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SalterMitchell launches ‘Fluent in Floridian’ podcast

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Thereā€™s a new podcast on the block. SalterMitchell is launching Fluent in Floridian, a new podcast featuring state leaders talking about issues important to the people of Florida and the people who visit the Sunshine State each year. The podcast will tackle issues like economic development, environmental protection, transportation, tourism, politics and taxes. Released weekly, each episode features interviews with political leaders, influences and innovators from around the state. “News is consumed so quickly now that it’s become hard to…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

Donald Trump defends sharing ‘terrorism’ facts with Russians

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President Donald Trump defended revealing information to Russian officials, saying in a pair of tweets Tuesday that he shared “facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety” and had “the absolute right” to do so. Trump was responding to reports Monday that he revealed highly classified information to senior Russian officials during an Oval Office meeting last week, putting a source of intelligence on the Islamic State at risk. But Trump tweeted that he shared the information for “humanitarian reasons,…

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Matt Caldwell announces run for Agriculture Commissioner

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Updated 12 noon — State Rep. Matt Caldwell formally announced his candidacy forĀ Agriculture Commissioner on Monday morning, in an event that was livestreamed on hisĀ Facebook page. “I’m thrilled to kick off my campaign with all of you in my hometown,” he told the crowd atĀ Sun Harvest Citrus in Fort Myers. “Growing up, I never made grand plans to run for office … But I decided early on I could sit and shake my fist at the televisionĀ screen or I could…

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GOP leaders dismiss James Comey firing as fleeting political drama

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Chaos is President Donald Trumpā€™s style, yet as long as the Republican delivers on health care, taxes and tapping a new FBI director as solid as his Supreme Court pick, GOP leaders say everything will be just fine. While Trumpā€™s abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey roiled Washington, Republicans who attended the national committeeā€™s spring meeting outside San Diego this week defended the presidentā€™s actions and insisted that they would have little political impact on midterm elections next year.…

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Gwen Graham gets backing of Amy Mercado, Lori Berman, Barbara Watson

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham announced the endorsements of three key Democratic women lawmakers Friday afternoon. The former congresswoman has picked up the endorsements of state Reps. Amy Mercado of Orlando, Barbara Watson of Miami Gardens, and LoriĀ Berman of Lantana. Graham is campaigning against fellow Democrats Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and Winter Park affordable housing developer Chris King, striving for the 2018 primary nomination for governor. Mercado, vice chair of the House Progressive Caucus, said in a news release issued…

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Rick Scottā€™s Letā€™s Get to Work committee raised $495,000 during April

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Gov. Rick Scottā€™s Letā€™s Get to Work political committee raised $485,100 during April, with United Health Group Inc. kicking in the largest single donation of $100,000. Fundraising was down from March, when the PAC raised nearly $610,000. The committee has raised more than $56.8 million since 2014. Its best month thus far this year was January, when it raised nearly $1.7 million. The committee collected $50,000 each from Meadowbrook Inc., a communications company; and the Florida Chamber of Commerce PAC.…

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Adam Putnam: Lawmakers ‘shortchanged’ state colleges in budget

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Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said he thinks legislators ā€œshortchangedā€ state colleges and workforce development in the 2017-18 budget, a move that could put a damper on the stateā€™s ability to keep some of the best and brightest in Florida. Putnam officially launched his 2018 gubernatorial campaign Wednesday, and has been traveling the state as part of 10-day, 22-city bus tour. During his announcement speech earlier in the week and at stops along the way, Putnam has said state leaders need…

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