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Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2016

Shortly after the midterm elections in 2014, Secretary of State Ken Detzner said at least 30 of Florida’s 67 counties might need new equipment or upgrades, though he declined to name the counties. Now his office says there has been tremendous improvement in modernizing voting equipment. “Working with supervisors of elections to help counties modernize their voting systems is one […]

Mitch PerryMay 4, 2016

Frustrated by the lack of urgency among Florida lawmakers when it comes to climate change and the increase of sea-level rise, South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard says he’d like to create a 60-foot-tall “Tower of Shame” listing those who have failed to act on the issue. “We should inscribe the name of every federal and state-level elected official […]

Mitch PerryJuly 31, 2015

For perhaps the first time this year, presidential candidates from both parties will speak to the same audience on Friday morning in Fort Lauderdale. The setting is the National Urban League’s annual meeting, taking place at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center- but the hottest politician in the U.S. Donald Trump, won’t be there. […]

Mitch PerryMay 19, 2015

Tuesday, May 19, was to be the day when undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents could begin applying for temporary deportation relief and work authorization under a new deferred action program known as DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents). It was announced by President Barack Obama in November […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 26, 2015

On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear King v. Burwell, with the fate of millions of Americans’ access to health care through the Affordable Care Act at stake. At issue is whether the law’s language allows the government to help middle-income people buy health insurance everywhere in the country — or only in states that […]

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 […]

Mitch PerryDecember 10, 2014

Last week a coalition including business groups released a proposal that would extend private health insurance to hundreds of thousands of low-income Floridians. Called “A Healthy Florida Works, it borrowed some elements from the Joe Negron sponsored bill in the Florida Senate in 2013 that would be funded though the billions of federal dollars available under […]

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State says 48 Florida counties have upgraded their voting systems in past two years

South Miami mayor wants to build ‘Tower of Shame’ for those failing to act on climate change

Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush featured speakers at National Urban League Meeting

SEIU targets local officials to pass resolutions for immigration relief today

Florida advocates warn of dire consequences if Supreme Court rules against ACA

Supreme Court’s new health law case cuts both ways

Supreme Court's new health law case cuts both ways

Push for Medicaid expansion gains steam with businesses in Florida, but not lawmakers