February 18, 2013 - 6:00pm
Florida Council of 100 to Co-Host Education Summit at SeaWorld
Submitted by Anonymous on February 19, 2013 - 9:43am
The Florida Council of 100, the Florida Chamber Foundation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Chamber Foundation, and AT&T are set to co-host a summit on the new Common Core State Standards and other educational issues confronting Florida at SeaWorld in Orlando on Feb. 27.
The agenda includes:
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Legislature Asks Supremes to Stop Redistricting Case
February 18, 2013 - 6:00pm
LWVF: $10,000 Contributions Silence Main Street Voices
Submitted by Anonymous on February 18, 2013 - 10:20pm
The League of Women Voters of Florida, which has offered its own election reform other than what is now before legislators, has come out with its own ideas for repairing the states broken and badly damaged" campaign financing system.
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Senate Elections Committee Plans Field Trip to Elections Center
Submitted by Anonymous on February 18, 2013 - 10:08pm
The Florida Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections will take a trip from the Capitol to the Leon County supervisor of elections' operations center in Tallahassee on Tuesday morning.
Committee Chairman Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, called for the onsite visit to an elections center so committee members could receive demonstrations on the process in which both in-person and mailed absentee ballots, early voting ballots, provisional ballots and Election Day ballots are handled.
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Rick Scott to Promote Transit Proposals in Jacksonville
Submitted by Anonymous on February 18, 2013 - 10:06pm
Gov. Rick Scott will head to Jacksonville on Tuesday to highlight portions of his transportation budget proposal.
Scott, who on Friday went to the SWIFT Sunguide Center in Naples to promote $140 million worth of projects he has proposed for South Floridas roads, is set to appear at the Best Western on Salisbury Drive for Tuesdays midday media announcement.
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Brevard Community College President: Fire Professor Who Forced Students to Vote for Obama
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 18, 2013 - 7:28pm
The Daily Caller reports that the president of Brevard Community College is recommending that the school's board of trustees fireSharon Sweet, a tenured associate professor of mathematics, forelectioneering, harassment, and incompetence, after she pressured her students to sign oaths pledging their electoral support to President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.
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Rick Scott Doles Out $2.6 Million for Military Support
February 18, 2013 - 6:00pm
Who Killed the Middle Class?
February 18, 2013 - 6:00pm
"It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth -- a rising, thriving middle class."
Papal Tee Time?
February 18, 2013 - 6:00pm
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