TweetIf you had any doubts that gambling in Florida continues to expand, take a look at the latest opening: the barrel racing track and poker room set to open next month in the tiny town of Gretna.      Gretna is in one of the state’s poorest counties, Gadsden, and the North Florida community has been grateful [...]

TweetThe statement from Gov. Rick Scott: “Florida has five decades of leadership in the space industry, which makes our state the logical place for the next phase of space travel and exploration. Boeing’s choice of Florida for its Commercial Crew program headquarters is evidence Florida has the world-class facilities and workforce expertise needed for aerospace companies [...]

Tweet Winner of the week: Luis Lebron and the ACLU. The Navy vet and civil rights group persuaded a federal judge to block Florida’s new requirement of mandatory drug testing for welfare applicants, saying it may violate the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches.     Loser of the week: Marco Rubio. “Marco Rubio on national ticket could be risky [...]

Tweet   Charles and David Koch are each worth about $25bn, which makes them the fourth richest Americans. When you combine their fortunes, they are the third wealthiest people in the world. Radical libertarians who use their money to oppose government and virtually all regulation as interference with the free market, the Kochs are in [...]

Tweet Sen. Bernie Sanders assembled some of the best economic minds in the country, including a winner of the Nobel Prize, to help him develop legislation to rethink and fundamentally reform the nearly 100-year-old Federal Reserve System. Among the noted economists working with Bernie on recasting the role of the Fed will be Nobel Prize [...]

TweetLa Primera Dama Michelle Obama hizo su primer viaje de campaña a Tampa Bay el jueves pasado con la promoción de su comer sano, al tiempo que recaudando dinero de campaña y reconociendo a los simpatizantesque cambio no ocurre de la noche a la mañana.   “Un cambio real es lento y nunca sucede una [...]

Tweet First lady Michelle Obama made her first campaign trip to Tampa Bay on Thursday, promoting healthy eating, raising campaign money and acknowledging to supporters that change doesn’t happen overnight. “Real change is slow, and it never happens all at once. But if we keep showing up, if we keep fighting the good fight, if [...]

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TweetBill Clinton se trasladó el viernes a unificar a los Demócratas alrededor de mensaje del Presidente Barack Obama, arrojó su pleno apoyo detrás de los planes del Presidente para aliviar la crisis de vivienda, ayuda con préstamos estudiantiles y crear puestos de trabajo.     “Me gusta el plan de nuevos trabajos, creo que sería [...]

Tweet Bill Clinton moved on Friday to unify Democrats around President Barack Obama’s message as he threw his full support behind the president’s plans to ease the housing crisis, help with student loans, and create jobs. “I like the jobs plan, I think it would help,” Clinton said in a speech at his alma mater, Georgetown University, [...]