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Ticket Wars Heating Up in Florida

By Ed Dean

Miami-Dade Slashes Elementary End-of-Course Tests

By Allison Nielsen

VA Chair Miller Backs Buchanan's Bill to Replace DD-214 With ID Card

By Kevin Derby

Florida's National Parks Brought 10.7 Million Tourists, Added $909 Million to State Economy in 2014

By Kevin Derby

Vern Buchanan Unveils Bill to Keep Horses out of Slaughterhouses

By Kevin Derby

Florida Senate Passes Plan to Shore up Local Pensions

By Brandon Larrabee News Service of Florida

Hillary's Wacky Poorhouse Claims

By L. Brent Bozell and Tim Graham

Still a Money Game

Ron DeSantis Leads the Charge Against Congressional Obamacare Exemptions

By Kevin Derby

Tom Rooney Seeks TSA Reforms after Screeners Fired for Passenger Abuses

By Kevin Derby

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Rick Scott to ceremonially ink the nations newest spaceport. Gov. Rick Scott will hold a ceremonial bill-signing on Saturday designating Cecil Field as the nations eighth spaceport. Cecil Field was designated a spaceport by the federal government in 2010. The designation allows launch vehicles to make horizontal takeoffs and landings on site. The state bill, HB 59, offers companies involved in spaceport activities at Cecil Field the chance of tax exemptions on equipment purchases.

Hall of Famer to Lead Agency for Persons with Disabilities

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Florida Womens Hall of Fame member Barbara Palmer, the chief of staff at the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, has been moved into the position of director for the state agency by Gov. Rick Scott. Palmer will replace Mike Hansen, who has accepted a position with the Florida Senate.

Jeff Atwater’s Office to Host Scam Prevention Workshops for Seniors

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Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater intends to hold a series of workshop across the state to highlight ways seniors can avoid scams.The free morning workshops, called Golden Rules for Your Golden Years, will feature information on annuities, reverse mortgages, long-term care insurance and identity theft; explain key terms; outline important questions to ask; and provide educational videos of how some common insurance and financial products work.

Rick Scott Donates School Supplies for Weekend Sales Tax Holiday

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Gov. Rick Scott donated school supplies he purchased at a Staples in Lauderhill to the Childrens Services Council of Broward County to highlight the states three-day 'Back-to-School' sales tax holiday that began Friday.

Rick Scott to Promote 'Back-to-School' Sales Tax Holiday in Lauderhill

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Gov. Rick Scott will be in Lauderhill on Friday to promote the three-day 'Back-to-School' sales tax holiday that begins Friday. Scott will be at Staples, 7500 West Commercial Blvd. in Lauderhill around 11:30 a.m. before heading down the street to the Childrens Services Council of Broward County for a school supply drop. The three-day event begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday and ends at midnight Sunday.

Kevin Derby Out, Eric Giunta In at Sunshine State News

By Nancy Smith

Kevin Derby, associate editor of Sunshine State News, has resigned his position at the news organization to join the Florida Chamber of Commerce ascommunications coordinator. His last day at the News will be Aug. 10. Derby has been with Sunshine State News since its inception in February 2010.

Marco Rubio: Obama 'Doesn't Believe in Free Enterprise'

By Kevin Derby

While his chances of ending up as Mitt Romneys running mate continue to dim, Marco Rubio continues to take a high-profile role in praising the presumptive Republican presidential candidate and taking aim at President Barack Obama. Rubio appeared on Kilmeade and Friends on Fox News Radio on Thursday and ripped into Obama on economic issues.

Flags Ordered to Half-Staff for U.S. Army Spc. Brenden Salazar

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Gov. Rick Scott has ordered state and national flags lowered to half-staff on Friday outside the Seminole County Courthouse, Winter Springs City Hall and the Capitol in Tallahassee in honor of U.S. Army Specialist Brenden N. Salazar. Salazar, 20, of Chuluota, was one of two Floridians killed July 22 after their unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device in Pul-E Alam, Afghanistan. Spc. Justin L. Horsley, 21, of Palm Bay, also died in the attack.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Backs Ron DeSantis for Congress

By Kevin Derby

Ron DeSantis, an attorney and veteran from the First Coast who is running in a crowded Republican primary for an open congressional seat, announced on Thursday that he had won the backing of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Arizona law enforcement officer who has won national notice for his stances ranging from immigration to President Barack Obamas birth certificate. Arpaio pointed to DeSantis' record on immigration and military service as reasons he was backing him.

Pam Stewart to Head Florida Education until Full-Time Replacement Found

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Members of the state Board of Education, holding an emergency session Thursday morning, unanimously named K-12 Chancellor Pam Stewart as the interim replacement for Gerard Robinson, who on Tuesday announced he was leaving the $275,000-a-year post to return to his family in Virginia.

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