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Frankel, Murphy build warchests for first re-election campaigns
Since taking office in January, South Florida's freshmen have been working on the top priority for every new member of Congress: stockpiling campaign cash for next year's midterm congressional elections. Both U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, who represents...Tags: Politics, Patrick Murphy, Political Fundraising, Elections, Miramar
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The Miami Herald Fred Grimm column
Miami HeraldThe likes of James Tracy wouldn't have thrived before the digital age. In the old days, he would have been regarded by folks around Florida Atlantic University as a kind of private in-house embarrassment, as he slouched around the campus, fulminating...Tags: National Government, Politics, Interior Policy, Florida Atlantic University, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
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Never-ending conflict at FAU
Once known as a sleepy commuter school, Florida Atlantic University is now anything but. Its campus continues to roil as students, faculty and administrators lurch from controversy to controversy about academic instruction, stadium naming rights and now,...
Tags: Students, U.S. Army, Florida Atlantic University, Colleges and Universities, Media Industry
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Video: Congressman Patrick Murphy
Sun SentinelSheriffstv.com, a fledgling Internet venture involving former Broward Sheriff's Captain Rick Wierzbicki, has a new interview with U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy. Murphy, a Democrat who represents northern Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties, defeated... -
Gun control debate revitalizes local tea party groups
Ventura County StarA recent Tea Party Second Amendment program attracted an overflow crowd to a rear dining room at the First Street Family Restaurant in Simi Valley. A few days later, a couple of hundred people, many of them local Tea Party members, attended a "Day of...Tags: Local Elections, Sandy Hook Elementary School, National Government, Parties and Movements, Politics
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FAU grapples with threats in wake of controversies
Tensions remain on the Florida Atlantic University campus, with students, faculty and administrators each voicing concerns about safety in the aftermath of protests over a failed stadium naming deal and a "step on Jesus' assignment. FAU officials say...
Tags: Students, Politics, Florida Atlantic University, Colleges and Universities, Teachers
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Former Congressman Allen West issues warning: Don't mess with my wife
Sun SentinelFormer U.S. Rep. Allen West issued a stern warning Wednesday to protesters he said are taking things too far when it comes to his wife, Angela West, a trustee at Florida Atlantic University. Here’s what West posted Wednesday on Facebook: I...Tags: Politics, Delray Beach, Corporate Officers, Florida Atlantic University, Plantation
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Allen West may be out of office, but retreat is not his battle plan
South Florida voters removed Allen West from Congress, but loyal supporters continue to finance his political efforts, contributing a stunning $479,000 to his political action committee during the first three months of 2013. That works out to more...
Tags: Islam, Political Fundraising, Federal Election Commission, U.S. Congress, Religion and Belief
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Tea party attempting to remake itself
The tea party, facing lagging interest, is searching for a path to renewed relevance. Gone are the annual April 15 mass rallies protesting taxes and government spending. New leaders are changing priorities in Broward and Palm Beach county chapters....Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Pembroke Pines, Interior Policy, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Ex-Congressman Allen West weighs in on what's going on in Boston
Sun SentinelWhile he was in Congress, Allen West regularly warned about the threat to the U.S. from what he termed militant Islam. He hasn’t softened his message or his in-your-face style since he left office in January. Early in the week, in one of his...Tags: U.S. Congress, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islam, Religion and Belief, Times Square
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West directs leftover campaign cash to own nonprofit
The Center for Public Integrity has a new story out on former Congressman Allen West. Here's a bit of the story: Vanquished Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., is using his boatload of surplus campaign cash to fuel another political endeavor — building...
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Students' documentary on the deficit airs on C-SPAN
Weston students Brian Bosem, Camila Tussie and Jacob Wilentz got a big thrill recently when their documentary aired on C-SPAN. The eighth-graders at Falcon Cove Middle School took third in the network's nationwide StudentCam competition for their entry,...Tags: Gary Herbert, Politics, Matt Mead, Public Finance, Government
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