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Scott PowersJune 18, 2018

A new Quinnipiac University poll finds Republican voters strongly back the immigrant children separation issue, while every other political persuasion and demographic group in the survey oppose it. The poll, released Monday afternoon, states that Republican voters, by 55-35 percent, support the policy of President Donald Trump of prosecuting parents immediately even if it means […]

Scott PowersMay 31, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto Thursday morning blasted the federal deportation and political asylum policy to separate children from their families who have crossed the American border without documentation, calling the policy “cruel” and “deeply immoral.” Soto, joined by Democratic state Rep. John Cortes of Kissimmee at Soto’s Kissimmee congressional district office, Soto described the […]

Staff ReportsNovember 13, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott announced that he will propose $178 million to support active military, veterans and their families in Florida as part of his 2018-2019 recommended budget, according to a Monday press release. “He also announced his support for a proposal being considered by the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) to provide free tuition to the families of fallen first […]

Michael MolineFebruary 6, 2017

A Senate committee got a preview of what a coordinated statewide campaign against human trafficking might look at Monday, when a prosecutor detailed Miami’s “victim-centered” attack on the scourge. Esther Jacobo, who runs the program for State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, said prosecutors, support staff, victim specialists, and investigators within the office and other Miami-Dade […]

Marc YachtSeptember 9, 2015

There are more than 600,000 homeless people in the U.S. on any given night, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says. Most have shelter or some sort of transitional housing. More than a third live in cars, under bridges, in alleys, the woods, or in some other way unsheltered. The homeless have untreated […]

Marc YachtMay 4, 2015

U.S. families are in a funk, the country has lost its sense of humor and nobody laughs anymore. How did a nation evolve from the fun-loving ’50s and ’60s with drive-in theaters and sock hops to 50 percent-plus divorce rates and “apathetic” children? Any psychiatrist or psychologist worth his salt would describe this nation’s families […]

Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2015

Most of us have the capacity to show concern for others, but way too often it’s only when those “others” are a lot like us. It should surprise no one that a mouthy, opinionated woman like me is an avowed feminist. Oh and the LGBT movement is stocked full of gay people. Plus the Republican […]

Jac VerSteegFebruary 24, 2015

The Florida Legislature, always interested in preserving families, is working on a reform that is guaranteed to prevent some breakups. In the short run, that is. What’s the reform? The 2015 session that starts March 3 is almost certain to produce a package of alimony reforms. Alimony was a hot topic two years ago, and […]

Jac VerSteegFebruary 23, 2015

The Florida Legislature, always interested in preserving families, is working on a reform that is guaranteed to prevent some breakups. In the short run, that is. What’s the reform? The 2015 session that starts March 3 is almost certain to produce a package of alimony reforms. Alimony was a hot topic two years ago, and […]

Tag: families

Q Poll: Republicans support separating immigrant children; no other group does

Darren Soto blasts deportation child-separation policy as ‘deeply immoral’

Rick Scott wants millions for active-duty military, vets

Senate panel begins work on human trafficking problem

Dr. Marc J. Yacht: Homelessness on rise as agencies go underfunded

Marc Yacht: Microwaves, dishwashers, other contraptions turning family members into machines

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Empathy for others who really are 'others'

Jac VerSteeg: Alimony reform could prevent divorce — for a few months

Jac VerSteeg: Alimony reform could prevent divorce – for a few months