Category: Politics

Sep 23, 2013 6:15 AM

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Broward commission looks to defy Gov. Scott on access for Obamacare ‘navigators’

By Wiliam Hladky
BrowardBulldog.org
Heavily Democratic Broward County is expected to join Pinellas County in resisting Republican Governor Rick Scott’s decision to bar Obamacare enrollment advisors from state health department facilities.
Jul 16, 2013 6:15 AM

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“Raw nerves” in push to improve Dixie Highway in Fort Lauderdale neighborhood

By William Hladky
BrowardBulldog.org
Bitter disagreement over a proposed Dixie Highway improvement project is pitting neighbor against neighbor in Fort Lauderdale’s Middle River Terrace neighborhood.
May 31, 2013 6:41 AM

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Tobacco giant Reynolds American funded conservative nonprofits

By Dave Levinthal
Center for Public Integrity
Tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc. last year helped fund several of the nation’s most politically active — and secretive — nonprofit organizations, according to a company document reviewed by the Center for Public Integrity.
May 8, 2013 6:14 AM

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Hidden owner of ‘news’ site gave $120,000 to group that paid sheriff’s campaign manager

By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The registered owner of an online Broward “news” operation contributed over $120,000 to a political group that made payments to a firm owned by Sheriff Scott Israel’s campaign manager, Amy Rose, and to her husband.
Apr 24, 2013 6:19 AM

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Gun groups, defense contractors and Facebook increase spending on lobbyists

By Dave Levinthal
Center for Public Integrity
Gun groups, defense contractors, oil companies and the world’s largest social network increased their spending on lobbying last quarter, bucking an overall downward trend, newly filed congressional disclosures show.
Apr 9, 2013 11:06 AM

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Voter information wars: Will the GOP team Up with Wal-Mart’s data specialist?

By Lois Beckett
ProPublica
The Republicans have admitted it: They need to get serious about collecting and analyzing voter data. Well, you can’t get much more serious than talking to Teradata, the “data warehousing” company that helps Wal-Mart, Apple and eBay store massive amounts of information about the behavior of their customers.