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U.S. District Judge Mark Walker speaking during 2016 graduation ceremonies at the Florida State University College of Law. [Florida State College of Law] Florida State College of Law
Florida judge strikes down law that placed GOP candidates first on ballots
The ruling, if it’s not overturned, means that President Donald Trump will not automatically be first on the 2020 ballot in Florida.
2 hours ago• The Buzz
Threat to impeach UF student body president is ‘completely outrageous,’ Florida Republicans say
FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2019, file photo, Donald Trump Jr. speaks before the arrival of President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) JOHN MINCHILLO | AP
University of Florida student body president Michael Murphy received a resolution for his impeachment Tuesday. Then the state’s Republican Party started an online petition and fundraiser.
4 hours ago• Florida Politics
Gov. DeSantis appeals judge’s order in Amendment 4 lawsuit
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Panama City City Hall on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. His wife Casey DeSantis is pregnant with the family's third child. He joked that the family will have to transition from "man-to-man to zone defense." (Joshua Boucher/News Herald via AP) JOSHUA BOUCHER/ THE NEWS HERALD | AP
The federal judge had ordered that 17 felons not be removed from the voter rolls before a lawsuit goes to trial next year.
5 hours ago• The Buzz
Ross Spano’s congressional campaign faces criminal investigation
Ross Spano serving in the Florida Legislature in 2017. The Dover Republicans 2018 campaign for Congress is now under federal investigation. SCOTT KEELER | Times
The House Ethics Committee revealed the Dover Republican is under federal investigation for possibly violating campaign finance law.
Yesterday• The Buzz

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  1. Florida judge strikes down law that placed GOP candidates first on ballots
    2 hours ago• The Buzz
    U.S. District Judge Mark Walker speaking during 2016 graduation ceremonies at the Florida State University College of Law. [Florida State College of Law] Florida State College of Law
    The ruling, if it’s not overturned, means that President Donald Trump will not automatically be first on the 2020 ballot in Florida.
  2. Threat to impeach UF student body president is ‘completely outrageous,’ Florida Republicans say
    4 hours ago• Florida Politics
    FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2019, file photo, Donald Trump Jr. speaks before the arrival of President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) JOHN MINCHILLO | AP
    University of Florida student body president Michael Murphy received a resolution for his impeachment Tuesday. Then the state’s Republican Party started an online petition and fundraiser.
  3. They didn’t have cows but claimed ‘grazing losses.’ Now they’ve been indicted.
    4 hours ago• The Buzz
    The U.S. Attorney's Office in Pensacola.
    Prosecutors say Farm Service Agency director Duane E. Crawson, 43, of Bonifay, led a conspiracy to get his friends, family members and acquaintances to recruit others to submit false applications for...
  4. Gov. DeSantis appeals judge’s order in Amendment 4 lawsuit
    5 hours ago• The Buzz
    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Panama City City Hall on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. His wife Casey DeSantis is pregnant with the family's third child. He joked that the family will have to transition from "man-to-man to zone defense." (Joshua Boucher/News Herald via AP) JOSHUA BOUCHER/ THE NEWS HERALD | AP
    The federal judge had ordered that 17 felons not be removed from the voter rolls before a lawsuit goes to trial next year.
  5. Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    In this Nov. 12, 2019 file photo, Roger Stone, a longtime Republican provocateur and former confidant of President Donald Trump, waits in line at the federal court in Washington. MANUEL BALCE CENETA | AP
    Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was found guilty Friday of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary...
  6. PolitiFact: What else is Congress doing besides impeachment hearings?
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    The Capitol is seen in Washington on. Impeachment hearings for President Donald Trump come at the very time that Capitol Hill usually tends to its mound of unfinished business. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE | AP
  7. Trump’s South Florida resort to host GOP winter meeting
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    This March 7, 2016, file photo shows the Trump National Doral clubhouse in Doral. WILFREDO LEE | AP
    A party spokeswoman confirmed to the Miami Herald Thursday that the annual event, to be held over several days in late January, will take place at Trump National Doral Miami, located near Miami...
  8. Ross Spano’s congressional campaign faces criminal investigation
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Ross Spano serving in the Florida Legislature in 2017. The Dover Republicans 2018 campaign for Congress is now under federal investigation. SCOTT KEELER | Times
    The House Ethics Committee revealed the Dover Republican is under federal investigation for possibly violating campaign finance law.
  9. After another shooting, Parkland-inspired group rallies in empty Florida Capitol
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Student activists with the March For Our Lives group, founded after the Feb. 2018 Parkland shooting, hold a banner that promotes their new "peace plan" to prevent gun violence, while demonstrating in the rotunda of the state capitol building in Tallahassee. Emily L. Mahoney | Times
    The 18-year-old student director of March for Our Lives Florida said school shootings are so common they are “not shocking” anymore.
  10. Gov. DeSantis rolls out new teacher bonus proposal
    Yesterday• Gradebook
    Gov. Ron DeSantis greets local officials at Dunedin High School on Oct. 7, 2019, part of a swing around the state to announce his plan to boost starting teacher pay in Florida to $47,500. He revealed a related teacher bonus plan on Nov. 14 in Vero Beach. MEGAN REEVES | Tampa Bay Times
    The new plan would replace the controversial Best and Brightest model that DeSantis had called confusing.
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