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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Thanks to globalization, and to containerized shipping that began in 1956 and makes globalization work, commodities swiftly move vast distances around the planet. Wal-Mart alone imports 400,000 containers a year.
WASHINGTON -- There are two stories coming out of New Hampshire. The big story is Mitt Romney. The bigger one is Ron Paul.
To win just under 40 percent of the vote in a primary with five active candidates is pretty impressive, even for a candidate like Mitt Romney, who started off with significant advantages in New Hampshire.
As Americans exercise their right to vote in presidential primaries, caucuses and conventions, candidates face questions from voters on a wide range of issues, including religious faith. When it comes to this issue, what should they be looking for?
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- They are nearing 70 now, the 11 men who were 12-year-old boys in 1955 and who are remembered for the baseball games they could not play. They were -- actually, with their matching blue blazers and striped ties, they still are -- members of the Cannon Street All Stars.
Pundits and his opponents in both the Democratic and Republican ranks continue to pummel Mitt Romney as one of the weakest GOP front-runners in recent memory.
Beginning in 2012, President Obama seems to have taken on a new job title: host and director of a reality TV show. He is the host of a Washington, D.C., based reality TV show whereby he is cast as the leader and uses sensationalism to attract audience viewership and to increase attention.
The news that Eastman Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy, after being the leading photographic company in the world for more than a hundred years, truly marks the end of an era.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, will try to make sure high schoolers can get a little more sleep in the mornings with his new legislation.
On Monday, Gaetz filed a bill (HB 67) for the 2014 legislative session that would essentially prohibit school boards from starting high school classes any earlier than 8 a.m.
By Kevin Derby
Florida TaxWatch released a studyon Tuesday which finds teacher preparation and continued training for educators is essential to implementing Common Core and other new standards in the Sunshine State.
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Voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on 10 out of 15 major issues, according to a new poll released Tuesday by Rasmussen Reports.
The poll found the GOP leads by a 44 percent to 37 percent margin on the most important issue on voters' minds: the economy. Democrats had held an advantage on this issue in prior surveys from November 2006 until early 2009, but since June 2009 the GOP has led in all but one survey.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West ripped leaders in Washington on Tuesday for mismanaging the budget. In an email to supporters, West labeled the stand-off between House Republicans, Senate Democrats, and the White House as disgraceful.
We should be ashamed that Congress and the White House have allowed our country to return to the edge of the fiscal cliff after we should have cut spending and balanced the budget in 2011 when we reached the debt ceiling then, West insisted.
By Kevin Derby
Despite placing second behind Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St.Petersburg, to be the next caucus leader, House Democratic Leader Pro Tempore Mia Jones, D-Jacksonville, announced on Tuesday she would not run again. Instead, Jones endorsed Rep. Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach. Rouson was voted out on Monday night.
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After Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, was ousted as the next Democratic leader of the Florida House, Rep. Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach, announced Tuesday that he intended to run for speaker of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2014-2016 term.
By Kevin Derby
The Democratic minority in the Florida House met behind closed doors in Tallahassee on Monday night to oust Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, from becoming the caucus leader after next year's elections. Rouson garnered the support of 17 members of the Democratic caucus but 24 voted to dismiss him.
By Nancy Smith
Here's a reminder list of the schedule of public workshops to supplement the remaining Senate Gaming Committee meetings Oct. 7, and during the weeks of Nov. 4 and Dec. 9, as approved by Senate President Don Gaetz:
-- Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, 47 p.m. (Eastern)Broward College, North Campus, OMNI Auditorium
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The Jeb-Bush founded Foundation for Florida's future weighed in on Gov. Rick Scott's executive order regarding PARCC and Florida's education accountability on Monday, showing support for the governor's "continued commitment" to the implementation of Common Core State Standards.
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House Speaker Will Weatherford and Senate President Don Gaetz both weighed in on Monday on Gov. Rick Scott's executive orderto remove Florida from thePartnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test.
Weatherford and Gaetz issued the following statements regarding the executive order signed by Gov. Rick Scott on Floridas education standards:
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