February 26, 2014 - 6:00pm
UF Poll: Most Floridians Have Major Problems With Obamacare
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 27, 2014 - 10:41am
The Bob Graham Center for Public Service and the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research unveiled a poll on Thursday which finds more than two-thirds of registered voters have major problems with President Barack Obamas federal health-care law.
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Greg Evers Files Anti-Common Core Legislation
Submitted by Anonymous on February 27, 2014 - 10:01am
The "Florida Standards" may have been unanimously approved by the State Board of Education last week, but that didn't stop Sen. Greg Evers, R-Pensacola, from filing a bill in the Florida Senate to stop the implementation of the Common Core State Standards.
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Florida TaxWatch Backs Reforming State Government IT
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 27, 2014 - 9:20am
Florida TaxWatch released a report on Thursday in support of efforts to reform the state governments information technology (IT) and bring it under a CIO. Gov. Rick Scott, Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, and House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, are supporting legislation to do exactly that. In 2012, the Center for Digital Government gave the Florida state government the lowest marks in the nation for its IT structure.
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Equality Florida Praises Rick Scott, Democratic Rivals for Backing Jan Brewer's Veto
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 27, 2014 - 9:09am
Nadine Smith, the CEO of Equality Florida which supports overturning the state constitutional amendment which defines marriage in the Sunshine State as only between a man and woman, praised Gov. Rick Scott and his rivals for saying Gov. Jan Brewer, R-Ariz., should have veoted legislation in Arizona that allows business owners to refuse to do business with gays citing religious reasons. The bill passed both chambers of the Arizona Legislature but was vetoed by Brewer on Wednesday.
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Senate Proposal Would Revamp Trauma Approvals
February 25, 2014 - 6:00pm
Perfect Climate for Liberals
February 26, 2014 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- The many jaundiced assessments of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on the fifth anniversary of its enactment were understandable, given that the sluggish recovery, now drowsing through the second half of its fifth year, is historically anemic. Still, bleak judgments about the stimulus spending miss the main point of it, which was to funnel a substantial share of its money to unionized, dues-paying, Democratic-voting government employees. Hence the stimulus succeeded. So there.
Teachers Union Criticizes Florida's 'High-Stakes Testing' for Disabled Students
February 26, 2014 - 6:00pm
Rick Scott Says He'd Veto Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill
Submitted by Anonymous on February 26, 2014 - 4:58pm
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Carl Domino's the GOP Front-runner to Challenge Murphy
February 25, 2014 - 6:00pm
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