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Sources: Commissioner Francis Suarez to abandon Miami mayoral race 27 Aug 2013 | 02:31 am
@ChuckRabin Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez will pull out of the race for mayor on Tuesday, after a series of miscues by staffers set the fledgling campaign on its heels, sources said Monday. Suar...
Smith seeks changes to SYG law 27 Aug 2013 | 01:46 am
For the second year in a row, Senate Democratic Leader Chris Smith will try to amend Florida's controversial Stand Your Ground law. Smith's proposal, SB 122, would prevent individuals from initiating...
PolitiFact Florida looks at pro-marijuana ad 26 Aug 2013 | 10:48 pm
Just as fans were filing into the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a big television screen by the entrance displayed a pro-pot ad with the headline "A new beer?" The ad, ...
Homestead mayor under investigation gets pink slip from nonprofit 26 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
@ben_brasch Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman has been fired. Not from his mayoral office, the one that pays a modest $6,000 a year. He has been dumped from the one that paid him the real money — $125 ...
For Common Core, a new challenge -- from the left 26 Aug 2013 | 06:58 pm
Conventional wisdom held that liberals and teachers supported the new Common Core curriculum standards. Until the Badass Teachers Association crashed the party. The 25,000 BATs, as they call themsel...
Goodwill Industries uses federal exemption to pay workers below minimum wage 26 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
@Doug_Hanks On the factory floor at Goodwill Industries of South Florida, cerebral palsy doesn’t stop Donnie Williams from stitching one button hole after another into the military trousers the Miami...
Context Florida launches 26 Aug 2013 | 04:07 am
From Saint Petersblog: Launching online today is Context Florida, a statewide opinion network focused on Florida politics and public affairs. The non-profit project is the brainchild of Peter Schorsc...
From possible juggernaut to punchline of joke, Florida Democrats struggle 25 Aug 2013 | 11:42 pm
@MarcACaputo With a 500,000 edge in registered voters and a victory by President Barack Obama’s well-organized campaign in the state, the Florida Democratic Party had all the makings of a possible po...
Miami mayoral candidate: I did not consider dropping out over absentee-ballot investigation 25 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am
@PatriciaMazzei Miami mayoral candidate Francis Suarez said a state investigation into his campaign for unlawfully submitting absentee-ballot requests online did not make him consider dropping out of...
Hialeah allows video-game maquinitas to remain despite new Florida law 24 Aug 2013 | 03:59 am
@kikeflor @joeflech Hialeah is permitting the operation of video gambling machines in stores, even though a state law declared them illegal four months ago, city police said Thursday. "We have chang...
