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  First it was students and teachers.Then public employees, firefighters and policemen. Now, Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature are taking aim at Florida voters. Just last spring, Scott and this Republican legislature rammed through …

Posted: August 2, 2011 – 7:09pm  |  Updated: August 3, 2011 – 1:22am By Topher Sanders    Unnamed donors help raise $200,000 to keep 4 school programs. Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown made good on two campaign refrains Tuesday when he announced …

By KEVIN SACK Published: July 31, 2011 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When it comes to pursuing federal largess, most of the states that oppose the 2010 health care law have refused to let either principle or politics …

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: August 1st, 2011 Contact: Brannon Jordan, (850) 222-3411 Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith’s Statement In Support of Debt Agreement Last night, President Obama announced that Congressional leaders …

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: August 1st, 2011 Contact: Press Office, (850) 222-3411 Florida Democratic Party Taps Brannon Jordan As Communications Director Jordan, A Fourth Generation Floridian, Will Oversee Party Communications Operations …

  NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: July 30th, 2011 Contact: Eric Jotkoff, (850) 222-3411 Florida Democratic Party Chairman Smith: Huntsman ‘Playing a Perilous Game’ with Floridian’s Livelihoods As Jon Huntsman travels to Florida today, …

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: July 29th, 2011 Contact: Eric Jotkoff, (850) 222-3411   Florida Democratic Party Chairman Smith Blasts Pawlenty’s Doubling Down On Failed Economic Policies As Tim Pawlenty visits the …

By ERIKA BOLSTAD – Herald Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama asked Americans to reach out to Congress to make their voices heard on the debt ceiling debate — and so they did. Thousands of callers with …

  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Jesse Jackson is in central Florida urging federal officials to block Florida’s new elections bill. Jackson is making stops Tuesday in Orlando and Tampa to protest the legislation that was …

UPDATE: 11:05 AM: Adds Demings’ response WASHINGTON — The fledgling campaign of ex-Orlando police chief Val Demings got a boost Monday morning when the fundraising group EMILY’s List — which describes its mission as “electing pro-choice …