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Marco Rubio lost every Florida county except his home Miami-Dade

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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio failed to convince voters outside his home county of Miami-Dade that he was a good Republican choice for president. With late but still incomplete returns, Florida’s junior senator was losing every county in Florida to Donald Trump except Miami-Dade. And he was finishing third in at least 26 counties, including most of the Panhandle, behind Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. And long before all the votes were counted, Rubio suspended his national campaign.…

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Florida reports 1st case of sexually transmitted Zika virus

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Florida health officials say they’ve confirmed the first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus in the state. Secretary of Health Dr. John Armstrong‘s office announced Wednesday that two new cases of Zika had been confirmed in Polk County. Officials say one instance was travel-related and, in the other case, the virus was sexually transmitted from an individual who had been traveling outside the country. Zika is mainly transmitted through bites from the mosquito species that also spreads dengue and chikungunya.…

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Miami-Dade’s needle exchange pilot project advances in House

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A bill that would authorize the University of Miami and its affiliates to establish a sterile needle and syringe exchange pilot program in Miami-Dade County has advanced in the Florida House of Representatives. The Disease Prevention Act (HB 81) is being sponsored by Sunrise Democrat Katie Edwards. It passed the House Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday, and now moves to the House floor. The bill has been floated in the Legislature for a number of years, and found success in the Senate,…

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Holly Raschein draws Democrat in HD 120, but not much challenge

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Rep. Holly Raschein drew a Democratic opponent in her re-election campaign for House District 120, though the Key Largo Republican shouldn’t have too much trouble vaulting the competition to secure her third term. Retired schoolteacher Artie Leichner filed for the seat in mid-November, and brought in a single $100 check during his first two weeks in the race. Raschein, who has held the seat since 2012, has about $97,000 in on-hand cash, including $6,800 in November contributions. A large fundraising…

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Miami-Dade to get new Uber carpool service

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Uber is taking the next big step in trying to break Miami-Dade’s growing traffic congestion. On Thursday, the San Francisco-based ride-sharing tech company launches uberPOOL, a next-generation carpool service that matches passengers going in the same direction, while allowing them to split the cost of the ride. Ryan Graves, Uber’s Senior Vice President and Head of Global Operations, says that Miami-Dade will be one of the “handful of U.S. communities” to test market uberPOOL, in an effort to “impact riders, drivers…

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Meet Brian Goldmeier, the fundraising powerhouse behind Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez

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Campaign finance reports for the month of October were due Tuesday; one such report that is worth taking note of is the fundraising for Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Gimenez. Gimenez, who is up for re-election in 2016 and formally announced his campaign Oct. 1, posted an eye-popping $1.2 million for the month, between his campaign and political committee (almost $800,000 of which came to the campaign by way of checks under $1000). That figure is in addition to the nearly…

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Fuel fraud probe leads to pot growhouse, cockfighting ring

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Police investigating a fuel fraud operation say they wound up uncovering a marijuana growhouse and an illegal cockfighting ring involving the same suspects. Miami-Dade police said Thursday that three to five people will be charged with fraud, marijuana cultivation, animal cruelty and cockfighting. The suspects’ names were not immediately released. It all started when officers investigating the fuel fraud served arrest warrants at three locations southwest of Miami. Det. Alvaro Zabaleta says officers at one location seized 25 marijuana plants…

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