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Rep. Frederica Wilson (D) insists that the “government has to be opened,” believes that the border issue and the government shut down are two separate issues that “have absolutely nothing to do with each other.”
TALLAHASSEE --- For the first time in eight years, the Florida Cabinet has a Democratic member, who already intends to make waves when the revamped panel meets for the first time Friday. Gov. Ron DeSantis and the three Cabinet members, who were sworn into office Tuesday, are expected to have a discussion Friday about the […]
The chief judge of the 1st District Court of Appeal appeared skeptical Tuesday of a decision by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to block a Broward County landowner from drilling an exploratory oil well in the Everglades. A three-judge panel of the appellate court heard arguments in an appeal by Kanter Real Estate, LLC, […]
Considering that moderate Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins are not considered shoe-in votes for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Marco Rubio’s 2016 re-election is that much more important.
The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments March 6 in a dispute about whether a controversial 2017 change to the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law should apply to older cases. The 2017 change shifted a key burden of proof in “stand your ground” cases --- a shift that can play a role in determining […]
One of the architects of Florida’s medical-marijuana laws anticipates a “new day in Florida” on marijuana issues after Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis takes over Tuesday as the state’s chief executive.
Mast’s congressional district is ‘ground zero’ for the toxic algae blooms, so taking charge to clean up water ways is not only beneficial for his constituents, but for his re-election efforts.
TALLAHASSEE --- Ron DeSantis will be Florida’s youngest governor in more than a century when he takes office on Tuesday. DeSantis, a former congressman from Ponte Vedra Beach, turned 40 about two weeks after he won the Aug. 28 Republican primary. He will be the youngest governor on Inauguration Day since Park Trammell took the […]
TALLAHASSEE --- Attorneys for a transgender inmate and the Florida Department of Corrections are battling in a federal appeals court about whether the state’s treatment of the inmate violated her constitutional rights. The Department of Corrections took the case to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in September after U.S. District Judge Mark Walker […]
After a lot of internal party turmoil and questioning of leadership, the House Democratic Caucus has voted in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.
TALLAHASSEE --- “Personal and system failures” culminated in the mass shooting that left 14 students and three faculty members dead and 17 people wounded at a Broward County high school, according to a report by a state panel that spent months investigating the Valentine’s Day massacre. The report, unanimously approved Wednesday by the Marjory Stoneman […]
Congressional Democrats are days away from taking over control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Florida Congressman Ted Deutch (D) is already running up the stairs of the Capitol and jubilantly jumping up and down, as if he was the anti-NRA congressional Rocky Balboa. In a recent tweet, Deutch asserts that the National Rifle […]
When Governor-elect Ron DeSantis (R) was campaigning to be Florida’s next governor, the former U.S. Congressman stated on several occasions, that he would remove or suspend embattled Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel for his department’s response to the Marjorie Stoneman Douglass High School shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead.
The 116th Congress will usher in a couple of new milestones, one of those is swearing in the first Equadorian-American and first South American-born migrant to its ranks.
TALLAHASSEE --- Minimum-wage workers will get a pay raise, businesses will get a break on insurance bills and a few new laws will take effect Tuesday as 2019 begins in Florida. Minimum-wage workers will start earning $8.46 an hour Tuesday, up from $8.25 an hour in 2018 --- and more than a dollar above the […]
TALLAHASSEE --- Gulf Power, the largest electric utility in Northwest Florida, starts 2019 with a new owner. NextEra Energy Inc., the parent company of Florida Power & Light, announced early Tuesday that it has finished an earlier-announced deal to purchase Gulf Power from the Atlanta-based Southern Company. The deal expands NextEra’s already-large footprint in Florida […]
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and all its flaws, continues to a focal point of contention for both political parties going into the new year.
Governor-elect Ron DeSantis campaigned on redirecting 80 percent of the total allocated education dollars “into the classroom.” His decision to reappoint Florida Lottery Secretary Jim Poppell seems to make his goal to operate the lottery system both “transparently and efficiently” an achievable objective. DeSantis has also handpicked Florida’s new education commissioner, Richard Corcoran, to implement […]
