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Florida Democrats pushed back with their own agenda proposal after Gov. Ron DeSantis' State of the State address. Trimmel Gomes, host of the political podcast The Rotunda, stops by Intersection to discuss the state of Florida politics under DeSantis.
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Elaina Newport, a founding member of the political satire troupe Capitol Steps, talks with Intersection about her unlikely start in comedy and finding humor in political turmoil.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has surprised both Republicans and Democrats with some moves toward the political center since taking office. Political commentators Dick Batchelor and Frank Torres discuss how DeSantis is shaping his vision for the state
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The midterm elections in Florida were centered around conversations about healthcare, gun control, and affordable housing. But a statewide recount has political analyst thinking about voting reform.
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Biden called on Democrats to come out to the polls in November in order to flip the House and Senate.
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More than 200,000 Puerto Ricans have fled the island since Hurricane Maria, with many choosing to call central Florida home. Welcome centers at the airport and beyond have been helping new arrivals with housing, health care and employment. Step one is rebuilding their lives. But already some community organizers, politicians and others are wondering how these new arrivals will affect Florida politics.
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Florida’s largest registered club for Trump supporters has broken away from the state’s Republican Party. The Orange County Trump Republican Club was chartered in March under the Republican Party of Florida. Since then, its mission has been to maintain the momentum of election season and expand grassroots organizing ahead of the president’s re-election bid in 2020.
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Central Florida lawmakers and young immigrants will share a meal and conversation Monday evening about the uncertain future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.
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Florida has more than 41,191 pending immigration court proceedings underway. New data compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a research organization out of Syracuse University which tracks federal agencies, show about 6,000 of those cases are in central Florida and the Tampa area, with the majority in Orange and Hillsborough counties. Miami-Dade County has 11,380 cases, the highest in the state.
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A medical director, a former commissioner, and two CEOs are vying for the Republican nomination in the special primary race for House District 44. The area covers a large chunk of southwest Orange County, including Winter Garden, Windermere, and Dr. Phillips.