January 22, 2013 - 6:00pm
10th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony Planned for Columbia
Submitted by Anonymous on January 22, 2013 - 9:28pm
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation is planning a public 10th anniversary remembrance ceremony for the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 at the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Feb. 1.
The crew -- Commander Rick D. Husband, Pilot William C. McCool, Payload Commander Michael P. Anderson, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, and Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla, David M. Brown and Laurel Blair Salton Clark -- perished when the Columbia broke apart during re-entry on the morning of Feb. 1, 2003.
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House Bill Joins Calls for Inspector General at Citizens
Submitted by Anonymous on January 22, 2013 - 8:57pm
Florida Rep. David Richardson, D-Miami Beach, has filed the House companion bill that would fulfill Gov. Rick Scotts proposal to have an inspector general position created to oversee Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
Richardsons bill, House Bill 433, joins the bill filed last week by Sen. Joseph Abruzzo, D-Wellington, Senate Bill 386.
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Senate Committee Approves Major State Ethics Overhaul
January 21, 2013 - 6:00pm
Rick Scott to Seek Pay Raise for Florida's Teachers
Submitted by Anonymous on January 22, 2013 - 7:17pm
Gov. Rick Scott will appear at Ocoee Middle School in Central Florida on Wednesday to announce his plans to increase pay for teachers.
The announcement, where according to the governors office, Scott will announce his plan to invest in education and support pay raises for public school teachers, is set for 3 p.m.
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Pam Bondi Responds to Sen. Darren Soto, Twitter: No 'Revolving Door' in Attorney General's Office
Submitted by Kevin Derby on January 22, 2013 - 6:59pm
As the Florida Senate Ethics and Elections Committee deliberated on a historic elections reform bill that would overhaul existing state employee ethics laws, a tweet from the League of Women Voters of Florida added some drama to the proceedings.
"Sen. Darren Soto expresses concern about revolving door issue at the FL Attorney General's office and asks for regulation," tweeted the League at 4:24 p.m. (EST).
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Moody’s: Employee Pension Ruling is ‘Credit Positive’ for Florida
January 21, 2013 - 6:00pm
No Patsy Now
January 22, 2013 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- My inner Pollyanna was basking in blissfulness, rolling in the hay of righteous rhetoric, backstroking through the sunny sibilance of aspiration.
Liar, Liar, Bible on Fire?
January 22, 2013 - 6:00pm
BREAKING: Florida Senate Committee Approves Major State Ethics Overhaul
Submitted by Kevin Derby on January 22, 2013 - 5:04pm
The 13-member (eight Republican, five Democrat) Florida Senate Ethics and Elections Committee has just approved, by a unanimous vote, what chairman Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, called the most sweeping electoral reform attempted by the Legislature in 36 years.
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