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The ASR Group, the Florida-based company that is owned by Florida Crystals and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, has pushed back hard against the allegations made against them, calling the allegations made in a recently-file lawsuit claiming, "absolutely false."
With election season just around the corner, many candidacies such as Rep. Crist's (D-FL) gubernatorial bid have surprised many. However, there is a new outsider, CEO Brian Clowdus, that is running for the District 6 seat. Although Clowdus is an Alabama native, he considers Florida to be his second home. With little to no background […]
A number of environmental groups are now calling on the Governor to issue a state of emergency for communities that are impacted by the growing toxic outbreak.
On Monday, the Treasury Department announced that it would be releasing $350 billion to state and local governments as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.
After a wave of bad press, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) made one of his first public appearances since his sex trafficking allegations made headlines, where he confronted the deep state and refused to be silenced. Gaetz took the stage in the Villages, Florida, and told an excited group of people that CNN, "Propoganized my life, […]
With a wave of legislation in the country to enforce election integrity, the Americal Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), just launched a lawsuit against the state of Florida over SB 1890. The suit was filed for, "unconstitutionally abridges First Amendment freedoms of speech and associations by limiting contributions to committees sponsoring statewide ballot initiatives." The ACLU […]
Over the weekend, the NRA caught tons of heat over their Mother's Day post that promoted gun use for moms, as well as being accused of "using children as props." The recent advertisement campaign featured a mother and her daughter touting guns with the caption, "On top of the other millions of jobs moms have," […]
Over the weekend, the former Governor of Florida made his first campaign stop in Miami, speaking to Cuban American Democrats at Tropical Park.
After HB 1475, the controversial transgender athlete bill made its way to Governor Ron DeSantis' desk and was signed into law, the measure has made national headlines and even got the attention of President Biden (D), who has threatened to "confront " the legislation. Since its passing, the President and his DOJ have made clear […]
After a historically embarrassing jobs report, Florida Democrats are still endorsing the American Jobs Plan after Biden's April jobs report fell short of expectations by hundreds of thousands of jobs. The United States still added 266,000 jobs in the month of April, which is good, except economists were expecting nearly 1 million. The unemployment rate […]
Moments after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law the controversial SB 90 election integrity Senate bill, Florida Democrats unleashed a wave of sharp criticisms and attacks over the popular governor's decision of only allowing Fox News to cover the event and for shutting the rest of the media out, including The Floridian.
In a recent letter directed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the Florida lawmaker accused the social media company of being "complicit in illegal border crossings through ads on its site."
With Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) expressing his disappointment in a recent interview with Fox News, Rep. Donalds is echoing in his remarks, adding that “the Biden Admin is deceiving the people into thinking their crisis on the border has been resolved.”
Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D), who has hinted that she might be seeking a statewide run, called the GOP “shameful” for focusing on “partisan politics and retaining power than they do about American democracy.”
Florida’s environmental community, largely bankrolled by the left-leaning Everglades Foundation, revealed its true political agenda attacking Gov. Ron DeSantis following his approval of several bills passed by Florida’s Republican Legislature.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D) is now accusing DeSantis of using Fox News as a “state run” press.
The first Democratic primary gubernatorial poll in the 2022 Florida governor's race has been released and the data is very sobering. While Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) continues to see a wide path to victory, the Democratic Primary could turn out to be quite the blood bath, and maybe all for nothing.
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has just signed one of the most controversial bills to be sent to his desk from the GOP-led legislature during the 2021 legislative session —the SB 90voter integrity bill.
