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Associated PressAugust 1, 2016

The presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are heading to Florida next week. The campaign of the Republican nominee announced Saturday that Trump will hold an afternoon town hall meeting in Daytona Beach and an early evening rally in Jacksonville. Both events are scheduled for Wednesday. The campaign did not announce the exact […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 26, 2016

Support for Airbnb continues to grow. New research released Tuesday shows 67 percent of Americans said they supported a sharing economy. That support grew to 74 percent among millennials, typically people between the ages of 18 and 34 years old. That support for a sharing economy bodes well for Airbnb, which found 50 percent of […]

Associated PressJuly 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton moved closer to introducing her running mate, snatching attention from newly crowned Republican nominee Donald Trump just hours after he closed out his convention with a fiery and foreboding turn at the podium. Crews were still sweeping confetti from the GOP convention hall floor, as the Clinton campaign signaled an announcement was coming […]

Associated PressJuly 22, 2016

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has emerged as the leading contender to join the Democratic ticket as Hillary Clinton‘s running mate, according to two Democrats, who both cautioned that Clinton has not made a final decision and could yet change directions. The announcement of Clinton’s pick could come as early as Friday afternoon in Florida, a […]

Associated PressJuly 20, 2016

The parents of a toddler killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World said Wednesday that they don’t plan to sue the Florida theme park resort over the death. Matt and Melissa Graves of Omaha, Nebraska, said in a statement that they want to focus on their family’s future health. A family spokeswoman, Sara Brady, […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2016

The home-sharing tourism company Airbnb reported Tuesday morning that its service arranged for 754,000 visitors to stay in 16,100 private homes in Florida in 2015. The most popular place for the home-based lodging program was the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market, which accounted for almost half of all the private homes participating and more than half of the visitors. […]

Associated PressJuly 18, 2016

Festooned with Donald Trump‘s name and his “Make America Great Again” motto, the awnings at the three-story commercial property advertise a famous tenant. It’s vintage style for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee: a top-floor campaign office suite in an upscale shopping district, across the street from an automobile showroom of Bentleys and Aston Martins. But […]

Associated PressJuly 15, 2016

It would take almost 14 days of eyes glued to the television to watch all the feel-good Hillary Clinton ads that have aired since the general election campaign began last month. Meanwhile, anyone flipping through the channels looking for positive ads about Donald Trump would be disappointed: He hasn’t yet put up a spot appealing […]

Drew WilsonJuly 13, 2016

The Sunshine State added 14,700 private sector jobs last month, according to a new report released by payroll company ADP. The performance is slightly down from May, when Florida added 17,100 jobs and is down nearly 7,000 jobs from June 2015, when the state added 21,400 new private sector jobs. Still, Florida’s numbers bested all […]

Peter SchorschJuly 12, 2016

More than 300 candidates are running for the 160 seats in the Florida House and Senate. And, try as we will, FloridaPolitics.com won’t be able to interview them all. So we are asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are and why they […]

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Presidential campaigns heading to battleground state Florida

New survey shows 73% of Americans support Airbnb operating in their community

Hillary Clinton looks to steal Donald Trump thunder with VP pick

Tom Kaine emerges as favorite in Hillary Clinton’s VP search

Parents won’t sue Disney over son’s death by gator

Airbnb reports 16,000 Florida homes rented for 750K visitors

In Florida, a slow start for Donald Trump operation

Hillary Clinton airing thousands of positive ads while Donald Trump silent

Florida adds nearly 15K jobs in June

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