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In the first show of 2024, we discuss WLRN's investigation into Miami's hiring of the city manager’s wife for office remodeling. We look at a proposal to place homeless seniors and veterans into transitional housing in Cutler Bay that is being met with resistance (18:37). And we examine President Biden’s decision to free Venezuela’s alleged corruption mastermind, Alex Saab, from his Miami jail cell (35:29).
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Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has amended a plan to overhaul how the federal government works after Democrats repeatedly seized on it to accuse Republicans of looking to cut Medicare and Social Security.
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Florida’s District 27 — which covers broad parts of Miami-Dade County, stretching from Miami’s Little Havana to South Dade — is up in the air, with incumbent Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar and Democratic State Senator Annette Taddeo battling out for the seat. WLRN spoke to Taddeo about affordability issues, Cuba, foreign policy and campaign accusations. Salazar did not respond to requests for an interview.
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Printed newspapers sent out across Illinois push Republican talking points against Democrats just in time for election season. They're taking advantage of the erosion of local news.
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Many Republicans have recast the debate over drugs and fentanyl as a crime and border security problem. Often their attacks are based on conspiracy theories and discredited ideas about addiction.
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Elections supervisors in Florida have grappled with these and other issues as they oversaw the state’s August primary elections and prepared for the Nov. 8 general election.
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Members of Florida's Democratic Caucus are hitting the road to energize voters in their party. They're launching a bus tour called the Florida Freedom Tour.
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Education, immigration, property insurance, abortion and the economy took center stage last night as Governor Ron DeSantis and his Democratic challenger Charlie Crist faced off in the only debate of their campaigns.
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We’re here to help guide you through the elections whether it’s your first time voting, or your 10th, or more. We will be there from early voting through Election Day, or until all the votes are counted.
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One of 20 people arrested with fanfare under an election fraud program launched by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has had his case dismissed by a Miami judge. Those arrested had voted in 2020, the first election cycle since the implementation of Amendment 4 that that allowed many felons to have their voting rights automatically restored, except for those convicted of murder and felony sexual assault.
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Voters in South Florida face a lot of decisions in the midterms. WLRN has put together a guide to the state and county questions for Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties, along with a selection of those on municipalities' ballots.
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Newly released police bodycam footage shows that three of the 20 people who were arrested in Florida for allegedly voting illegally in the 2020 election appeared to be surprised that they had done anything wrong.