Pasco County House Special Election Starts to Form
Associated Industries of Florida Responds to July Job Growth
The Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) spoke out on Florida's job growth for the month of July in a statement released Friday, praising Gov. Rick Scott for an increase in jobs for July.
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Alcee Hastings Urges Amazon Center be Built in Florida Glades
Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., sent a letter to Amazon Inc. CEO Jeffrey Bezos Friday, urging the company to consider the Florida Glades as a location for an Amazon distribution center.
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Americans Split on Legalizing Marijuana
According to a poll released Friday, Americans are nearly split on whether marijuana should be legalized or not.
The poll, conducted by Ramussen Reports, finds that 44 percent of likely U.S. voters believe marijuana should be legalized while 42 percent believe it should not.
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Florida Unemployment Rate Flat, But Still Below National Average
Audit Finds NSA Broke Privacy Rules Thousands of Times Per Year
According to an internal audit and other top-secret documents, the National Security Agency broke privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broader authority in 2008.
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Unvetted and Unqualified: Allie Braswell's CFO Bid Reeks of Empty Politics
Rising Star Jose Felix Diaz Has Choices to Make for 2014
Rick Scott, Joe Negron to Tour Scene of 'Lethal' Okeechobee Discharges in Stuart
Gov. Rick Scott's office announced Thursday afternoon that on Tuesday the governor and Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, will tour the St. Lucie lock and dam on the St. Lucie River in Stuart -- scene of massive discharges of polluted fresh water, sent east from Lake Okeechobee. The discharges,called "lethal" by local residents, are widely blamed for what ails the now-lifeless St. Lucie Estuary.
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Can Obama Write His Own Laws?
WASHINGTON -- As a reaction to the crack epidemic of the 1980s, many federal drug laws carry strict mandatory sentences. This has stirred unease in Congress and sparked a bipartisan effort to revise and relax some of the more draconian laws.
