Life and politics from the Sunshine State's best city

Category archive

2017 - page 40

Report: Top Ron DeSantis contributes $500K to state political committee

in 2017 by

A top supporter of Rep. Ron DeSantis has contributed $500,000 to a state-level political committee that could be used to help fund a gubernatorial bid. POLITICO Florida reported that Frederick Sontag contributed $500,000 to Fund for Florida’s Future, a state level political committee, on May 5. The committee, which was required to report all contributions it received in May by Monday, received $535,000 in contributions last month. Sontag is the founder of Spring Bay Companies, a Ponte Vedra Beach private…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Gwen Graham releases climate change, environmental policy statement

in 2017 by

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham has released a three-part policy statement on dealing with climate change and Florida’s environment, starting with having Florida pursuing compliance with the Paris Accords, something her two Democratic rivals also have endorsed. The policy statement also calls for Florida, if she is elected governor in 2018, to ban fracking and oppose any expansions in off-shore oil drilling, and to invest in a clean-energy economy, starting with solar energy. The trio of positions are not new…

Keep Reading

Cuba hardliners, U.S. defenders battle over new Donald Trump policy

in 2017/Top Headlines by

Cuba’s best friends in the U.S. used to be a smattering of Washington policy wonks and leftists who sent donated school buses and computers to the communist-led island. Five months into the Trump administration, Cuba has a new set of American defenders: a coalition of high-tech firms, farming interests, travel companies and young Cuban-Americans thrown into action by the looming announcement of a new Cuba policy. On the opposite side, hardline members of Miami’s Cuban exile community who suddenly have…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Joe Henderson: When U.S. plays the bully, other nations just take their money elsewhere

in 2017/Statewide by

Cuba enjoyed a record year for tourism in 2016 when more than 4 million people found their way to that island nation. That was a 13 percent increase from the year before, much of it attributable to relaxed travel rules between Cuba and the United States. That might change if President Trump, as expected, rolls back many of the liberalized policy changes from then-President Barack Obama toward Cuba. If that happens, consider it a nod from Trump to Marco Rubio, Florida’s junior U.S.…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Did Republican state and national leaders mail in Pulse appearances?

in 2017/Top Headlines by

In one of the more biting moments in the 1997 film “Good Will Hunting,” mathematician Gerald Lambeau, played by Stellan Skarsgård, apologizes to his old friend, psychologist Sean Maguire, played by Robin Williams, for having missed the funeral of Sean’s wife. “I got your card,” Sean snapped, not at all disguising his anger. Did we just see state and national Republicans mail in [or tweet in] their condolences and best wishes for Orlando’s one-year observation of the Pulse mass-murder that…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Jeff Sessions to face sharp questions on Russia contacts

in 2017/Top Headlines by

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is preparing for sharp questions from his former Senate colleagues about his role in the firing of James Comey, his Russian contacts during the campaign and his decision to recuse himself from an investigation into possible ties between Moscow and associates of President Donald Trump. The public testimony Tuesday before the Senate intelligence committee should yield Sessions’ most extensive comments to date on questions that have dogged his entire tenure as attorney general and that led…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Those who know her best: All 5 Republican members of Hillsborough Commission endorse Ashley Moody for Attorney General

in 2017/Top Headlines by

Former Hillsborough County judge Ashley Moody just kicked off her campaign for Attorney General and is already building support amongst those who know her best – Republicans from her home county. On Tuesday, Moody announced that all five Republican members of the Hillsborough County Commission – Stacy White, Sandy Murman, Al Higginbotham, Ken Hagan and Victor Crist – are backing her campaign. “As a native of Hillsborough County it is incredibly humbling to have such overwhelming support from our County Commissioners,” Moody said of the joint endorsement.…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

1 … 38 39 40 41 42 … 560
Go to Top