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Trump’s victory speech transcript

compiled by Federal News Services. Iâ€™ve just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us â€” itâ€™s about us â€” on our victory, and…

Hillary Clinton won popular vote

With 98% reporting, Hillary Clinton appears to have won the popular vote by more than 237,000 votes. The last time a candidate won the popular…

Three key tactics that pushed Trump to victory

Ben Kaplan, CEO of PR Hacker, wrote me about how Donald Trump used Twitter, emotion-triggering local events, and bold statements of outsider status to become…

Amendments: Utilities lose Amendment 1, medical pot passes

Floridians failed to give the utilities’ solar amendment 1 the required 60-percent to pass. However, medical marijuana and two other constitutional amendments passed easily. Opponents…

Are you ready for new OT regs? [podcast]

The U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule regarding overtime regulations. The final rule, which becomes effective Dec. 1, raises the salary threshold indicating…

Buzz: Miller could be next VA Secretary

With Donald Trump’s victory, speculation has already begun about who will be in his Cabinet. Here are the names we’re hearing: Secretary of State –…

Escambia, Santa Rosa send Broxson, Ingram, White to Tallahassee

This is our the Florida Senate and House races went: State Senate, District 1 Doug Broxson REP 199,087 100% State House Â Â Â District…

Gaetz wins Congress by better than 2-to-1 margin

Matt Gaetz is Northwest Floridaâ€™s new Congressman: Matt Gaetz REP 254,280 69.12% Steven Specht DEM 113,586 30.88% Here is how the rest of Floridaâ€™s Congressional…

Rubio wins, GOP maintains control of Senate

Sen. Marco Rubio did very well in Northwest Florida: Escambia Santa Rosa Okaloosa Walton Rubio 93,693 (62.2%) 66,700 (76.9%) 74,646 (74.8%) 25,682 (77.2%) Murphy 51,021…