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Scott PowersDecember 17, 2018
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Democratic state Rep. Anna Eskamani declared that Richard Corcoran has “no professional background in education” in a letter to the Florida Board of Education urging it to conduct a national search before picking Florida’s next Education Commissioner. Corcoran, the pick by Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis for the job, is set to be considered by the Florida Board of […]

Danny McAuliffeJuly 10, 2018
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With the tapping of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the President is priming the high court to walk back values that transcend party lines, according to one progressive-minded organization in Florida. “President [Donald] Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court should concern every Floridian,” said Progress Florida Executive Director Mark Ferrulo on behalf […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2017
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Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson Wednesday trashed President Donald Trump‘s nomination of Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine as the next NASA administrator. Nelson, the ranking member on the Senate Commerce Committee and a former space shuttle astronaut himself, called Bridenstine divisively partisan and extreme, and scientifically unqualified to be leader of America’s space agency. […]

Scott PowersFebruary 9, 2017
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Saying that U.S. Rep. Tom Price‘s views on Medicare vouchers and eligibility would be bad for senior citizens, Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson vowed Thursday to vote against affirming his nomination to be Donald Trump‘s secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Nelson charged that Price’s support for a Medicare voucher system […]


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