April 17, 2013 - 6:00pm
Joe Negron Looks for Health Expansion Compromise
April 17, 2013 - 6:00pm
Five Questions for Steve Southerland
April 18, 2013 - 6:00pm
School Superintendents Worry Teachers Won't Get Their Raise Until Next Year
April 17, 2013 - 6:00pm
Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett sat down with school superintendents from across the state on Wednesday, and promptly heard their concern over legislative proposals aiming to tie teacher pay raises to classroom performance.
Such a requirement could mean teachers might not get their raise until next year, they said.
Scott reiterated his proposal to give a $2,500 pay raise to all teachers this year and not tie it to performance.
Special Needs Kids: Another Middle-Class Target of Obamacare Tax Increases
April 16, 2013 - 6:00pm
Congressional Democrats may have intended their health care overhaul to benefit society's least fortunate, but one of several new Obamacare taxes imposed on the middle-class adversely affects America's most vulnerable: disabled children.
Scott Underscores Florida's Offer of Help to Boston
April 16, 2013 - 6:00pm
In a brief meeting with reporters Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott said he reached out to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to let him know Florida is prepared to send law enforcement and emergency teams to help Boston. See the video below.
All flags in the state of Florida have been lowered to half staff around the state Capitol in honor of the victims of those explosions.
The blasts killed three people and hurt more than 175 on Monday.
Gov. Rick Scott says hes thinking about the people of Boston and offering to help.
Marco Rubio on Immigration Reform: Our Common Heritage Makes Us Different from World
Submitted by Anonymous on April 17, 2013 - 4:18pm
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wants Americans to know the new immigration bill, long in the works, has finally been revealed and introduced to members.
The Cuban-American senator has also released a video he hopes will go viral. In an email he urges people to share with friends, saying, "I want you to know why we need to pursue immigration reform the way weve proposed it. Leaving it the way it is is simply unacceptable."
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Dems Could Block Florida Cabinet's Road to Re-election
April 19, 2013 - 6:00pm
Gun-Control Demagogy
April 16, 2013 - 6:00pm
Demagogues offend us because they try to bypass our rational faculty with appeals to gut emotion. That pretty well sums up what gun controllers have done since the Newtown tragedy.
Florida Teacher Fired for Urging Students to Vote for Obama
Submitted by Anonymous on April 17, 2013 - 2:27pm
Brevard Community College Trustees have fired a professor who urged students to vote for President Barack Obama.
Associate Professor Sharon Sweet was dismissed after a 3-month investigation into complaints that the algebra instructor, a registered Democrat, urged students and, in some cases, forced them to sign pledge cards that they would vote for Obama, reports Florida Today.
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