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Scott PowersMarch 8, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has announced three Florida stops this week — the first public speeches of his campaign in the Sunshine State — in Miami, Kissimmee and Tampa. The U.S. Senator from Vermont, who trails Hillary Clinton in Florida polls, will speak at a Miami rally today and at Kissimmee and Tampa rallies on Thursday. […]

Melissa RossMarch 7, 2016

Activists fighting the decades-long struggle for LGBT equality in America have long been skilled at the long game. From the 1969 Stonewall riots to the 2015 nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage, this is a patient movement, one that has nudged the culture inexorably over a half-century toward greater acceptance and inclusion. To that end, the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2016

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has two rallies in Florida set for Tuesday evening. Sarasota and the Nocatee Town Center in St. Johns County will experience “Marcomentum” after a victory Sunday in the 23-delegate Puerto Rico primary. The Sarasota rally starts 5 p.m. at Dolphin Aviation Hangar at 8191 N. Tamiami Trail. Doors open at 4 p.m. […]

Melissa RossMarch 4, 2016

As top Republicans bemoan the prospect that divisions within their party could lead to a Hillary Clinton presidency, her campaign is rolling out the support of top military brass with a series of veterans and military families town halls across Florida in the run up to the March 15 primary. Brig. Gen. John Douglass, Rear […]

Melissa RossMarch 2, 2016

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Crowing that “Your Action DID help keep fracking out of Florida,” the League of Women Voters of Florida is congratulating opponents of a measure that would have expanded fracking in the state for killing the bill. “Thanks to the tens of thousands of voices of the League and other citizens of Florida, Sen. Gary Richter, (R-Naples) […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 1, 2016

Hillary Clinton has her sights set on Florida, telling a crowd Tuesday she was “so delighted to be” in Florida. “All across our country today, Democrats voted to break down barriers so we can all rise together,” she said during a Super Tuesday event in Miami. “This country belongs to all of us, not just […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 29, 2016

If you want to better understand this year’s presidential election, you should read about a campaign almost 200 years old. In 1828, Andrew Jackson became the first president of the United States who wasn’t a founding father or son of a founding father. Jackson rode a wave of anti-Washington sentiment all the way to the […]

Scott PowersFebruary 26, 2016

Trying to wrestle Florida back from Palm Beach snowbird resident Donald Trump in time for Florida’s March 15 presidential primary, Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio posted a list Friday of more than 80 current and former Florida elected officials endorsing him. It’s an impressive list because of all who are on it. It starts with old friend Lt. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 25, 2016

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Donald Trump is clobbering Marco Rubio in Florida, according to a new poll of likely Republican voters. A Quinnipiac University Poll released Thursday showed Trump has a commanding lead over Florida’s native son. The survey showed Trump led the GOP field with 44 percent of the vote, followed by Rubio with 28 percent of the […]

Melissa RossFebruary 24, 2016

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Vowing to reintroduce it “in two months,” Jacksonville City Councilman Tommy Hazouri says he’ll keep bringing back HRO legislation because it’s “simple and to the point.” “We have a human rights ordinance that covers everybody but the LGBT community, and all we’re wanting to do is include them,” he told WJCT’s First Coast Connect. “It’s […]

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Bernie Sanders sets three Florida stops: Miami, Kissimmee, Tampa

Jax Coalition for Equality keeps up the HRO pressure

Marco Rubio sets Tuesday evening rallies in Sarasota, St. Johns County

Hillary Clinton campaign to host veterans town halls across Florida

League of Women Voters of Florida exults over death of fracking bill

Hillary Clinton celebrates Super Tuesday victories in Sunshine State

Peter Schorsch: Andrew Jackson wrote this tune, Donald Trump is just singing along

Marco Rubio posts list of 80 current, former Florida officials backing him

Marco Rubio trails Donald Trump by 16 in new Florida Q-Poll

Tommy Hazouri: will reintroduce HRO “in two months,” challenges Bill Gulliford to on-air debate