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Diane RobertsMay 11, 2015

No fewer than four of the 2016 Republican candidates for president claim domicile in Florida. Five, if you count Donald Trump – and the head pelt-sporting Birther would hate not to be counted. Even if he’s not really running, just promoting his new book. First there’s Jeb Bush, Miami resident, former governor, brother of the […]

Associated PressApril 22, 2015

This past August, Miami voters gave a developer permission to lease land on the city’s sparkling downtown waterfront to build a 1,000-foot, hairpin-shaped tourist tower complete with thrill rides, breathtaking observation decks, restaurants and clubs. There was one key promise: No public money would be spent on the $430 million project. Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado […]

Associated PressApril 18, 2015

Ties between Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, political allies for more than a decade, are fraying as the Republican presidential campaign picks up. In public, mentor Bush and protege Rubio have avoided criticizing each other since Rubio announced his candidacy. Vush allies, though, have started quietly spreading negative information about […]

Phil AmmannApril 18, 2015

Within days of announcing his 2016 presidential effort, Sen. Marco Rubio is already awash in campaign donations, or at least pledges of support. “Marco Rubio will have the resources necessary to run a first-class campaign,” Norman Braman told Reuters. “That’s already been determined.” A former Jeb Bush supporter, Braman is a Florida auto dealer billionaire who […]

Phil AmmannMarch 6, 2015

Jeb Bush and his blockbuster GOP fundraising effort in the run-up to a likely presidential campaign has left fellow Floridian Marco Rubio wondering whether all the donors have been tapped out. Not quite, as billionaire Miami auto tycoon Norman Braman steps up to the plate, say Ed O’Keefe and Matea Gold in The Washington Post. Braman, […]

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