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May 18, 2016 5:34 AM

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Study: New members of Congress rely on special interest money once in Washington

By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Nearly five-dozen newly elected members of Congress collectively raised $17.3 million in special interest money during their first year in office – increasing their reliance on contributions from single-issue political action committees, according to a new government watchdog report.
May 10, 2016 5:01 AM

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Lobbyist rules? What rules? Broward Health fails to enforce own policy in another snafu

By Dan Christensen and Buddy Nevins
FloridaBulldog.org
For more than a decade Broward Health has ignored its own rules, allowing lobbyists to operate freely behind the scenes as they seek to influence who gets tens of millions of dollars in contracts the hospital district awards every year.
May 5, 2016 5:19 AM

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As heroin, fentanyl deaths mount, Miami-Dade leaders “research the topic”

By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Three months after presenting a plan to Miami-Dade commissioners to tackle an alarming rise in overdose deaths, drug-addiction experts say the county has not moved quickly enough to curb the local opiate epidemic.
May 3, 2016 5:12 AM

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Its spy vs spy as CIA directors differ on making public 28 hidden pages of 9-11 report

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Two CIA directors. Two conflicting opinions. On Monday, former CIA director Porter Goss strongly disagreed with current CIA chief John Brennan’s assertions on Meet the Press as to why President Obama should keep secret 28 classified pages from a 14-year-old congressional report about 9/11 said to implicate the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the terrorist attacks.
Apr 27, 2016 5:18 AM

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Broward Health looks to pay headhunting firm $300,000 to find a $950,000 CEO

By Dan Christensen and Buddy Nevins
FloridaBulldog.org
Taxpayer supported Broward Health’s board of commissioners will be asked today to approve spending $300,000 for a search firm to find a new CEO whose total pay would be $950,000 a year.

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Study: New members of Congress rely on special interest money once in Washington

Lobbyist rules? What rules? Broward Health fails to enforce own policy in another snafu

As heroin, fentanyl deaths mount, Miami-Dade leaders “research the topic”

Its spy vs spy as CIA directors differ on making public 28 hidden pages of 9-11 report

Broward Health looks to pay headhunting firm $300,000 to find a $950,000 CEO

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