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Watchdog inspector general needs to be watched, too

Palm Beach County’s inspector general, Sheryl Steckler, will be leaving her job. I wish her well. Now is the time to publicly evaluate the Office of Inspector […]

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Taxpayers pick up travel perk for lawmaker attending Florida funeral

U.S. Housemembers are barred from enjoying the once favored perk of traveling on expensive military aircraft because of sequestration cuts.But not on Thursday when there was a […]

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7-Eleven clerk fired for pulling gun on armed thief

A St. Petersburg, Fla. 7-Eleven clerk working late at night was fired for using a firearm that he was legally permitted to carry in order to diffuse […]

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Rubio backs off comprehensive immigration reform; supports piecemeal

In an appearance Friday morning on CNN, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., backed away from the comprehensive immigration reform bill he helped shape as a member of […]

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Delusional DWS thinks Obamacare’s a winner for 2014 Dems

The usionalDebbie Wasserman Schultz on Friday said the Obamacare debacle will be such a raging success that Democrats will case themselves as champions of the disaster in […]

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Top Dems attend launch party for Wasserman Shultz’s new book

Top Democrats joined with other notable progressives at a launch party this week celebrating the release of a new bo by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair […]

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Fla. unemployment department evasive about overpayments to furloughed workers

How many furloughed federal workers received unemployment assistance from the state ofFloridaas a result of the government shutdown? Who knows? TheFlorida Department of Economic Opportunity, responsible for […]

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Car insurance PIP law scores win; Atwater calls it ‘relief’ for consumers

A Florida appeals court on Wednesday halted a challenge to a law aimed at reforming the state’s car insurance system, ruling that attorneys fighting the law could […]

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‘Where is Obama?’: Allen West sickened by Alan Grayson cross burning

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., stirred up a hornet’s nest when he sent a fundraising e comparing the tea party movement to the Ku Klux Klan, and […]

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Rep. Bill Young’s widow bans Charlie Crist from memorial service

Prominent Florida and national politicians will gather to pay their respect to the late U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young at his memorial service Thursday with one noticeable […]

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Do the math, don’t wait in line to vote on election day

Much has been written about the interminable length of time voters in some counties had to wait in in the 2012 election. There will always be […]

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Voting fraud scheme sends Miami Dem congressman’s ex-aide to jail

U.S. Rep Joe Garcia’s longtime political strategist and chief of staff will be doing some jail time for organizing an on absentee ballot voting fraud scheme during […]

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