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Joe HendersonNovember 13, 2017

From the moment years ago when Republicans decided victory was worth whatever the cost to their party’s soul, Roy Moore has been lurking out there, waiting for his chance to scream “yeehaw” on the national stage. Well, he is here now, Republicans. He could still be elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama, even after […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is in Washington D.C. today making the push for a federal infrastructure grant, and a packed itinerary awaits him. The $25 million grant from the Department of Transportation would allow the city to reconfigure off ramps from the Hart Bridge onto surface streets. The push is supported by Sen. Marco Rubio, who is just […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 1, 2017

Jacksonville wants to revamp the offramps to the Hart Bridge downtown, routing regular traffic onto Bay Street and freight traffic on surface streets. October saw the City Council approve $1.5 million for a design criteria study — a prerequisite to getting a federal grant that would help the city accomplish an infrastructure process that will […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2017

Sen. Marco Rubio isn’t getting involved in the spat between Pres. Donald Trump and his GOP Senate colleagues, Bob Corker and Jeff Flake. Instead, as USA Today reported Wednesday, Rubio is standing athwart the maelstrom, which the Republican Senator positions as a larger process of “realignment” — both in the party and nationally. “The Republican Party is going through a […]

Guest AuthorOctober 25, 2017

The 2018 election cycle is already underway. By next November, big bucks will be spent on dozens of House and Senate campaigns around the country. Experts estimate more than $3 billion will be spent on political advertisements alone. If history is any indication, labor unions will be intimately involved. From 2012 to 2016, America’s unions sent nearly $765 million in member dues to the Democratic […]

Scott PowersOctober 19, 2017

The U.S. Senate has approved an amendment pushed by Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to provide a tax credit for child care in its budget resolution. Rubio has made the child care tax credit amendment a hallmark of his efforts, vowing it would provide meaningful tax relief to middle income families. The proposal essentially deducts […]

Mitch PerryOctober 18, 2017

House Speaker Richard Corcoran joined other GOP lawmakers for a meeting Wednesday with business owners in Tampa, during which he delivered a stern message to Congress: Get behind Donald Trump and his proposed tax cuts. “The time to act is now,” the Land O’Lakes Republican said at a downtown Tampa news conference. “We’re done with […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2017

Florida’s Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Friday sent a letter similar to one sent by his Democratic colleague urging more federal help for Puerto Rico, still darkened by the ravishes of Hurricane Maria more than three weeks ago. Rubio asked U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Eric Hargan to “provide a […]

Staff ReportsOctober 12, 2017

Citing “anti-Israel bias,” the U.S. State Department announced its decision to withdraw from UNESCO at the end of 2018. Sen. Marco Rubio backs the move. “As ISIS commits genocide and destroys historical and cultural heritage sites throughout the Middle East, the majority of UNESCO’s member states have chosen instead to advance a discriminatory and counterproductive anti-Israel agenda,” […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2017

In a letter to the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday cited the case of the now-infamous Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills to urge an investigation of nursing home regulation oversight. During Hurricane Irma, the facility lost power — setting into motion a chain of events that led […]

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Joe Henderson: Roy Moore and the battle for GOP’s soul

Packed D.C. schedule on Tuesday for Lenny Curry

Marco Rubio backs Jacksonville Hart Bridge project

GOP in ‘realignment,’ says Marco Rubio

Richard Berman: Florida lawmakers must support the Employee Rights Act

U.S. Senate includes Marco Rubio’s child care amendment in budget bill

Richard Corcoran: ‘We’re done with talking heads,’ Congress must OK Trump’s tax cuts

Marco Rubio joins Bill Nelson’s call for urgent attention for public health crisis in Puerto Rico

Marco Rubio lauds Pres. Trump’s decision to leave UNESCO

Marco Rubio presses Senate panel on nursing home oversight