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Gabrielle Russon is an award-winning journalist based in Orlando. She covered the business of theme parks for the Orlando Sentinel. Her previous newspaper stops include the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Toledo Blade, Kalamazoo Gazette and Elkhart Truth as well as an internship covering the nation’s capital for the Chicago T

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floridapolitics.com > archives > 819218-ashley-moody-declines-first-debate-with-angie-nixon

Ashley Moody takes a hard pass on first debate with Angie Nixon

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (453+ words) U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody has turned down the first of three offers to debate Democratic opponent Angie Nixon. And the Plant City Republican signaled she may never share the stage with her opponent. Action News Jax announced the incumbent declined to…...

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floridapolitics.com > archives > 818659-ron-desantis-limited-government

Ron DeSantis says GOP message for young voters must be rooted in limited government, not 'warmed over socialism"

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (572+ words) The future of the national GOP is rooted in “bold colors,” not “pale pastels,” according to a former and perhaps future presidential candidate from the Free State of Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis says Republicans need to counter-message Democratic socialism by…...

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floridapolitics.com > archives > 816409-aaa-projects-busy-and-more-expensive-labor-day-weekend-travel-2

AAA projects busy — and more expensive — Labor Day Weekend travel

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (352+ words) Traveling this Labor Day weekend is costing Floridians more than it did a year ago. AAA Auto Club Group of Florida says this weekend is packed no matter how travelers get where they’re going. Planes, cars and cruise ships are…...

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floridapolitics.com > archives > 818455-tampa-weighs-100m-south-howard-flood-project-as-residents-businesses-remain-divided

Tampa weighs $100M South Howard flood project as residents, businesses remain divided

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1246+ words) Kevin Rodgers, his wife and their two young children evacuated ahead of Hurricane Milton. When they returned, they found 2 feet of rainwater inside their first home. Rebuilding took months and cost the family about $90,000 out of pocket, Rodgers told the…...

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floridapolitics.com > archives > 818322-nazi-salutes-flags-at-kia-center-cause-disturbance-in-orlando

Nazi salutes, flags at Kia Center cause disturbance in Orlando

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (423+ words) A Central Florida Holocaust museum and public leaders are speaking out against an incident Saturday in Orlando’s Kia Center where a kickboxer made a Nazi salute and some in the crowd raised a swastika banner. The fighter who made the…...

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floridapolitics.com > archives > 816682-jared-moskowitz-named-ranking-democrat-on-house-middle-east-subcommittee

Jared Moskowitz named Ranking Democrat on House Middle East Subcommittee

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (298+ words) U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz now serves as the top Democrat on the House subcommittee tackling foreign policy in the Middle East. U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the full House Foreign Affairs Committee, just announced key assignments…...

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floridapolitics.com > archives > 815928-stick-to-jobs-jared-moskowitz-rebukes-rick-scotts-hasan-piker-smear

Stick to 'jobs': Jared Moskowitz rebukes Rick Scott's Hasan Piker smear

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (460+ words) Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz is setting the record straight after Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott tried to associate the moderate South Florida Congressman with socialist influencer Hasan Piker. “I think the (former) Governor should stick to talking about jobs,” Moskowitz said…...

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floridapolitics.com > archives > 815714-shelby-doyle-in-florida-back-to-school-season-deserves-an-orientation-for-parents-too

Shelby Doyle: In Florida, back-to-school season deserves an orientation for parents, too

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (384+ words) The success of school choice doesn’t depend only on families having options. It depends on families using those options to create better futures for their children. More than 54 million students will head back to school this Fall, filling classrooms, buses,…...

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floridapolitics.com > archives > 814382-nearly-1-5-million-floridians-have-voted-in-advance-of-tuesdays-primary-elections

Nearly 1.5 million Floridians have voted in advance of Tuesday’s primary elections

4+ week, 15+ hour ago   (229+ words) As of 2 p.m. Friday, more than 1.47 million Floridians had cast ballots, either at an early voting location or by mail, for the primary elections. More than 950,000 vote-by-mail ballots were yet to be returned, a decrease of about 50,000 the same hour Thursday....

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floridapolitics.com > archives > 814027-byron-donalds-says-two-faced-james-fishback-plays-to-the-algorithm

Byron Donalds says two-faced James Fishback 'plays to the algorithm"

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (235+ words) Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds doesn’t take Primary opponent James Fishback seriously as a competitor, as the Naples Congressman points out Fishback is polling in the “single digits.” But Donalds has plenty to say about Fishback’s strategy of trying to…...