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Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 27, 2015

With a super-majority in the House and a strong majority in the senate, Florida Republicans stand a pretty good chance of getting their way during this year’s Legislative Session. But that doesn’t mean progressive Democrats aren’t still riled up with messages for lawmakers. The group Progress Florida came together in Governor Rick Scott’s first term […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 27, 2015

With a super-majority in the House and a strong majority in the senate, Florida Republicans stand a pretty good chance of getting their way during this year’s Legislative Session. But that doesn’t mean progressive Democrats aren’t still riled up with messages for lawmakers. The group Progress Florida came together in Governor Rick Scott’s first term […]

Martin DyckmanApril 30, 2014

On a flight some years ago, I sat next to a French lady who was coming to the United States to visit a daughter married to an American. She was worried about her daughter’s safety in a land so conspicuously infatuated with guns. I wonder what the lady must think of us now. Since then, […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 6, 2014

Guns. We are awash in them and words about them. Some of the latest came from Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal, which ruled that the University of North Florida could not ban students from keeping guns in their on-campus cars. The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by Florida Carry, a gun […]

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Previewing the 2015 Legislative Session with Progress Florida’s Damien Flier

Previewing the 2015 Legislative Session with Progress Florida's Damien Flier

Martin Dyckman: The phony ‘right to bear arms’ has become a national insanity

Doug Clifton: With all the slaughter, how does gun lobby continue to win?