Staff ReportsMarch 20, 2019
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The bill "is bad policy that would violate the Constitution," one group says.
Tag: President Donald Trump
Staff ReportsMarch 20, 2019
Scott PowersMarch 14, 2019
4min581
Florida's leaders made a bipartisan ask for $200 million. Trump offered $70 million.
Jim RosicaFebruary 7, 2019
10min441
Marijuana providers are "driving cash endlessly around in trucks."
Scott PowersOctober 9, 2018
3min328
Florida’s U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio and 13 members of Florida’s congressional delegation have formally asked the White House to declare a pre-landfall state of emergency for Florida as Hurricane Michael looms. The letter to President Donald Trump declares their “full support” for the emergency declaration sought by Gov. Rick Scott, stressing the […]
Jim RosicaOctober 8, 2018
3min902
A new poll shows “a narrow lead” for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum over his Republican counterpart, Ron DeSantis. But the poll, by the Florida Southern College Center for Polling and Policy Research, has a roughly 4½-point margin of error, and Gillum’s lead is just over 3 points. Gillum received just over 47 percent support, compared […]
Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2018
2min247
Democratic Florida House nominee Barbara Cady is releasing her first campaign video on-line Thursday, attacking incumbent Republican state Rep. Mike La Rosa and introducing herself in the House District 42 race. The 30-second video charges that La Rosa has failed to do anything to improve education, fix health care, or stand up to what the […]
Staff ReportsAugust 29, 2018
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A proposal to rename the Senate’s oldest office building for John McCain ran into resistance Tuesday from Republican senators reluctant to take away an honor already bestowed on an earlier Senate titan — and a leader of Southern senators during a tumultuous era in the nation’s history. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, looking to defuse […]
Scott PowersJuly 17, 2018
3min963
In a campaign stop for his drive to become Florida’s next U.S. senator, Republican Gov. Rick Scott sought to put daylight between himself and President Donald Trump Tuesday, saying he disagreed with him on the positions he expressed Monday in Helsinki toward Russia and its leader Vladimir Putin. Scott essentially dodged that question on Monday, condemning […]
Jacob OglesJuly 9, 2018
4min541
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio today called on President Donald Trump to stop discharges into the St. Lucie River that are planned to start tomorrow. The Miami Republican also called on the Army Corps of Engineers to re-evaluate water flows from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee River. Rubio’s request comes as algal blooms pose a fresh […]
Jim RosicaJune 21, 2018
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Tallahassee faith leaders — in oratory ranging from subdued to fiery — and others on Wednesday prayed for a permanent end to the separation of migrant families crossing the Mexico-U. S. border. Some, including pediatric cardiologist Louis St. Petery, long outspoken on children’s issues, called it “child abuse.” But many of the roughly 200 who attended […]