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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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About a year before he made his first run for the presidency, I had a chance to sit down and talk extensively with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
It is a simple fact in household economics that you cant spend more money than you make.
"Like a fire bell in the night," wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1820, "this momentous question ... awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union."
After years of inexplicably large gaps between low reading results and sky-high writing scores, the Florida Department of Education admits to overly lenient grading of essays and says it is tightening standards.
The big news, as far as the media are concerned, is the political game of debt-ceiling chicken that is being played by Democrats and Republicans in Washington.
This week lasted a bit longer than most congressional weeks with both the House and the Senate leaders meeting at the White House twice on Saturday.
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By Kevin Derby
The latest Granite State poll by WMUR and the University of New Hampshire was released late on Tuesday and it shows U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sinking in New Hampshire, home of the first presidential primary. Rubio is expected to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. In recent months. Rubio has drawn fire from conservatives for his prominent role in supporting immigration reform.
By Kevin Derby
Former Congressman Allen West took aim at President Barack Obama on Tuesday night on a host of fronts.
West, a favorite of the tea party who has opened the door to a political comeback in 2016, sent an email to supporters on Tuesday night, attacking Obamas response to scandals and problems.
By Kevin Derby
Former state Rep. Rachel Burgin, the executive director of Florida Right to Life, came out swinging on Tuesday against the Orlando Womens Center, an abortion provider, for giving away coupons to poor women in a crisis pregnancy so they can save money on their abortions! Burgin sent out an email late on Tuesday ripping the center for hiring the notorious Dr. James Scott Pendergraft.
By Kevin Derby
Earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., helped launch the Bravante VI which was built by the Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City for the Bravante Group. The ship will be based in Brazil, home of the Bravante Group. By creating ships for Bravante, Eastern Shipbuilding has created 300 jobs in the area and helped create more than 1,500 ancillary jobs.
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Florida has reduced its debt for the third year in a row in the recently finished budget year, a state financial official told Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet on Tuesday.
Florida joined other states in being mindful of how much money they borrowed after the Great Recession in 2008.Moodys Investors Service reported earlier this year that states like the Sunshine State, as well as the federal government, added to their collective debt burden in 2012 at the slowest rate in at least 20 years.
By Kevin Derby
The Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF) announced on Tuesday that Theresa Antworth will be coming on board as vice president of special programs and external relations. Antworth has spent more than three decades in higher education including spending the last 17 years as director of state scholarships and grants at the Florida Department of Education.
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Political consultant Roger Stone initially decided to support the push for medical marijuana in Florida, and was even happy when attorney John Morgan came forward to take the reins of People United for Medical Marijuana (PUFMM). But Stone's optimism on the push for legalizing medical marijuana in the Sunshine State dissipated once Morgan took the reins of PUFMM, and now he's accusing the organization of acting as a front for potential gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist.
By Kevin Derby
Calling for an opportunity to debate the merits of the National Security Agency (NSA), 13 congressmen from both parties, including Florida Republicans U.S. Rep. Bill Posey and U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, urged House Speaker John Boehner to bring NSA reform legislation to the House floor for a vote instead of being include in Defense appropriation measures. The letter was sent to Boehner at the end of last week.
By Kevin Derby
As college football players in Gainesville and Tallahassee get ready for the upcoming season, the Florida Lottery will unveil lottery tickets next week featuring the Florida Gators and the Florida State Seminoles. On Tuesday, the Lottery announced it will launch the $50,000 Gridiron Cash scratch-off tickets next Tuesday.
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Former president George W. Bush had heart surgery Tuesday tohave a stent inserted after a blockage was discovered in an artery, his spokesman said.
According to a press release, the blockage was discovered during his annual physical exam at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas.
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