grand Old Party? Donald Trump remaking GOP in his image

Americans say Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton most admired in 2016

Year’s top news filled with division — and no middle ground

Marco Rubio supports U.S. sanctions on Russia and condemns Vladimir Putin’s crimes

Barack Obama’s decision awaited on Oscar López Rivera – terrorist or political prisoner

GOP: Cut taxes, change brackets; but what about deficits

U.S. election voted top news story of 2016