Florida

By Scott Hiaasen and David Ovalle From The Miami Herald Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle has removed one of her top prosecution teams from the investigation of U.S.…
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By Varela The billboard erected in Miami featuring The Cuban Five lasted as long as a cookie outside a school: 24 hours. Quite an achievement. If it had been installed back in the…
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Al's Loupe   U.S. healthcare: Best not to get sick   By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com I spend upwards of $600 a month for health insurance for my daughter and myself.…
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By Fred Grimm From The Miami Herald Some might wonder whether his gratitude was worth the $243,000 extracted from campaign accounts for very murky “thank you” campaigns. But that's…
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David Rivera spent more money saying `thank you' to voters than any other Florida lawmaker. Now investigators are examining some of those expenses. By Scott Hiaasen and Patricia Mazzei…
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By Varela   Antonio Maceo once said that the flag had to be carried to every battlefield, and if the standard-bearer fell, someone else had to pick up the flag and keep it flying. In…
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By Alan Farago (aka Gimleteye)  From Eye on Miami  The first test of the GOP pledge to ethics is Miami-Dade's own David Rivera, who possibly will have the shortest tenure in the history…
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By Varela It's not that I have a thing against El Nuevo Herald, but that El Nuevo has a thing against its readers. It humiliates them, mocks them. Screws them, takes advantage of them.…
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Money came from company co-owned by mother and under criminal investigation By Scott Hiaasen From The Miami Herald Incoming congressman David Rivera has admitted receiving $137,000 in…
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By Varela “Álvarez, we who voted for you want you to leave.” That's the message on a placard carried by a Miami Voice PAC activist. That local civil action group is asking for the…
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