Gov. Rick Scotts 2012 Job Creation and Economic Growth agenda includes an encouraging focus on Floridas STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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When state Sen. Alan Hays suggested that the creation of "Hispanic districts" be predicated on legal citizenship, not illegal residency, everyone ran for cover.
This is too juicy not to share. It's a little gossipy and involved, but it stars three presidential candidates, so it's topical stuff.
Walter Cronkite's longtime producer Leslie Midgley once wrote that, "News is what an editor decides it is." News today is what TV producers decide can help President Obama. News that hurts isn't news at all.
While Herman Cain and Rick Perry chip away at Mitt Romney, does Michele Bachmann deserve a second look?
"The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government ..."-- U.S. Constitution
John Hope Franklin, the famed black historian at Duke University, once told the incoming freshmen, "The new America in the 21st century will be primarily non-white, a place George Washington would not recognize."
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By Kevin Derby
Wednesday marks Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish new year, and former U.S. Rep. Allen West is using the occassion to support Israel. West, a favorite of the tea party movement, has opened the door to a political comeback in 2016.
For thousands of years, the shofar has called the Jewish people together for many reasons, including ushering in the new year, West posted on Facebook on Wednesday. On this Rosh Hashanah, I pray the shofar will not be needed to sound an alarm of war for the people of Israel.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., said on Tuesday it was highly unlikely he would support military action against the Syrian regime. Southerland noted he had heard from more than 300 constituents on the matter in recent days and 95 percent of them opposed military action.
By Nancy Smith
When you're rich and righteous and "egged on by a witch hunt by the liberal Stuart News," you believe God wants you to "take" land. Apparently.
Whatever you need. Take it.
That's how it appears in Stuart, where hysteria so gripped the Stuart City Commission at its last meeting that it voted to ask government agencies to seize huge tracts of private land owned by sugar and agricultural farmers so it can be flooded to relieve estuary pollution.
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Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will be hosting the 6th Annual National Summit on Education Reform on Oct. 17-18 in Boston, Mass., according to a press release sent out Tuesday afternoon.
Bush currently serves as chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education. According to a press release, the Foundation's flagship convenes annually to "share strategies to improve the quality of education for all children."
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Vice President Joe Biden has postponed his visit to the University of Central Florida, according to a statement from the White House Press Office.
Biden was scheduled to make an appearance at the Orlando-based university Thursday to speak about President Obama's proposal to make college more affordable, and to develop a ratings system to gauge colleges' costs and quality. Federal aid would then be tied to the results.
By Kevin Derby
With Gov. Rick Scott proposing to cut taxes by $500 million in the 2014 legislative session, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is demanding to know if former Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich, the only major Democrat to enter the race so far, will support the idea.
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U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., made it clear he's opposed to military action against Syria in an interview with MSNBC.
I think there is enough questions there ... [to ask] before we intervene, Yoho told MSNBC's Chris Jansing Monday morning.
Yoho is a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, which will be hearing from Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Syria.
By Kevin Derby
On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott called swimmer Diana Nyad to congratulate her on completing her swim from Cuba to Florida.
I thanked Diana today for making Florida a part of her historic milestone, Scott said. She is an inspiration for so many. I told her Florida was proud to be her monumental finish line yesterday. I also asked Diana to consider staying in Florida for a while and even calling our great state home again. Florida is home for many dreamers, entrepreneurs and those that continue to make history just like Diana.
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