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Scott PowersJune 19, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham is going after state public records on what Gov. Rick Scott‘s office might have known about the immigrant child detention facility in Homestead and “any other facilities in the state.” Her public records request submitted Tuesday declares that such detention facilities have created “a moral crisis.” Graham is demanding to […]

Scott PowersJune 18, 2018

A new Quinnipiac University poll finds Republican voters strongly back the immigrant children separation issue, while every other political persuasion and demographic group in the survey oppose it. The poll, released Monday afternoon, states that Republican voters, by 55-35 percent, support the policy of President Donald Trump of prosecuting parents immediately even if it means […]

Scott PowersMay 31, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto Thursday morning blasted the federal deportation and political asylum policy to separate children from their families who have crossed the American border without documentation, calling the policy “cruel” and “deeply immoral.” Soto, joined by Democratic state Rep. John Cortes of Kissimmee at Soto’s Kissimmee congressional district office, Soto described the […]

Scott PowersFebruary 27, 2018

Democratic House District 47 candidate Anna Eskamani, an Orlando native born of Iranian immigrants, has garnered the national endorsement of the National Iranian American Council Action, her campaign announced Tuesday. Eskamani is just the second candidate the organization has endorsed this cycle, after a congressional candidate in California. NAIC Action is a political action organization related to […]

Larry GriffinDecember 15, 2016

A new bill filed by Rep. Bob Cortes would allow parents who have miscarriages to get a certificate to properly mourn their child. Dubbed the “Grieving Families Act,” the bill would allow parents of a birth that is deemed unviable and dies before 20 weeks into the pregnancy to have a certificate made for them […]

Guest AuthorJuly 6, 2016

One recent night I sat in a stadium — being eaten by mosquitoes — with my 14-year-old daughter and watched a women’s soccer game. Last summer, after saving for a year, I took my daughter to Canada two weeks for the FIFA Women’s World Cup. I walked a mile from parking to the stadium every […]

Guest AuthorNovember 30, 2015

Last month, I suffered through a miserable lunch at a local restaurant, a place where I usually dine and know the owner well. The food and service were fine, but I happened to sit near a young mother and her 1-year -old who had a healthy set of lungs. The mother was accompanied by a […]

Guest AuthorJuly 6, 2015

Monday, July 6, 2015 Dear Community Meeting Participant, I want to thank you for taking your valuable time a few days ago and joining us at Glades Central High School for my community outreach meeting. As I stated at the meeting, I am not coming in leading with solutions and best practices — I am […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 16, 2015

Welcome to another installation of “my bad luck is your source for information!” About six months ago, I reported my identity had been used by someone somewhere to file an unemployment claim. I was lucky. All it took were a handful of phone calls, a few hours and some mildly aggravating music-on-hold in order to […]

Peter SchorschJune 8, 2015

As any reader of this blog already knows, I am an unabashed fan of the work being done by Lauren Book and her organization, Lauren’s Kids. As a policy wonk, I really like what they are doing to educate people on spotting, preventing and reporting child sexual abuse. But as the father of the most […]

Tag: parents

Gwen Graham seeks Rick Scott’s records on Florida’s federal family separation facilities

Q Poll: Republicans support separating immigrant children; no other group does

Darren Soto blasts deportation child-separation policy as ‘deeply immoral’

Anna Eskamani draws backing from National Iranian American Council

Bob Cortes files ‘Grieving Families Act’ to allow certificates for miscarried children

Yolanda Hood: The sacrifices we parents make — even when we don’t understand why

Tim Bryce: Sometimes parents need a little parenting

Catherine Martinez: An open letter to Palm Beach County Superintendent Robert Avossa

Janelle Irwin: Not even kids cop a break from credit thieves

Peter Schorsch: Be shocked – and educated – by Lauren's Kids poll on sexual abuse