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2013/05/13 23:34
2013/05/13 23:34
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Fred Grimm: Boondoggle? Hey, it’s for the kids - ...
Tallahassee has long resonated with talk about our precious, precious school children. Except lately the allusion has become quite literal. It’s as if our state legislators have come to regard little...
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2013/05/13 04:39
2013/05/13 04:39
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Lawmakers led charge to give millions to private ...
TALLAHASSEE -- As the legislative session neared an end this month, state Rep.
Erik Fresen
found himself in an awkward position. Just last year, Fresen helped keep a torrent of public money flowing...
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Anitere Flores
Miami
Bill Montford
TALLAHASSEE
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2013/05/08 03:34
2013/05/08 03:34
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TALAHASSEE: Despite differences, Miami-Dade lawma...
TALAHASSEE -- Miami-Dade lawmakers had their share of differences during the 60-day legislative session. But when they came together, they almost always delivered. The 24-member Miami-Dade...
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2013/05/06 04:39
2013/05/06 04:39
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State lawmakers increased education budget by $1 ...
TALLAHASSEE -- Teachers won raises. School districts got a boost in per-pupil funding. Charter schools nearly doubled construction and maintenance dollars. When it came to the state budget, education...
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Miami
TALLAHASSEE
single school district
Erik Fresen
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2013/05/04 04:51
2013/05/04 04:51
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Dolphins owner Steve Ross blasts House Speaker We...
Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross blasted House Speaker Will Weatherford in a statement Friday night, saying he had reneged on a promise to give the Sun Life Stadium renovation plan a vote. Here is a...
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2013/05/04 00:34
2013/05/04 00:34
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Bill to support Miami Dade College dies on last d...
TALLAHASSEE -- Miami Dade College will have to wait another year — at least — for a half-penny sales tax. South Florida lawmakers had been pushing HB 1295, a measure that would have let Miami-Dade...
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Erik Fresen
Miami Dade College
TALLAHASSEE
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2013/05/03 04:35
2013/05/03 04:35
19d
Florida stadium deals on life support
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Palm Beach Post) — The House speaker made it clear Thursday that the Miami Dolphins have an “uphill” effort to get hotel bed tax dollars for stadium improvements. The proposal,...
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The Palm Beach Post
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2013/05/02 01:34
2013/05/02 01:34
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Florida public online school gets small budget in...
TALLAHASSEE -- School districts, teachers and parents are celebrating the $1 billion addition to the state’s education budget. But not everyone is happy with their slice of the pie. Florida Virtual...
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2013/05/01 15:39
2013/05/01 15:39
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Legislature looks to speed release of school empl...
Florida lawmakers are looking to speed up the release of $480 million in school employee raises one day after the House and Senate negotiated a budget that proposed delaying them until June 2014. On...
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Rick Scott
Senate
Miami
Robert Runcie
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2013/05/01 11:36
2013/05/01 11:36
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Legislative session has big wins for early learni...
TALLAHASSEE _ Backers of higher quality early learning programs have been successful in the current legislative session, scoring a new far-reaching governance bill and the first new money for the...
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Erik Fresen
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Miami
Department of Education
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2013/04/28 11:36
2013/04/28 11:36
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State budget has more money for teachers, but how...
Should Florida teacher raises be based on merit? TALLAHASSEE — The money is in the budget, but Florida teachers aren’t entirely optimistic they will have more cash in their pockets during the coming...
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Naples Daily News
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Garrett Richter
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2013/04/27 04:39
2013/04/27 04:39
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House panel preserves tax break for insurance com...
TALLAHASSEE -- A key House committee voted Friday to protect a decades-old insurance industry tax break, siding with one of the Capitol's most influential lobbying groups and effectively blocking a...
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Orlando Sentinel
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Steve Crisafulli
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Senate
Florida House of Representatives
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2013/04/23 16:31
2013/04/23 16:31
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Fla. may shift domestic security money to schools
Florida's anti-terrorism efforts could be undercut by a proposal that would shift millions of dollars intended for domestic security programs for use in efforts to bolster security at schools, some...
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Bryan Koon
Senate
Bill Galvano
TALLAHASSEE
The Boston Marathon
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2013/04/22 04:40
2013/04/22 04:40
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Legislature, Scott square off on merit pay raises...
TALLAHASSEE -- The House and the Senate aligned their position on teacher pay raises Sunday, putting the Florida Legislature on a collision course with Gov. Rick Scott. The two chambers have agreed...
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2013/04/22 04:40
2013/04/22 04:40
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House GOP holds up a massive Florida health care ...
TALLAHASSEE -- After weeks of posturing and debate, the decision to expand Medicaid in Florida or accept $51 billion in federal health care money might rest with a moderate bloc of a dozen House...
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Miami Herald
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Holly Raschein
TALLAHASSEE
Pasadena
Will Weatherford
Senate
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2013/04/19 02:50
2013/04/19 02:50
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Legislature’s ethics bills still have loopholes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Kelli Stargel sometimes must evict tenants from the rental properties she and her husband own in Polk County, a process that can be cumbersome. But it might soon be getting...
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Dan Krassner
TALLAHASSEE
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Integrity Florida
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2013/04/18 21:33
2013/04/18 21:33
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Lawmakers collect $662k in 'slush funds' they hop...
TALLAHASSEE — In the two months leading up to a legislative session billed as an ethical house-cleaning, Florida legislators raised $662,000 from special interests through the funds they hope to...
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Orlando Sentinel
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