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Miami Becoming the Center of the Financial World? SSN Exclusive Preview of FOX Special Report

FOX Business Networks Cheryl Casone will host a two-day special report examining the economic growth in the state of Florida starting Thursday, Feb. 14, at 6 a.m.

And you can catch our exclusive sneak-peak tomorrow morning, at 3:55 a.m.!

Is Miami becoming the new Wall Street, the new financial capital of America and the world?

Why are businesses flocking to the Sunshine State from the Tri-state area?

What is Florida doing right? What is Florida doing wrong?

Do Gov. Rick Scott's policies have anything to do with this?

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Rick Scott to Announce Jobs at Replacement Tire King’s HQ


Gov. Rick Scott, who was in Lake Mary on Wednesday as Verizon Communications announced plans to bring up to 750 jobs to Central Florida, will be in Palm Beach Gardens on Thursday, for a similar release at the new headquarters for TBC Corp., the governor's office announced.

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Florida House Subcommittee Approves Bill Changing Expert Testimony Standards

The Florida House Civil Justice Subcommittee has just approved PCB CJS 13-02 ("Expert Testimony") along a 9-4 party-line vote.

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Obama's Gangster Government Operates Above the Law

February 13, 2013 - 6:00pm

Presidents' State of the Union addresses are delivered in the chamber of the House of Representatives in the Capitol.

Senate Asked Again to Pull the Trigger on School Parent Empowerment

February 12, 2013 - 6:00pm

The school choice Parent Empowerment in Education bill, better known as the parent trigger, is back after going down to a narrow defeat in the Senate last year.

Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, has filed Senate Bill 862, which closely resembles the 2011 effort labeled "Parent Empowerment" that was blocked in a tie vote after one of its Senate sponsors, Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, changed his vote in protest of another bill not being advanced to the floor.

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February 13, 2013 - 6:00pm

NFIB/Florida: Obama’s Minimum Wage Hike a ‘Job Killer’


Raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour, as President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, will be a job killer in Florida, claimed NFIB/Floridas Executive Director Bill Herrle.

A government mandate such as this would need to be completely absorbed by small-business owners, who are already operating on razor-thin margins, Herrle stated in a release.

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Senate Bill Prohibits Police Searching Cell Phones, iPads Without Warrant

February 12, 2013 - 6:00pm

Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, has filed a bill that would prohibit law enforcement from seizing or searching portable electronic devices without a search warrant.

Senate Bill 846 also would require a search warrant before a portable electronic device can be tracked, in most cases by a government entity.

The Fourth Amendment protects Floridians against unreasonable search of their papers and effects, Brandes stated in a release. In todays increasingly paperless world we are seeking to clarify that cell phones and tablets are the modern version of papers and effects.

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