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Staff ReportsSeptember 28, 2018

After historic Thursday, GOP set to move forward on Kavanaugh Thursday was one of the biggest days on Capitol Hill in a generation. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that featured Dr. Christine Blasey Ford accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault 36 years ago was even more explosive than many imagined. The […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 25, 2018

If Rosenstein leaves, what next? It was difficult to imagine that anything could divert the media’s, if not the entire country’s, laser focus on the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Friday’s New York Times bombshell about Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein offering to wear a wire to gain sufficient material on President Donald Trump to invoke the 25th Amendment did […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 21, 2018

Supreme Court may again influence national elections The continuing intensity surrounding the she-said-he-said drama involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has continued unabated throughout the week. The lingering question was whether the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual assault more than three decades ago would speak with the Senate Judiciary Committee. Christine Blasey Ford had until 10 a.m. Friday […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 18, 2018

Nelson would be happier than most with Kavanaugh delay Senate Republicans hoping the Judiciary Committee would hunker down and vote out the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, now realize they have one more desperate roadblock to sidestep. With a name now attached to the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct more than 30 years ago, […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 14, 2018

Hurricane politics now a way of life Among many lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina 13 years ago is that politics are a big part of natural disasters. Rightly or wrongly, depending on one’s view, then-President George W. Bush took a big hit on his approval rating based on how he was perceived to have handled preparations and […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 11, 2018

Community service a legacy of 9/11 Everyone old enough remembers what they were doing on a Tuesday morning 17 years ago today when two airliners flew into the World Trade Center, another into the Pentagon, while a fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. President George W. Bush was in Sarasota reading to school children at Emma E. […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 9, 2018

Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott today unveiled his 10-point “Make Washington Work” agenda as he kicked off a bus tour in Panama City. Included in Scott’s plan? Term limits on lawmakers, an end to pay raises and rules barring lawmakers from taking on jobs as lobbyists for decade after their time in office ends. As […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 9, 2018

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Following action by multiple banks to close Agriculture Commissioner candidate Nikki Fried’s campaign accounts, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist will file federal legislation to address conflict between federal and state marijuana laws. Crist and Fried, both Democrats, will hold a joint press call Monday to discuss the “urgent need to reform medical marijuana advocacy at the […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 7, 2018

Kavanaugh on clear path to confirmation without Nelson’s vote This week, the seemingly unflappable Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sat before Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committee, who threw everything they had at him from a limited arsenal of weapons. Before the hearings even began, Democrats held a conference call and discussed, among other things, staging a mass […]

Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy is launching a pair of internet videos, one in Spanish, one in English, touting her personal story of an immigrant pursuing the American dream and saying she’s fighting for others to have the same fair shot. Murphy, the first-term congresswoman from Winter Park, came to America with her family after […]

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Rick Scott unveils ‘Make Washington Work’ plan in Panama City

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Stephanie Murphy ad touts immigrants’ shot at the American dream