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Jimmy Patronis cheers on transportation improvement bill funding up to $580 B
6+ hour, 45+ min ago (364+ words) U. S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis is cheering on the preliminary approval of a congressional bill that would fund about $580 billion in transportation expenditures. The Panhandle Republican said he's encouraged by the Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development (BUILD) for America's 250th Act that…...
Gov. De Santis orders flags to half-staff for Memorial Day
9+ hour, 34+ min ago (209+ words) Gov. Ron De Santis has ordered flags lowered to half-staff across Florida in observance of Memorial Day. In a memorandum issued Friday to Brian Fienemann, the state's Director of Real Estate Development and Management, the Governor directed the flags of…...
Child Protection Faith Summit elevates Byron Donalds at summit in Washington, D. C.
10+ hour ago (359+ words) The Northwest Florida Health Network'along with the Jack Brewer Foundation held a National Child Protection Faith Summit Thursday and Florida gubernatorial candidate and U. S. Rep. Byron Donalds was featured prominently. The event was held at the Museum of the Bible in…...
Democrats push back on arts funding cuts during Orlando Fringe, budget talks
10+ hour, 47+ min ago (824+ words) A group of Orange County Democrats rallied against cuts to statewide arts funding during the Orlando Fringe Festival. Rep. Anna Eskamani, Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith and U. S. Rep. Maxwell Frost spoke at a panel called "The State of Arts in F…...
Ashley Moody hails military service on floating Navy museum in downtown Jacksonville
12+ hour, 2+ min ago (333+ words) A U. S. Navy museum in Jacksonville got a visit from U. S. Sen. Ashley Moody Saturday as part of events marking Memorial Day Weekend. Moody was the keynote speaker on deck of the U. S. S. Orleck Naval Museum in downtown Jacksonville. The retired naval vessel…...
Suspect dead after opening fire near White House security checkpoint, Secret Service says
13+ hour, 20+ min ago (568+ words) A man who opened fire Saturday near a White House security checkpoint is dead after being shot by officers who returned fire, the U. S. Secret Service said. It was the third incidence of gunfire in the vicinity of President'Donald Trump'in the…...
Winner and Loser of the Week in Florida politics " Week of 5. 17. 26
16+ hour, 13+ min ago (1787+ words) Gainesville has seen this movie before, and it didn't end well the last time. The University of Florida is again at the center of a brewing institutional crisis, this one centered in part on the school's decision to name former…...
Who did he handpick? : Jay Collins flustered as Ron De Santis questions linger
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (201+ words) Gov. Ron De Santis" unwillingness to endorse Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins to succeed him continues to dog him, including during Q&As. The Tampa Republican bristled this week when asked why the Governor has stayed neutral and not gotten fully…...
This chaos needs to end: Yet another shooting in Presidents proximity rattles Republicans
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (312+ words) President'Donald Trump was at the White House Saturday when a shooting was near enough to require a temporary lockdown, though it reportedly was outside the White House perimeter. And even though details about motive and suspects are still largely unknown,…...
Law enforcement authorities are responding to reports of shots fired near White House
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (144+ words) Law enforcement authorities are responding to shots that were fired near the White House grounds, FBI Director Kash Patel said. Journalists working there Saturday reported hearing a series of gunshots and were told to seek shelter inside the press briefing…...