Anne GeggisJuly 11, 2022
5min0
The Democratic Senate Leader is facing her first ballot challenge in the Primary.
Tag: mother
Anne GeggisJuly 11, 2022
Associated PressApril 12, 2020
3min412
Add assault on a law enforcement officer and others to original charges.
Scott PowersOctober 30, 2018
2min464
New Republican Political Action Committee is launching its latest attack ad charging that Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is getting confused and does nothing but raise taxes and cut Medicare, this time with those words coming out of the mouth of a grandmother during a three-generation breakfast. The 30-second spot “Generations” launches today in a […]
Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2018
4min442
Democratic Florida House candidate Anna Eskamani is launching a social-media campaign video telling the story of her mother, an Iranian immigrant who pursued the American dream and laid the foundation for her daughter’s values, before dying young. The two-minute, 11-second video, “My Mother’s Name Is Nasrin” is produced to be both inspiring and heartbreaking, while […]
Danny McAuliffeFebruary 28, 2018
6min260
When several amendments were filed on gun bills ahead of their hearings in the House and Senate budget committees on Tuesday, the mother of a teacher killed in the Parkland shooting said she felt misled by the Legislature. Linda Beigel Schulman’s son Scott Beigel was among the 17 killed by 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz on Feb. […]
Jim RosicaJuly 20, 2016
4min932
Marlena Woods said she stole food from a Jacksonville Wal-Mart only because “she and her four children were homeless and living in the woods, and she (needed) to feed her children and herself.” But an appellate court panel on Wednesday nonetheless upheld her 18-month prison sentence for the shoplifting charge. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court […]
Guest AuthorJune 7, 201511min244
This column is a bit different than the normal output from me. It is not politically based or policy based. It is not about ethics and standards or any of the number of things I feel compelled to address in this most excellent venue for the exchange of information. This week I write about the […]
Phil AmmannMay 8, 2015
4min218
Everyone has one, and few can deny that the most cherished figure in a person’s life is their mother. Bill Day’s latest observes Mother’s Day, a holiday honoring maternity in all of its forms — especially our own Mother Earth, mother to us all. Held in the U.S. on Sunday, Mother’s Day is a holiday with a history […]