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Wyman Duggan committee picks up six-figure check from Aubrey Edge ahead of potential Jax mayoral run
16+ hour, 49+ min ago (306+ words) Rep. Wyman Duggan is expected to run for Jacksonville Mayor, and he just got a big contribution from the company of a local CEO who would like to see Democrat Donna Deegan lose next year. First Coast Energy, the Jacksonville…...
Analysis shows big windfall for taxpayers who take part in new scholarship tax break
1+ day, 35+ min ago (315+ words) The American Federation for Children (AFC) is promoting the reality that hundreds of millions of Americans are eligible for tax credits for donations to scholarship funds. The AFC published a report this month that shows an estimated 121.5 million taxpayers can…...
Ron DeSantis endorsed a state Senate candidate on 9/11. It could have waited.
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (478+ words) Warning: This is a column about pearl clutching. I’m the one doing it. Like so many others, I hold Sept. 11 as a sacred day. My family is from the City. I lived in New York. I remember Sept. 12, when this…...
Trump asks Smithsonian to install George Washington statues and exhibit
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (201+ words) In late Friday night social media posts, President Donald Trump called on the Smithsonian to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president. Trump asked…...
For the US news industry, a tough summer draws to a close with McClatchy chain’s cuts
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (455+ words) “We are waist-deep in the quicksand and we are still sinking,” Carol Marbin Miller, deputy investigations editor of The Miami Herald, said in a phone interview. “Miami is the biggest city in Florida,” Marbin Miller said. “Florida is a crucial…...
Hakeem Jeffries backs David Jolly for Governor
2+ day, 14+ min ago (217+ words) Congressional Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is throwing his weight behind two former House colleagues in the race for Florida Governor and Lt. Governor, endorsing the David Jolly-Gwen Graham ticket. “I proudly and strongly support David and Gwen, am fully behind…...
'Connecting the dots': Christopher Chestnut roots family backing Byron Donalds in persecution of Andrew Gillum, FDP's treatment of Black Democrats
2+ day, 36+ min ago (724+ words) Christopher Chestnut says his mother Cynthia Chestnut’s endorsement of Republican Byron Donalds isn’t about “kickbacks,” and that he’s endorsing the Republican over Democrat David Jolly in the Governor’s race also. “We’re not the sellouts. We’re being sold out,” he said…...
Up, up, and away: Are double-digit health insurance rate increases ahead?
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (468+ words) It looks like another round of health insurance premium increases for millions of Floridians who get their insurance through the federal health care marketplaces. Twelve Affordable Care Act participating insurers submitted for rate increases in the coming year, data published…...
GoFundMe launched for Herald reporters laid off in McClatchy cuts
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (194+ words) A GoFundMe drive has been launched to support the 23 unionized journalists McClatchy laid off at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and Bradenton Herald. Miami Herald reporter Alex Harris organized the fundraiser, which says the proceeds will help her laid-off…...
'Get it done, Alex!' Ron DeSantis backs Alex Rizo in to-be-called SD 39 Special Election
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (313+ words) Rep. Alex Rizo just landed the endorsement of the man who controls when his election will happen. Term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis endorsed Rizo, a Hialeah Republican, for Senate District 39, which will be filled through a Special Election that DeSantis hasn’t…...