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Phil AmmannFebruary 6, 2015

A handful of U.S. senators are asking two federal agencies to investigate Verizon’s use of so-called supercookies that track cellphone users’ habits. In letters to the Federal Trade and Federal Communications commissions today, the lawmakers said the company’s use of supercookies warrants a thorough examination by both agencies. Among the lawmakers is U.S. Sen. Bill […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 29, 2015

Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater said on Wednesday that the Florida should get back in the business of regulating health insurance rates. “I think we do need to take ownership,” Atwater said at the Associated Press Planning Session when asked if the health insurance rates should be regulated at the state level. The Florida Legislature […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 27, 2015

I am proud to represent the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast in Washington. Having been born and raised in Key Largo, I am also proud to be the first conch in Congress. The Keys are where I caught my first fish, where I rowed my first kayak, and where, on an Outward Bound expedition, I […]

Patrick MurphyJanuary 26, 2015

I am proud to represent the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast in Washington. Having been born and raised in Key Largo, I am also proud to be the first conch in Congress. The Keys are where I caught my first fish, where I rowed my first kayak, and where, on an Outward Bound expedition, I […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 22, 2015

I was both encouraged and disappointed as I followed the recent U.S. House of Representatives’ vote on the Keystone XL Pipeline, which will carry 830,000 barrels of oil per day into Gulf of Mexico refineries from Canada. Not only did the measure pass the House, it was heartening to see two Florida Democratic congressional members […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 20, 2015

It wasn’t that long ago — 2010 perhaps? — when I still eagerly anticipated watching the State of the Union address from Washington. But no mas. In January of 2010, my first year writing for Creative Loafing, the editors thought it would be cool for me to “live-blog” the event. And it was sort of […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 19, 2015

Bill Nelson says he hasn’t read the 28 redacted pages of a Senate report on 9/11 that his former colleague Bob Graham wants to be released, but says he doesn’t need to read them to know that the Saudi Arabian government and their Middle Eastern brethren are “quite duplicitous” when it comes to how they […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 19, 2015

Bill Nelson says he hasn’t read the 28 redacted pages of a Senate report on 9/11 that his former colleague Bob Graham wants to be released, but says he doesn’t need to read them to know that the Saudi Arabian government and their Middle Eastern brethren are “quite duplicitous” when it comes to how they […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 16, 2015

Days after the members of the Florida Cabinet — Attorney General Pam Bondi, CFO Jeff Atwater, and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam — voted to appoint longtime Florida Department of Law Enforcement veteran Richard Swearingen to replace Gerald Bailey as commissioner, questions remain about why Gov. Rick Scott forced Bailey to resign last month. The controversy […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 13, 2015

President Obama today unveiled plans to revive a controversial 2011 cybersecurity bill designed to encourage the private sector to share threat and vulnerability information. The legislation would give legal protections for companies that disclose threat intelligence to the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, which would then provide that information to […]

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Lawmakers call on feds to investigate use of supercookies

Jeff Atwater says Florida should regulate health insurance rates again

Patrick Murphy: Keeping Florida’s waters protected

Patrick Murphy: Keeping Florida’s waters protected

Nicolas Gutierrez: It's time to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline

Mitch Perry Report for 1.20.15 — And now for the most disappointing night in American politics

Bill Nelson calls Saudi government 'duplicitous'

Bill Nelson calls Saudi government ‘duplicitous’

In Tampa, Democrats call for an investigation into the firing of Gerald Bailey

Bill Nelson proposes consumer data protections