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Rick Scott gets Senate Budget Committee seat

Scott Powers
12/21/2018
Our State
Florida's incoming U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has grabbed a seat on the powerful SenateCommittee on the Budget for the 116th Congress. Scott, a Republican, also will be serving on three committees that currently are... Read More

Bill Nelson’s last big space bill approved by U.S. Senate

Scott Powers
12/20/2018
Our Politics
The Space Frontier Act of 2018, which has Florida's Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson as a key backer, was approved Thursday by the U.S. Senate, with provisions again extending the intended life of the Internati... Read More

Bill Nelson bids Senate adieu, vows to continue fighting

Scott Powers
12/12/2018
Our State
Florida's Democratic Sen.Bill Nelsonbid adieu to his colleagues in the U.S. Senate Wednesday afternoon but vowed to not leave public life, a pledge warmly welcomed by other senators starting with Florida's Repu... Read More

Sean Pittman: Not just felons need a second chance at voting

Guest Author
12/11/2018
Latest Opinion, Opinions
It's not just the 1.4 million convicted felons whose rights were restored by Amendment 4 that need a review on voting. Given the political turmoil in the Sunshine State during the November election, we should a... Read More

Bill Nelson’s Senate farewell to space speech urges exploration forever more

Scott Powers
12/10/2018
Our State
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In a floor speech that moved from touting science and economics to the future of human life, Florida's Democratic U.S. Senate Bill Nelson essentially said goodbye to being part of America's space policy Monday ... Read More
Richard Corcoran

Weekly roundup: More school ‘choices’ in store?

News Service Of Florida
12/08/2018
Our State
Richard Corcoran has long been an outspoken critic of the Florida Education Association, the state’s major teachers’ union. And now with Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis’ decision to back the former House speaker as th... Read More
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