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GOP officials: Crafting national immigration policy ‘an economic imperative’

By | 01.30.12 | 1:33 pm

A panel of state and federal GOP officials who spoke at the Hispanic Leadership Network conference in Miami Friday called for a national conversation on immigration reform at the federal level.

Romney at Hispanic Leadership event: Expand immigration in the U.S., trade in Latin America

By | 01.28.12 | 11:37 am

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney told participants at the Hispanic Leadership Network conference in Miami Friday that as president he would protect and expand legal immigration that conforms to the needs of the business community.

Tea partiers fear United Nations intervention in 2012 election

By | 12.16.11 | 9:40 am

The tea party has added another item to its list of reasons to fear the United Nations: Some in the movement say the U.N. is planning to intervene in the United States’ upcoming elections.

Huntsman, Gingrich to meet for Lincoln-Douglas debate

By | 12.06.11 | 10:11 am

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman will meet former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich at a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate next Monday, focusing on foreign policy and national security.

2012 Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman (Pic by calon)

Jon Huntsman, Florida candidate?

By | 06.22.11 | 1:10 pm

After announcing his candidacy from New Jersy, former Utah governor and ambassador to China Jon Huntsman is coming to Florida tomorrow, where he will announce the opening of his national campaign headquarters in Orlando (tour details after the jump).

(Pic via Wikimedia Commons)

IMF: China will be world’s top economic superpower in five years

By | 04.25.11 | 11:51 am

China will overtake the U.S. economically in just five years, according to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts. On MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal’s Brett Arend reports that new IMF data indicate that the rise of China as the world’s No. 1 economic superpower will take place in 2016, far earlier than traditionally predicted.

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via scotttransition.com)

A concise version of Rick Scott’s governing philosophy

By | 02.23.11 | 8:45 am

Visiting another state agency on Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott followed up on a question raised earlier this week by a Department of Corrections employee, who wanted to know whether the governor would require wealthy Floridians to help reduce the state deficit.

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