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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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The Florida Senate on Monday blew holes in a medical-malpractice bill backed by doctors and hospitals, as the House overwhelmingly approved the proposal across the Capitol.
When people in Washington start creating fancy new phrases, instead of using plain English, you know they are doing something they don't want us to understand.
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By Nancy Smith
Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday suspended Liberty County School Superintendent Gloria Gay Uzzell, whoadmitted that since taking office in January, she has run up $12,000 on a school district credit card, with interest and fees mounting.
The card has a $10,000 limit. She was arrested and charged with grand theft.
By Nancy Smith
In the culmination of a whopper of a wetlands violations case in Panama City Beach, the feds' general revenue fund gets cash, and plenty of it -- and the Environmental Protection Agency gets ... what else? ... acreage.
By Kevin Derby
On his Politics Nation show on MSNBC on Wednesday, Al Sharpton interviewed Rachel Jeantel on her role in the George Zimmerman trial. Sharpton has been a defender of Jeantel who has been attacked on a number of fronts during the trial. During the interview, Sharpton praised Jeantel for keeping her composure during the trial.
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Senate President Don Gaetz and Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford have joined forces in a letter sent Wednesday to Commissioner of Education Tony Bennett, calling for an immediate withdrawal from implementing the national assessments proposed bythe national academic consortium, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) in favor of a Florida plan for testing of student performance, including assessments for the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.
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A new study from the University of Florida reveals Florida's agricultural and natural resources industries still remain strong and continue to improve, even after the recession. Along with the related food industries they provided a whopping $104 billion impact on the state in 2011.
By Kevin Derby
Responding to news that a North Korea ship was stopped in Panama after obtaining missile equipment in Cuba, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., urged the Obama administration to take action on Wednesday
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The National Rifle Association has been keeping quiet in the wake of the George Zimmerman trial, but broke its silence Wednesday after Attorney General Eric Holder criticized "Stand Your Ground" law before the NAACP Convention in Orlando on Tuesday.
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A U.S. military drone plane crashed and exploded Wednesday morning at Tyndall Air Force Base, located about 12 miles east of Panama City. The QF-4 drone plane crashed on the drone runway while taking off, forcing base officials to shut down US 98 through the base. The highway is expected to remain closed for 24 hours.
By Nancy Smith
Appearing in a brief Wolf Blitzer interview on CNN early Wednesday afternoon, Miami Herald reporter Marc Caputo was asked to respond to the news that singer Stevie Wonder would not appear in Florida again until the state repeals its "Stand Your Ground" initiative.
Florida isn't going to do that, Caputo told CNN's audience. It has a Republican Legislature, a Republican governor and they favor the law as it's written. "I don't think we'll be seeing Stevie Wonder in Florida ever again," he said.
By Kevin Derby
MSNBC host Al Sharpton will air an interview with Rachel Jeantel on her thoughts about the George Zimmerman trial in recent days. Jeantel, a witness during the Trayvon Martin trial, has received much media attention in recent days. The interview with Jeantel will be shown on Sharptons "Politics Nation" show on MSNBC at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
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