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Daniel TilsonApril 14, 2015

Marco Rubio is nothing if not…ambitious. Some would say, a “climber.” Little more than midway through his first term as Florida’s junior U.S. senator, Rubio wants to move on up to the Oval Office. He made the official announcement this week at Miami’s Freedom Tower. Watching it, I remembered the last time I was in […]

Guest AuthorApril 14, 2015

With four children at home, I know a thing or two about how to have fun. That is why I started an amusement rental business. We cater to the pint-sized crowd and bring fun bounce houses to birthday parties and events across the state. Birthday parties are great memories for children but they do not […]

Melissa RossApril 14, 2015

Is Florida ready for online voting? According to an email from the state’s League of Women Voters, it should be. The Action Alert from president Deirdre Macnab states that “online voter registration took another step towards becoming a reality, with bills in the Senate and House passing through committees.” “Governor Rick Scott, however, has made […]

Melissa RossApril 13, 2015

State Rep. Charles McBurney of Jacksonville says a video making the rounds on progressive blogs has been taken out of context. McBurney is being lit up in the liberal blogosphere after seeming to cut off 10-year-old Nathaniel Gill from testifying against legislation that would allow adoption agencies to turn away same-sex parents from adopting a child by […]

Martin DyckmanApril 10, 2015

In May 1957, people across the nation were anxious over a decision that Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins was about to make in a legal controversy unlike any other. It concerned an extradition request for a fugitive couple from Massachusetts, but one that was far from routine. The charge was kidnapping, but the real issue, as […]

Martin DyckmanApril 9, 2015

In May of 1957, people across the nation were anxious over a decision that Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins was about to make in a legal controversy unlike any other. It concerned an extradition request for a fugitive couple from Massachusetts, but one that was far from routine. The charge was kidnapping, but the real issue, […]

Melissa RossApril 8, 2015

For the hundreds of thousands of visitors flocking this week to Jacksonville’s One Spark, the five-day crowdfunding festival is a glorious love-in, a happening, a blissful paean to the millennial generation’s long-awaited 21st century triumph over the city’s stodgy Old Guard. One Spark is the Change They Have Been Waiting For. Closed streets, open containers, live […]

Daniel TilsonApril 6, 2015

Looks like Gov. Rick Scott wants to “keep working” past January 2018. That’s when our next governor gets inaugurated. But that doesn’t mean the term-limited Scott wants to give us a break. Think you’ll need some Scott-free psychic space where you can look back in anger and heal the wounds his administration inflicted on you […]

Martin DyckmanApril 6, 2015

The original Religious Freedom Restoration Act – RFRA for short – was intended to protect faith-based practices from unnecessary government interference. That’s the opposite of trying to use it to justify faith-based discrimination against others. But of course irony and hypocrisy are hardly strangers to politics. Congress enacted RFRA in 1993 in response to the […]

Phil AmmannApril 6, 2015

If history is any indication, Florida could be the major player in choosing the next president. With among of the largest votes blocs in the Electoral College, Florida is poised to shake up the political map in 2016, according to the folks at Smart Politics. In 44 of 46 elections since 1832, at least one […]

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Jogger runs by Tampa Bay on Oct. 9 ahead of Milton. Image via AP.

Daniel Tilson: Back to the future with Marco Rubio

Calvin Fondeur: Child care tax credits help working families succeed

Email Insights: State League of Women Voters pushes online voter registration

Charles McBurney: Video flap over gay adoption bill taken out of context

Martin Dyckman: Will Florida Senate recognize that every child has the right to be loved?

Martin Dyckman: Will Florida Senate recognize that every child has the right to be loved?

How One Spark lays bare Florida’s political divide

Daniel Tilson: Gov. Rick Scott angling for Sen. Bill Nelson's seat in 2018

Martin Dyckman: Religious freedom isn't license to discriminate

History shows Florida could be the big electoral state to flip in 2016