By Audrey Mullen, Save Citrus St. Petersburg, FL –Save Citrus, a new coalition of citrus growers and industry partners, launched the first in a series of educational radio ads aimed at fellow growers. This ad focuses on a state-sponsored referendum on whether to continue the mechanism to tax growers to fund research that has proven...
May 25, 2022
Category: Politics
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Finland’s president tells Putin his country will apply to join NATO
FOX NEWS — Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Saturday that the country plans to apply for NATO membership in the next few days. In a release, Niinisto’s office said that he had stressed how Russian demands late last year aiming at preventing countries from joining NATO...
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Florida elected officials’ war of words with Biden escalates
(The Center Square) – Florida’s war of words with President Joe Biden continues after its former governor and now junior senator, Republican Sen. Rick Scott, called on the president to resign. Biden blamed Republicans for record-high inflation Tuesday, also claiming they want to raise taxes, taking aim at Scott. “They don’t want to solve inflation...
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DeSantis to call special session in May to address property insurance reform
(The Center Square) – Gov. Ron DeSantis will call a special session next month to address property insurance reform, he said Monday at a press conference in Jacksonville, where he also announced funding for a trauma center at the University of Florida. It’s the second special session DeSantis has called this year. Next month, the...
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Dems divided over federal gas tax suspension
THE HILL — A proposal to suspend the federal gas tax is gaining political momentum among Senate Democrats who are worried that high gas prices will hurt them in the midterm election. The measure sponsored by Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), who both face competitive re-election races, would suspend the 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax until January.