Legislators have formally sent the Eric Brody bill, SB 4, a priority of Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, to the governor.
Gov. Rick Scott has 15 days, until March 30, to sign the bill that would provide $10.75 million to Brody.
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State Rep. Robert Schenck, R-Spring Hill, chairman of the House Health and Human Services Committee, praised the efforts of the states year-old Florida Drug Enforcement strike teams in reducing the spread and illegal sale of prescription drugs across Florida.
By Kevin Derby
Florida, the largest swing state in the nation, will once again be up for grabs in November, according to a poll released on Thursday.
A poll of likely voters in the Sunshine State from Rasmussen Reports finds Democrat incumbent President Barack Obama ahead of both of the leading candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination, but his lead over Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum is within the margin of error.
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Democrats in Lake County have raised the fury of some Army veterans for hoisting a flag resembling Old Glory with President Obamas face replacing the 50 stars on the field of blue.
By Kevin Derby
The state of Florida will be cracking down on underage drinking on St. Patricks Day.
The state Department of Business and Professional Regulation revealed on Thursday that the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco will be visiting bars on Saturday in college towns like Gainesville and Tallahassee, as well as Jacksonville, and at locations inBroward, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk, Orange and St. Lucie counties.
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A national survey of spending by teacher unions found that outlays in Broward County increased the most.
The Education Intelligence Agency BTU's 35.8 percent increase in employee compensation should have raised red flags. And those numbers don't even include reimbursements for political candidate contributions -- which were substantial.
See the report here.
By Kevin Derby
On Wednesday night, the two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination -- Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum -- exchanged fire on economic matters.
Romney slammed Santorum, insisting that his Republican rival is an economic lightweight who does not understand how the economy works since he has spent his entire career in government.
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State leaders on Wednesday hailed the work of Floridas Drug Enforcement Strike Force teams for putting a dent in the prescription-drug abuse that had exploded through the distribution of pain drugs from clinics dubbed "pill mills."
But in a media conference in the state Cabinet meeting room, Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey said more work is still needed.
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This isnt the Florida business and politics story we focus on here, but it is another sign of the times that brought you the Sunshine State News online newspaper in the first place.
According to a story in Wednesdays USA Today (online here; in print, for what its worth, available on many street corners), Encyclopaedia Britannica will no longer publish a print edition.
After 244 years, it will now be available solely online.
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Gov. Rick Scott has ordered state and national flags at the Capitol, county courthouse of Okaloosa County and at the City Hall of Niceville to be lowered to half-staff on Thursday for U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua A. Born.
Born, 25, of Niceville, was one of two soldiers killed Feb. 23 in Afghanistan during protests outside a U.S. base in the Khogyani District in Nangarhar Province over the American militarys burning of Qurans.
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