What motivates people to demonstrate in central squares, day after day and week after week, against repressive regimes at the risk of life and limb? It's a question raised most recently by events in Ukraine and Venezuela.
Today is Sunshine State News' fourth birthday. A blink in history, granted. But in Tallahassee, in this cliquish, who-you-know town of rumors and bluster, conflict and contradictions -- and occasionally something truly extraordinary ... well, four years really is something.
Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday thatTouchSuite, a leading technology company ranked 105 on Inc. 500s list of fastest growing private companies, will create 50 new jobs in Boca Raton.
The new jobs will double the workforce at TouchSuite.According to an agreement approved by Boca Raton council members, the company is eligible for $250,000 from the states Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program, $50,000 of which the city of Boca Raton will pay, if it doubles its payroll to 100 jobs and keeps those jobs for five years.
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Word in Dem circles is Karen Castor Dentel, a teacher before she was a state representative, is on Charlie Crist
Former U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., best known for being the Democratic candidate in the U.S. Senate race in 2010, endorsed Florida House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, for the Democratic nomination to challenge Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in November. Thurston is battling former DCF Secretary George Sheldon in the Democratic primary.
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Former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate in the special congressional election for an open congressional seat representing parts of Pinellas County, has made political hay out of Republican rival David Jollys lobbying background. But the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) hit back on Friday, noting that Sink has pulled in more than $10,800 from lobbyists for her campaign.
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