Political scene
Miami-Dade commissioner tries to change Head Start vote
When Miami-Dade commissioners voted last month to outsource the county’s Head Start program for pre-K children, Commissioner Jean Monestime reluctantly voted yes.
2012 Legislative News
Voter's Guide
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Political scene
Portion of Miami Commission meeting takes place en español
Change for seniors can be a challenge, and their worries about a new company providing transportation services turned last week’s Miami Commission meeting into a bilingual affair. Some seniors had been told, incorrectly, that rides to nearby supermarkets would cost money, or not be available at all.
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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Tallahassee tax cuts put squeeze on cities
As the Florida Legislature pushes business-friendly tax cuts, local governments are being left with the bill, with billions of dollars slashed from their bottom lines.
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Political scene
Miami-Dade Commission takes back strip mall funding
Miami-Dade commissioners last week took back $3 million in funding they had approved last month to renovate a shopping center at Northwest 79th Street and 27th Avenue.
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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Lawmakers singling out poor or promoting self-responsibility?
Critics charge the Legislature is targeting poor people — from requiring cash welfare recipients to pass a drug test to making it harder for people to keep unemployment benefits.
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REDISTRICTING
Democrats, independents tilt Miami’s congressional districts
Democratic and independent voters have diluted GOP voting clout in 3 Miami congressional districts held by Republicans.
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Maine GOP chairman says Romney wins caucuses
Mitt Romney narrowly won Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign with a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week. But the former Massachusetts governor won just a plurality of the Maine vote, suggesting he still has work to do to unite GOP voters behind his candidacy.
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Capitol Buzz: Quiet day expected in Tallahassee
It’s a light-day at the Capitol: Both the House and the Senate are not in session, and there are no ...
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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Bill to make USF Polytechnic state’s 12th university draws debate
Lawmakers are crafting legislation to split the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida into the...
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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
House approves $69 billion state budget
Amid complaint from Democrats, the Republican-dominated state House approved a $69 billion budget. Next up:...
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REDISTRICTING
Before the ink dries on Florida’s redistricting maps, lawsuits fly
Moments after legislators take the final vote in their congressional and legislative maps, the Democratic P...
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Miami-Dade County
Group submits ballot proposal for Miami-Dade Commission term limits — as do 2 commissioners
Miami Voice filed proposed wording for a Miami-Dade charter amendment to impose term limits on county commi...
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POLITICS
Debate intensifies over requiring insurers pay for birth control
The Obama administration and top Republicans, including Sen. Marco Rubio, continued their fight over a law ...
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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Capitol Buzz: Housing and school bus ads are topics of debate
Catholics Days continues at the Capitol, culminating with Red Mass of the Holy Spirit program at 6 p.m. Not...
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Miami-Dade County
Political group starting effort to put Miami-Dade Commission term limits on ballot
Miami Voice, a political action committee, plans to file language on Thursday for a Miami-Dade charter amen...
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GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy
Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the...
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GAY ISSUES
Top Miami-area mayors to lunch with gay activists, business people
Four of the most powerful mayors in Miami-Dade County will meet Thursday for lunch with the state’s le...
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Schools sniffing around for new tax revenue
Money for buildings is a major issue for South Florida’s public school districts. In Miami-Dade, the...
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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Tallahassee tax cuts put squeeze on cities
As the Florida Legislature pushes business-friendly tax cuts, local governments are being left with the bi...
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REDISTRICTING
Democrats, independents tilt Miami’s congressional districts
Democratic and independent voters have diluted GOP voting clout in 3 Miami congressional districts held by ...
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Public education
South Florida’s crumbling schools and how they got that way
When basketball coach Cleve Roberts took a Miami Norland team to play at Miami Jackson Senior High a few ye...
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Why school buildings don’t last here
Ever wonder why the little old schoolhouse in Florida doesn’t last as long as buildings in other par...
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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Lawmakers singling out poor or promoting self-responsibility?
Critics charge the Legislature is targeting poor people — from requiring cash welfare recipients to ...
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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Bill to make USF Polytechnic state’s 12th university draws debate
Lawmakers are crafting legislation to split the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida into the...
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Capitol Buzz: Quiet day expected in Tallahassee
It’s a light-day at the Capitol: Both the House and the Senate are not in session, and there are no ...
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REDISTRICTING
Before the ink dries on Florida’s redistricting maps, lawsuits fly
Moments after legislators take the final vote in their congressional and legislative maps, the Democratic P...
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In My Opinion
Paranoia is justified on charter-school bill
In their despair, people who care deeply about public education in Florida sometimes get a little carried a...
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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
Capitol Buzz: Housing and school bus ads are topics of debate
Catholics Days continues at the Capitol, culminating with Red Mass of the Holy Spirit program at 6 p.m. Not...
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From the go, roller-coaster GOP White House race
From the start, it's been a roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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From the go, roller-coaster GOP White House race
From the start, it's been a roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Analysis: Obama pitches middle while GOP eyes base
The past week's dustup over contraception underscored President Barack Obama's early advantage in one impor...
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Obama sees sunnier political outlook, but clouds remain
President Barack Obama's long-sluggish poll numbers have inched up, the unemployment rate has dropped five ...
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Romney wins Maine caucuses straw poll
In a reprieve after his embarrassing losses last week in three states, Mitt Romney eked out a win Saturday ...
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GOP primary season is one of few clear choices
At last year's Conservative Political Action Conference, activists were chasing the idea that some dreamboa...
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At CPAC, Palin urges fellow Republicans to unite behind eventual nominee
Sarah Palin argued Saturday that the Republican presidential nominee would only be strengthened by an exten...
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Romney's good day: wins conservatives, Maine caucus
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney got a much-needed boost Saturday, winning a key symbolic vote over fo...
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Romney's good day; wins conservatives, Maine caucus
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney got a much-needed boost Saturday, winning a key symbolic vote over fo...
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