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Spanish-language media outlets reflect on last week’s results

By | 11.10.10 | 9:18 am

Florida Republican Marco Rubio won the race for the U.S. Senate with a wide margin — one of several victories for Latino Republicans on Nov. 2.
Other winners included Republicans Susana Martinez, elected as the nation’s first Latina governor…

West’s chief of staff selection Joyce Kaufman will continue radio show from Washington

By | 11.10.10 | 7:43 am

Rep.-elect Allen West yesterday tapped WFTL afternoon radio host Joyce Kaufman as his chief of staff; she will continue her radio show from Washington, according to a statement on the station’s website.

Norman leaves Salvation Army to take on Senate duties

By | 11.09.10 | 2:15 pm

Newly elected state Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, has left a $95,000 a year job with the Salvation Army where he been employed for three decades following controversy that nearly wrecked his campaign.
Norman, R-Tampa, informed the Salvation Army he would…

Congressional Black Caucus to allow West to join

By | 11.09.10 | 1:40 pm

The Congressional Black Caucus will allow two black Republicans, Allen West of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina, to join, according to a statement made by the CBC’s chair, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.
“Should either of the two African-American…

Debate on the future of the tea party includes First Coast leader

By | 11.09.10 | 1:36 pm

The Heritage Foundation just wrapped up a panel discussion called “Where Does the Tea Party Go from Here?” Panelists included Billie Tucker, executive director of the First Coast Tea Party in Florida, Ed Morrissey from Hot Air and Byron…

West taps South Florida right-wing talk show host as chief of staff

By | 11.09.10 | 12:22 pm

Rep.-elect Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, has picked Joyce Kaufman, a South Florida radio host with a history of incendiary comments, as his chief of staff, reports the Palm Beach Post. Kaufman’s website confirms that she has accepted the post.

Scott and fellow Republicans do not agree on everything

By | 11.09.10 | 10:10 am

In 2011, Republicans will enjoy a veto-proof majority in the state legislature — simply put, they don’t need the governor’s approval.
The Miami Herald reports today that “incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, said last week that while…

West intends to join Congressional Black Caucus

By | 11.08.10 | 3:47 pm

Rep.-elect Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale — one of two black Republicans elected last week to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first African-American Republicans voted into the House since 2003 — plans to join the Congressional Black Caucus, which…

Report: Tax system in Florida favors the wealthy

By | 11.08.10 | 2:40 pm

The Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy — which studies how state fiscal and economic policy impacts low- and moderate-income individuals, families and neighborhoods, workers, and small businesses — says in a November report:

Two taxes targeted specifically to

Next CFO Atwater commits to support immigration verification program E-Verify

By | 11.08.10 | 12:19 pm

Efforts to enact E-Verify, a program that would stop the hiring of immigrants not authorized to work in Florida, will likely return in Florida’s 2011 legislative session.

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