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Guest AuthorAugust 6, 2015

Whether you love him or hate him (I don’t think there’s an in-between), you have to admit Donald Trump has established his personal brand and fortune throughout the years by being extremely brash, creative, and smart: all with a very flippant attitude. Whether you like him or not, you have to admit that first in […]

Bill PrescottAugust 5, 2015

Whether you love him or hate him (I don’t think there’s an in-between), you have to admit Donald Trump has established his personal brand and fortune throughout the years by being extremely brash, creative, and smart: all with a very flippant attitude. Whether you like him or not, you have to admit that first in […]

Peter SchorschJuly 28, 2015

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has already raised more than $12 million for his White House bid. Outside groups aligned with Rubio have raised twice that. In other words, there’s little doubt that Rubio’s White House bid has the financial resources to last (at least) until Florida’s March 15 presidential primary. And yet … How soon […]

Guest AuthorJuly 27, 2015

Florida’s nine national parks are suffering, needing about $190 million in crucial maintenance left unfunded and neglected at the end of the last fiscal year, the National Park Service reports. Everglades National Park ended the past fiscal year with $58.8 million in unmet needs while Dry Tortugas National Park’s unfunded maintenance totaled $56.8 million, according […]

Guest AuthorJuly 26, 2015

Florida’s nine national parks are suffering, needing about $190 million in crucial maintenance left unfunded and neglected at the end of the last fiscal year, the National Park Service reports. Everglades National Park ended the past fiscal year with $58.8 million in unmet needs while Dry Tortugas National Park’s unfunded maintenance totaled $56.8 million, according […]

Melissa RossJuly 14, 2015

Republican North Florida U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security and a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has blasted out a scathing email in response to President Barack Obama‘s announcement of a nuclear agreement with Iran. “This Iran deal gives Ayatollah Khamenei exactly what he wants: billions of […]

Associated PressJuly 9, 2015

Jeb Bush raised $11.4 million for his presidential campaign in the 16 days between the announcement of his White House bid and the end of June. Bush is one of the newer announced candidates for president. But the Republican former governor of Florida spent the first six months of the year raising money for a […]

Associated PressJuly 8, 2015

Marco Rubio is campaigning for president on the promise of a better future and on his powerful personal story about the American Dream. As he treks across Iowa this week, however, he often leaves unmentioned a record of accomplishment that is thin next to that of some rivals, thanks to his youth if nothing else. […]

Phil AmmannJune 28, 2015

Seven young Floridians have been selected for the 2015 White House Internship Program. On Friday, the White House announced the 76 college students who will participate this year. The new interns from Florida are Mae Bowen, from Lynn Haven and attends Emory University; Peter Campbell from Miami and attends Florida International University; Khari Fischer-Pratt from Tallahassee and […]

Mitch PerryApril 21, 2015

President Barack Obama is scheduled to host congressional leaders of both parties at the White House Tuesday to cheer on a recently passed bill that makes reforms to Medicare. The bill eliminated Congress’s two-decade-old Medicare payment problems known as the “doc fix,” and has been hailed as a rare form of bipartisanship in Washington. “If this bill had […]

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Steven Kurlander: Donald Trump “phenomenon” defines new age of American ShockReality politics

Steven Kurlander: Donald Trump “phenomenon” defines new age of American ShockReality politics

Peter Schorsch: Marco Rubio’s favorite son mantle wearing thin

Joseph H. Carter: Sheer neglect threatens Florida’s national parks

Joseph H. Carter: Sheer neglect threatens Florida’s national parks

Email insights: Ron DeSantis calls Iran deal “a gift to the Ayatollah”

Jeb Bush 2016 campaign says it raised $11.4 million in 16 days

Marco Rubio inspires, yet experience question lingers

Seven Florida students named to White House internship program

Kathy Castor, Tampa health officials hail “doc fix” Medicare bill