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Scott PowersOctober 28, 2016

Republicans are running ahead of 2012 trends in early voting and Democrats are running behind, and that may also be reflected among voters who are newly registered or who’ve rarely voted in the past, officials of the Donald Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee said Friday morning. In a national news conference phone call Friday […]

Steve SchaleOctober 28, 2016

To: Fans of Florida From: Steve Schale, Exhausted and Disgusted Jaguars Fan Re: 11 Days Out *0 days until Gus Bradley is fired, God willing. *11 days until the election *15 days until FSU basketball tips off. Another poll showed Clinton with a three-point lead. This means that since Bloomberg declared Trump leading Florida, four […]

Steve SchaleOctober 27, 2016

To: Fellow Data Nerds From: Steve Schale, #FloridaMan Re: Day Three of Early Voting *12 days until the election *16 days until FSU basketball tips off. Before we dive into the data, can I have a side conversation with the reporters reading this? Now, I get it, the national race for president is over, and […]

Scott PowersOctober 27, 2016

A new report released Thursday by Florida CHAIN contends the Affordable Care Act has helped increase the ranks of Florida children with health care coverage by 36 percent since 2013. The report, by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, declares the percentage of children nationally who have health insurance is now at 95.2 percent, an […]

Associated PressOctober 24, 2016

Donald Trump said he received a $17 million insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, but The Associated Press found little evidence of such large-scale damage. Two years after a series of storms, the real estate tycoon said he didn’t know how much had been spent on […]

Staff ReportsOctober 24, 2016

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Grab your checkbook, it’s last call to attend a Hillary Clinton fundraiser. Clinton is scheduled to hold her final fundraiser in Florida this week. The event is scheduled for Tuesday at the Pinecrest home of Chris Korge, a top Democratic fundraiser. “This is going to be the largest fundraising event in Florida history with your help,” […]

Associated PressOctober 23, 2016

Business owners are replacing idealists in the pot-legalization movement as the nascent marijuana industry creates a broad base of new donors, many of them entrepreneurs willing to spend to change drug policy. Unlike in the past, these supporters are not limited to a few wealthy people seeking change for personal reasons. They constitute a bigger […]

Scott PowersOctober 20, 2016

What a party bus this will be. A Democratic Party bus, filled with mayors from Florida including Orlando’s Buddy Dyer, Miami Beach’s Phillip Levine, Tampa’s Bob Buckhorn, and St. Petersburg’s Rick Kriseman, has begun a cross-state tour to campaign for Hillary Clinton. Hillary for America announced Thursday that those four and 19 other mayors and former mayors […]

Scott PowersOctober 19, 2016

Former President Bill Clinton will address the Florida Education Association’s conference in Orlando Friday and then go on a bus tour to rallies in Jacksonville, Panama City and Pensacola, the Hillary For America campaign announced Wednesday. Clinton’s two-day, four-city swing on behalf of his wife Hillary Clinton‘s Democratic presidential bid begins Monday morning with an address […]

Staff ReportsOctober 19, 2016

The Hillary Clinton campaign is beginning its closing arguments in a new ad. The Clinton campaign released a new 60-second spot Wednesday. The ad, first reported in POLITICO Playbook, is set to air in several swing states, including Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. “This is not an ordinary time and this is not an ordinary election,” […]

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RNC, Donald Trump campaign encouraged by early voting in Florida

Steve Schale: Notes on the fourth day of early voting in Florida

Steve Schale: Notes on the third day of early voting in Florida

Report: Health care coverage jumps for Florida children

Donald Trump took $17M in insurance for Mar-a-Lago damage few remember

Final fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in Florida scheduled for Tuesday

Business owners replace idealists in legal-pot movement

Buddy Dyer, Phillip Levine, Bob Buckhorn, others on Mayors for Hillary bus tour

Bill Clinton to address Florida educators, three rallies in Florida

New ad focuses on Hillary Clinton’s vision for America