The Florida Cabinet unanimously reaffirmed Ash Williams as executive director of the state Board of Administration on Tuesday.
Williams has overseen the state's pension system since October 2008, when he was signed to a $325,000 a year contract.
After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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By Kevin Derby
Three Florida Supreme Court justices are up for retention on the November ballot, and Sunshine State News is the onlynews source that is examining their judicial record.And for your convenience, we've created an entirely new section of our website to bring you the news nobody else is:
"Are They Activist? A Look at Justices Pariente, Lewis, and Quince"
By Nancy Smith
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Connie Mack, the congressman who chairs the House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, strongly condemned reports on Monday that the United Nations is preparing to monitor the upcoming U.S. election. That's a service U.S. citizens traditionally perform for fledgling and shaky democracies, he said.
By Nancy Smith
Rosemary Goudreau, co-founder of floridavoices.com, began this morning as editorial page editor of the Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale. In a column today on the all-opinion website, Goudreau said she and business partner Rosemary Curtiss will continue to keep the 11-month-old site going.
By Nancy Smith
Tim Tebow popularized the act of dropping to one knee to give thanks to God during football games, and now he owns the trademark for it.
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A potential hurdle for Charlie Crist if he wants to run for the Governors Mansion as a Democrat says he isnt running.
Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith said on the Bay News 9 roundtable show Political Connections that hes wont run enter the 2014 gubernatorial contest, according to the St. Petersburg Times.
By Kevin Derby
Jesse Phillips, President of Restore Justice 2012, has formally invitedFlorida Supreme Court Justices Barbara Pariente, R. Fred Lewis, and Peggy Quince "to debate whether these Justices merit retention" on the November ballot.
By Kevin Derby
Sources close to Democratic state Rep. John Patrick Julien of North Miami have told Sunshine State News the Haitian legislator is "considering a party switch," in light of treatment he's received at the hands of the Florida Democratic Party.
The news comes just one day after Julien's attorney, former Republican state Rep. J.C. Planas, told the News his client would "probably" be appealing his August primary election defeat to the Florida House of Representatives.
By Nancy Smith
A just-out CNN/ORC poll of likely voters in Florida shows President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney statistically tied once again.
The race has been wandering back and forth between red and blue here in the Sunshine State for the past month.
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A month after the federal government rejected Floridas request for disaster assistance after Hurricane Isaac, the White House has reversed itself.
Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday that Florida has received a Presidential Declaration to assist the 11 counties -- Bay, Collier, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Martin, Monroe, Okaloosa, Palm Beach, St. Lucie and Santa Rosa -- impacted by the storm in August.
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