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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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WASHINGTON -- For Princetonians, the senior thesis is a high hurdle before graduation. For Wendy Kopp, class of 1989, it became a career devoted to transforming primary and secondary education.
Is there a way to salvage something of the latest Obama administration disappointment --Gov. Rick Scotts rejection of federal funding for a Tampa-to-Orlando rail line?
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By Kevin Derby
On Friday, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., introduced a bill which would require the FBI to investigate specific groups or individuals and forces the NSA to limit collecting information to groups and people being investigated. Ross made it clear that his bill, which he dubbed the Relevancy Act, was a response to the FBI ordering Verizon to send all its caller information over to the NSA,
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., who represents much of the Panhandle in Congress, weighed in on the IRS giving out bonuses to employees despite the current scandals swirling around the agency. Miller sent out a message to constituents last week in which he slammed the IRS:
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Students in California are set to become "messengers" for Obamacare, and the Los Angeles school system may be using a state grant to do it.The grant was just one of $37 million in state grants announced in May by Covered California, the states health insurance exchange --$990,000 of it was awarded to The Los Angeles Unified School District.
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Gay marriages can resume in California. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted its stay onaninjunction which ordered California state officials to stop enforcing Proposition 8. With this court action, counties in California can now begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses.
By Nancy Smith
The nation's capital is emptying out and members of Congress have officially left town for the Fourth of July holiday -- making their escape without passing a student loan fix.
That means the interest rate on federal loans available to low-income students will double on Monday.
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Tuition may be rising across the country, but Florida universities are still among the most affordable four-year colleges with some of the lowest tuition rates in the entire country. Nineteen Florida College System (FCS) universities made the list, which was created by the U.S. Department of Education's College Affordability and Transparency Center.
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Hispanic voters waited the longest in November 2012 in Florida, according to a statewide study. The study was conducted by political scientists at Dartmouth University and the University of Florida and found a greater proportion of Hispanic voters closed later on Nov. 6 than precincts with predominantly white voters. Blacks had waits in some cases, but these were shorter than Hispanics.Black voters also waited for longer than white voters did.
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Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday that he had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gulf Consortium to create a process to develop Floridas State Expenditure Plan for RESTORE funding.
The RESTORE Act creates the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, and will establish various funding categories. The RESTORE Act will be funded by Clean Water Act civil and administrative penalties paid by responsible parties from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that heavily damaged the ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
By Nancy Smith
While reporters "struggled and struggled and struggled" to find any reason to cover abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell's trial, says a Real Clear Politics story on Friday, they certainly are climbing all over an abortion filibuster going on in Texas.
It's a tweetfest.
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The U.S. Army has blocked access toThe Guardian's website on computers in the organization, according to a report from the Monterey Herald. The restriction comes after The Guardian published leaked National Security Agency documents exposing a top-secret surveillance program to snoop on millions of ordinary Americans.
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