Judge sides with House in subpoena battle

Judge sides with House in subpoena battle

Javier Manjarres
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January 22, 2018
The judge concluded with a mini-lecture for the Legislature.
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Gillum proposes higher corporate taxes for education

Gillum proposes higher corporate taxes for education

Javier Manjarres
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January 22, 2018
Gillum said the tax hike would be more than offset by a tax-cut package passed by Congress
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Bondi weighs legal fight over opioids

Bondi weighs legal fight over opioids

Javier Manjarres
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January 19, 2018
Meanwhile, House Speaker Richard Corcoran told The News Service of Florida last week that although he hasn’t researched the details, he would lean toward litigation.
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Major reservoir project could take years

Major reservoir project could take years

Javier Manjarres
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January 18, 2018
Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, last year made a top priority of passing a bill to create the reservoir. The idea is to move water south from Lake Okeechobee into the reservoir instead of releasing it into the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries in Southeast and Southwest Florida.
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Tim Canova says Wasserman Schultz should quit for the good of all

Tim Canova says Wasserman Schultz should quit for the good of all

Javier Manjarres
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January 18, 2018
Shortly after the 2016 election cycle ended, Canova started “Progress for All,” a 527 organization whose focus is to address climate change, end the war on drugs, push for fair trade, and overhaul campaign finance reform.
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Benacquisto looks to 'stem the tide of addicts'

Benacquisto looks to 'stem the tide of addicts'

Javier Manjarres
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January 17, 2018
The Senate plan also includes $6 million for substance-abuse treatment for people in the criminal justice system.
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More Orlando-based CBP agents may rotate to US-Mexico border

More Orlando-based CBP agents may rotate to US-Mexico border

Javier Manjarres
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January 17, 2018
Murphy expressed her concern with the move on her social media network, posting that she would be “pushing hard to prevent” any future rotations of airport border security personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border region.
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Windshield repair fraud targeted in Senate

Windshield repair fraud targeted in Senate

Javier Manjarres
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January 17, 2018
The Department of Financial Services reported that the number of auto glass lawsuits has increased from 397 in 2006 to 19,513 last year.
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Rubio expresses concerns over an

Rubio expresses concerns over an "anti-Israel, anti-American" and pro-Putin Cuba (Video)

Javier Manjarres
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January 17, 2018
Think about what our hemisphere would look like today if there wasn’t a Castro regime. There would be no Maduro in Venezuela and there would not be 24 Americans severely injured as a result of some sort of attack while stationed in Havana.”
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DeSantis believes Cuba should be designated State Sponsors of Terrorism

DeSantis believes Cuba should be designated State Sponsors of Terrorism

Javier Manjarres
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January 17, 2018
DeSantis also believes that regarding the confirmed sonic attacks against U.S. Embassy personnel in Havana, Cuba, the Castro government was at the very least “harboring the people that did it,”
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Republican Congressman says 'Yes' to DACA kids, 'No' to deporting their parents

Republican Congressman says 'Yes' to DACA kids, 'No' to deporting their parents

Javier Manjarres
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January 17, 2018
Yoho supports Trump’s “wall” but doesn’t believe that a fence or wall is needed to cover the entire length of the U.S. southern border with Mexico, adding that regardless of the length of the wall, the focus needs to be on absolute “border security”
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Tim Canova ready to give  Wasserman Schultz a re-election headache

Tim Canova ready to give Wasserman Schultz a re-election headache

Javier Manjarres
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January 12, 2018
Canova lost but not before taking a pound of flesh out of the ‘DWS’ political campaign by highlighting the probable
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Nelson questions Rick Scott's offshore oil drilling

Nelson questions Rick Scott's offshore oil drilling "political stunt"

Javier Manjarres
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January 12, 2018
Nelson took a page out of the Trump Twitter playbook and unleashed a barrage of tweets questioning Zinke’s “off the table,” and why the courtesy
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Trump's

Trump's "shithole countries" remark called racist, angers congressional leaders

Javier Manjarres
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January 12, 2018
While the president’s comment did not sound as presidential as Republicans would like, to say that the remark was racist seems a bit of a stretch, but that is exactly what one member of the Congressional Black Caucus said.
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Female House members will wear black to SOTU address

Female House members will wear black to SOTU address

Javier Manjarres
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January 11, 2018
The national sexual harassment pandemic first started in Hollywood when actresses called out Harvey Weinstein as being the resident pervert, accusing him of harassment, while others  accused him of sexual assault. 
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Demings says scrapping TPS would put American children at risk

Demings says scrapping TPS would put American children at risk

Javier Manjarres
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January 11, 2018
“DHS refused to take into account the fact that El Salvador is riddled with violence. The administration wants to send families with American children to a country overrun with gang violence, including the MS-13 gang.
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Florida CRC Proposal 23 is

Florida CRC Proposal 23 is "dangerously broad and vague," should be rejected

Javier Manjarres
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January 11, 2018
The proposal would provide any Floridian the ability to file suit against any public or private party if they feel their right to a “clean and healthful” environment is threatened.
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'Drug Czar' Dave Aronberg rules out congressional run against Rep. Mast

'Drug Czar' Dave Aronberg rules out congressional run against Rep. Mast

Javier Manjarres
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January 11, 2018
Aronberg points to several reasons for the drop in deaths, citing that his Sober Home Task Force and the fact that “more sober homes and drug treatment centers” coupled together have made the difference.
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