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• The Romney tax-attack pushback against Obama-era 'sclerosis'

  President Obama travels Thursday to Orlando where he’ll challenge Mitt Romney on what’s normally considered Republican ideological turf: debt and taxes.

  Obama got considerable help — and new stump speech material — on Wednesday from a new study by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center that showed those earning more than $1 [...]

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• IRS steps up probe of Miccosukee Tribe over gambling profits

  The Internal Revenue Service has escalated its investigation into the Miccosukee Indians’ finances, demanding that the West Miami-Dade tribe hand over a mountain of internal records showing millions in allegedly unreported payments from its gambling profits to tribal members.

  The IRS’ sweeping new action, which the Miccosukees are trying to stop [...]

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• Little-known Miami-Dade commission candidate wants to 'legislate in Spanish'

  Carlos E. Muñoz Fontanills, one of three candidates challenging Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro on the Aug. 14 ballot, wants voters to know that, if he gets elected, he plans to speak from the county dais in Spanish.

  And it's not the first time he's run in part on that platform.

  In 1996, [...]

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• Would Mack back Weldon? His campaign won't say

  Asked if U.S. Rep. Connie Mack would support Dr. Dave Weldon in the off-chance of an upset in the GOP U.S. Senate primary, Mack campaign spokesman David James wouldn't bite.
  
  "I would expect that under direction of your boss and Bill Nelson's Communications Director, Adam Smith, that these types [...]

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• Why is Sen. Bill Nelson reminding us of who he is?

  Sen. Bill Nelson released his first campaign ad of the political season called "40 years." An alternate name might be: "Remember me?"

  The ad, well produced and hitting all the centrist notes he likes to stress, is almost on par with an introductory ad from a political unknown, which is odd [...]

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• Rubio proposes Olympic tax loophole

  It's doubtful that, say, Michael Phelps needs a tax break, but Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced Wednesday he was introducing the Olympic Tax Elimination Act, which would exempt U.S. Olympic medal winners from paying taxes on their medals. 

  His office notes that Olympians who win medals also receive honorariums: cash [...]

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• PPP: Florida Senate race tightening, Nelson 45%-Mack 43%

  From Public Policy Polling

  PPP's newest look at the Florida Senate race finds that the bombardment of negative advertising against Bill Nelson is taking a toll. Only 35% of voters approve of him now to 40% who disapprove, and in a hypothetical contest with Connie Mack IV he leads just 45-43.

  This [...]

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• Belittled state pension fund shows investment returns dip in 2012

  The Florida State Board of Administration, the investment manager of the state's multi-billion dollar pension fund, announced Wednesday that earnings have stalled for the state-run account that holds the retirement earnings of thousands of state and local government workers.

  After two years in which the fund has had back-to-back earnings of 14 [...]

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• Tracking lobbyist money in the Burgin-Lee Senate race

  In the Republican state Senate primary in Hillsborough County between Rep. Rachel Burgin and former Senate President Tom Lee, a cadre of Tallahassee lobbyists has taken sides. Lee is the candidate who has the support of Senate GOP leaders, but Burgin is also attracting some support from lobbyists. This list is not scientific, but it does provide [...]

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• Latin pop star Marc Anthony to open Obama office in Miami's Little Havana

  From a press release:

  MIAMI – Thursday, Aug. 2, multi-platinum Latin music artist Marc Anthony will join OFA-Florida to celebrate the grand opening of a new Little Havana office with local supporters and volunteers. The office will serve as a home base where volunteers for President Obama and other Democrats will [...]

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