The Republican Party of Florida filed a late-night lawsuit in rural Highlands County to yank a Democratic ad off 11 TV stations, and told station managers that repeating a grand jury's findings is a crime. Two years after a federal judge mocked the state for the same move, they're trying it again.
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The super PAC that backed Lindsey Graham has spent millions in South Carolina's Senate race and now backs his sister, Sen. Darline Graham. Its donors include a $1 million Larry Ellison trust and two tobacco companies.
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The Republican Party of Florida filed a late-night lawsuit in rural Highlands County to yank a Democratic ad off 11 TV stations, and told station managers that repeating a grand jury's findings is a crime. Two years after a federal judge mocked the state for the same move, they're trying it again.
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An appeals court erased the Hope Florida grand jury report on Oct. 7. The money trail is still on the record: $10 million in Medicaid settlement money, $8.5 million of it to a committee run by now-Attorney General James Uthmeier. He and Sen. Ashley Moody are on the Nov. 3 ballot.
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The Republican Party of Florida filed a late-night lawsuit in rural Highlands County to yank a Democratic ad off 11 TV stations, and told station managers that repeating a grand jury's findings is a crime. Two years after a federal judge mocked the state for the same move, they're trying it again.
Sen. Ashley Moody voted against the ACA credits 440,000 Floridians lost, declined to debate and has yet to answer Hope Florida's questions. Here are the two records side by side, and why Angie Nixon is the choice for Florida.
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The governor can strike single items from Florida’s budget. This year’s veto list cut nearly $810 million, and overrides remain uncommon.
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