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Ted Cruz soars to 2nd place behind Donald Trump in new Iowa poll
Published on November 24, 2015 in 2017/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry
Donald Trump leads in Iowa in a Quinnipiac poll released on Tuesday, but barely — and his closest competitor is not Dr. Ben Carson, but Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Trump narrowly leads Cruz, 25-23 percent, a doubling of support for Cruz since the last Quinnipiac poll in Iowa taken last month. Carson is third with 18 percent, and Marco Rubio is fourth with 13 percent. Rand Paul is next at 5 percent, then Jeb Bush at 4 percent. Carly Fiorina…
In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson, along with 26 U.S.
Karen Giorno, a former Donald Trump campaign senior adviser and Florida campaign director, announced Friday she is a candidate to
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will be in South Florida this week reviewing damage from Hurricane Irma and getting a
Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton seek to grab leadership mantle after Paris
Published on November 20, 2015 in 2017/Top Headlines by Associated Press
In a presidential campaign that has suddenly shifted in focus to terrorism and security, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Jeb Bush both see opportunities to cast themselves as best prepared to be commander in chief in tumultuous times. In back-to-back foreign policy speeches this week, Clinton and Bush outlined blueprints for defeating the Islamic State, the extremist group blamed for last week's attacks in Paris that killed 129 and left hundreds more wounded. While some of the details differed,…
Donald Trump in Puerto Rico, lauds administration's relief effort
On the ground in Puerto Rico nearly two weeks after a hurricane ravaged the island, President Donald Trump heaped praise
Here's why Rick Baker's latest ads are so awful
How awful are mayoral candidate Rick Baker's new television ads? They're so awful that the Rick Kriseman campaign is paying
Today on Context Florida: Syrian refugee showdown, skin in the war game and it's still the economy
Published on November 20, 2015 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann
Today on Context Florida: President Obama and the GOP are headed for a high-stakes showdown on the issue of Syrian refugees, says Bob Sparks. Europe is absorbing large numbers of those refugees, but many more seemingly have nowhere to go. This country, as we usually do, pledged to help by taking some. That was before Paris. With as much humanity as we can muster, the influx must be postponed. Not cancelled, but postponed until the identities and intentions of those entering…
Nate poised to send wind, waves to Panhandle
Florida's western Panhandle, the one area of the state spared the impact of Hurricane Irma nearly a month ago, is
After spending much of the past month focused on Hurricane Irma, Gov. Rick Scott will shift Thursday to the one
Syd Kitson: Proud to be a Floridian
Storms are a fact of life for the 20-plus million that call ourselves Floridians. Mother Nature reminded us of this
Jeb Bush calls for U.S. ground forces to fight Islamic State
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday called for the U.S. to send more troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State. "This is the war of our time," the former Florida governor said at the Citadel five days after Islamic State militants attacked Paris and killed 129 people. "Radical Islamic terrorists have declared war on the western world. Their aim is our total destruction. We can't withdraw from this threat, or negotiate with it. We have but…
Today on Context Florida: Death awaits, sobering answers to ISIS threat and full college graduation
Today on Context Florida: Death happens to the best of us, and also to the worst. Florence Snyder says that the Grim Reaper is waiting, we just don't when or where. This Thanksgiving, she suggests to skip the competition for Smartest Guy in the Room and Prettiest Presentation of Green Bean Casserole and focus — really focus — on learning something we didn't know about someone who shares our holiday table. That's as close as we can come to cheating death.…
Enterprise Florida gives raises, ditches bonuses
Raises will be provided to 16 upper-level and mid-level employees of Enterprise Florida, as the state's business-recruitment agency does away
Siemens, Chromalloy joint project to bring 350 new Hillsborough jobs
Two global engineering companies, Siemens and Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation, have chosen Hillsborough County for the headquarters of a new joint
Broward nursing home expands lawsuit against state
A Broward County nursing home has expanded a lawsuit challenging moves by Gov. Rick Scott's administration that effectively shut down
Man charged with threatening Islamic center in Pinellas
Published on November 18, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Associated Press
Authorities say a man threatened to firebomb an Islamic center in Florida shortly after the terrorist attacks in Paris. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa reported in a statement that 43-year-old Martin Alan Schnitzler called the Islamic Society of Pinellas County last Friday. The release says he left a voicemail saying he was going to the center to "firebomb you and shoot whoever is there." FBI agents arrested Schnitzler on Tuesday. He was charged with making a telephonic threat to…
Philip Levine: State should identify, protect pedestrian terrorism targets
Faced with the growing worldwide trend of terrorists using vehicles to mow down pedestrians, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine is
Donald Trump in Paris: The curious case of his friend Jim
For all things Paris, President Donald Trump's go-to guy is Jim. The way Trump tells it — Jim is a
Donald Trump's assertions echo site filled with tales of dark plots
President Donald Trump's assertion that the media often fails to cover terrorist attacks is false, but he's hardly alone in
Today on Context Florida: Sympathy, solidarity and unity with France after the Paris attacks
Today on Context Florida: Martin Dyckman reminds us about "freedom fries," and how Americans expressed spite towards France after they wisely declined the opportunity to participate in George W. Bush's ego-driven war in Iraq. But in Paris on Friday, France paid a terrible price for the chaos we created when we invaded Iraq and destroyed its government with no thought of history or of the consequences beyond the premature boast, "Mission accomplished." The evil we didn't know proved to be worse…
Justin Bean again decries level of partisanship in City Council race
For the second time since the end of the primary election in the race for St. Pete's City Council District
SD 40 race could be Donald Trump test for Democrats
Florida Democrats are facing a test to see whether anti-President Donald Trump politics will give them a boost ahead of a critical election year
House candidate Lawrence McClure has not voted in a non-presidential primary election, records show
Presumably, Lawrence McClure will vote for himself in next month's Republican primary election in House District 58. If so, it