Will Weatherford Faces Competition in Being the 'Next Marco Rubio'
Bill Galvano Set for Senate Presidency in 2018
Just weeks after Tom Lee proclaimed he was making a race for Florida Senate president, state Senate sources have confirmed with near-certainty that Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, has put this race to bed in short order and is in line to assume one of the highest positions in state government in 2018.
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Coincidence?
U.S. House Ethics Committee Investigating Michele Bachmann
The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it is investigating Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., according to reports from the Associated Press. Bachmann is being investigated for alleged misuse of campaign funds.
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2012-2013 School Grades: 'A' Schools Drop, 'F' Schools Rise
Education will be Janet Adkins' Focus at First Coast Events
10 Things Floridians Should Know About Obamacare
Barack Obama and Marco Rubio Battle Over Health Care Law
School Grades Will be Released Friday
School grades for the 2012-2013 academic year will be released Friday, but not after the grading formula had been tweaked. At a State Board of Education meeting in June, superintendents from Hillsborough and Miami-Dade counties expressed concerns that schools in their districts would suffer huge grade drops due to a change in the grading formula.
Commissioner of Education Tony Bennett then formed a task force to take a deeper look at the grading formula. Bennett then recommended extending a safety net so that schools wouldn't drop more than one letter grade in a year.
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Stein's Law
WASHINGTON -- If there's an iron rule in economics, it is Stein's Law (named after Herb, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers): "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop."
