Written by: Wayne Washington, Palm Beach Post
Three members of Palm Beach County’s congressional delegation marked the opening of shared office space at Palm Beach County’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center Friday, pointing to the project as an indication of bipartisan commitment to helping those who served the country in uniform.
Two Democrats — U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm… Read more »
Written by: Charles Elmore, Palm Beach Post
The biggest federal tax changes in three decades please plenty of companies and households, if not budget hawks lamenting a projected $1 trillion pile of new debt.
But area mayors meeting this week grappled with other effects — such as possible downward pressure on home prices and local tax revenues.
“There is a potential for losing… Read more »
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Yesterday, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21), a member of the Congressional Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, visited the Palm Beach County Health Care District to learn about their opioid addiction recovery pilot program. The 30-patient program started in early 2017.
Patients treated at the emergency room after an opioid overdose can choose to join the program,… Read more »
Written by: Bryce Covert, Racked
Anyone who tunes in to the annual State of the Union on January 30th, when President Donald Trump will address Congress and give an update on his agenda, may notice something different about the audience seated in front of him. The 65 members of the Democratic Women’s Working Group who attend the speech this year will be clothed all in black.
If this… Read more »
Written by: Skyler Swisher Skyler, Sun Sentinel
West Palm Beach was among 23 jurisdictions targeted Wednesday in a Justice Department letter demanding local officials prove they are cooperating with federal immigration agents.
The letter threatens subpoenas if city officials don’t turn over documents showing they aren’t withholding information about the immigration status of people… Read more »
Written by: Eliot Kleinberg, Palm Beach Post
Ever since Donald Trump — even as president-elect in late 2016 — began vacationing in Palm Beach, the U.S. Secret Service has established flight restrictions for those visits that have hampered commerce at Palm Beach International Airport and other area air facilities, and effectively shut down the Lantana airport.
In an interview Tuesday… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after voting against the Republicans’ fourth short-term funding bill this fiscal year, and the failure to pass legislation protecting DREAMers.
“I want government open, but short-term funding is ridiculous and the failure to protect DREAMers is wrong. Month to month federal funding, in… Read more »
Written by: Peter Schorsch, Florida Politics
The federal government has shut down at the stroke of midnight Friday. That has halted all but the most essential operations and marred the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration in a striking display of Washington dysfunction.
Last-minute negotiations crumbled as Senate Democrats blocked a four-week stopgap… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after the federal government shutdown at midnight:
“The shutdown of the federal government is reckless and irresponsible. It may be especially harmful to our veterans, our seniors, and children’s health. That’s why I remain ready, willing, and eager to work with Republicans to negotiate a… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21) issued the following statement after voting against the Republican’s fourth short-term funding bill this fiscal year, which would keep the government funded through February 16, 2018.
“Continual stopgap funding is no way to run a government, it prevents responsible planning for the military, veterans, and public health.… Read more »
