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		<title>How communities shaped by refugees became Donald Trump country</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2017 21:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Richard Rodrigue stood in the back of a banquet hall, watching his blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter mingle among her high school classmates. These teenagers speak dozens of languages, and hail from a dozen African nations. They fled brutal civil war, famine, oppressive regimes to find themselves here, at an ordinary high school pre-prom fete in this once-dying New England mill town, revived by an influx of some 7,500 immigrants over the last 16 years. Rodrigue smiled and waved at his daughter,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Communications technologies, consumer choices, could end-run taxation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Taxes that Florida and many local governments collect on phone, cable and other communication services are in steady decline for the same reasons as land-line telephones: people are finding different, better, and cheaper ways to consumer communications. An explosion in popularity of Internet video services such as Netflix and Hulu, combined with other technology and consumer choice advances, and the consequential falling telecommunication prices, are antiquating Florida&#8217;s communication services tax structure. And so the Florida House Ways and Means Committee, briefed on the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Congress seen as not likely to pass tax overhaul quickly</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After their humiliating loss on health care, Republicans in Congress could use a quick victory on a big issue. It won&#8217;t be an overhaul of the tax code. Overhauling the tax code could prove harder to accomplish than repealing and replacing Barack Obama&#8216;s health law. Congressional Republicans are divided on significant issues, especially a new tax on imports embraced by House Speaker Paul Ryan. And the White House is sending contradicting signals on the new tax, adding to the uncertainty.&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Patrick La Pine: Make 2017 the year for depository choice</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Author]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As private citizens, most of us are trying to make the best financial decisions for our family, which starts with where we bank and who we trust with our money.  And, it stands to reason that, as taxpayers, we would want our local government entities to do the same. Yet, Florida law does not allow for credit unions to accept deposits from local government entities and, instead, only allows for local governments to bank with commercial, for-profit banks. This means&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cuba&#8217;s Fidel Castro, who defied U.S. for 50 years, dies at 90</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2016 12:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule of Cuba, has died at age 90. With a shaking voice, President Raul Castro said on state television that his older brother died at 10:29 p.m. Friday. He ended the announcement by shouting the revolutionary slogan: &#8220;Toward victory, always!&#8221; Castro&#8217;s reign over the island-nation 90 miles (145 kilometers) from Florida was marked by the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Self-assured, Tim Kaine brings a steady hand to Hillary Clinton ticket</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2016 15:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tim Kaine has an Election Day tradition when his name is on the ballot. The avid outdoorsman votes early, then goes hiking in the woods with friends and family for a few hours of calm away from the nervous last-minute energy of political campaigns. It&#8217;s a ritual that&#8217;s so far served him well: He&#8217;s never lost a race in his rise from a part-time city council member in a medium-size city to Democratic vice presidential running mate. It&#8217;s also the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uber legislation finally flames out</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Ray]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A compromise between Republican lawmakers and ride-hailing firms like Uber was on thin ice Friday afternoon as Session raced to a close, until finally, the bill hit a brick wall. Sen. David Simmons, the Senate Rules Chair, had worked on the bill (SB 1118) for months. It would have mandated minimum commercial insurance requirements for drivers with Uber and similar app-based companies, known as &#8220;transportation network companies&#8221; in Capitol-ese. The House — which favors a more Uber-friendly approach — passed its own bill (HB 509) last&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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