September 24, 2012 - 6:00pm
Florida Awards 16 Scholarships to Minority Accounting Students
Submitted by Anonymous on September 26, 2012 - 11:49am
Sixteen accounting majors have been awarded scholarships worth a total of $99,000 through money raised by the CPA Education Minority Assistance Program, Gov. Rick Scott and the Department of Business and Professional Regulations Division of Certified Public Accounting announced Wednesday.
The CPA program is funded by a $5 fee on all individual and firm licenses.
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JAXPORT CEO Paul Anderson to Head Ports Financing Commission
Submitted by Anonymous on September 26, 2012 - 11:07am
Paul Anderson, chief executive officer of the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPort), was elected chairman of the Florida Ports Financing Commission.
The commission assists in the financing of port projects.
FPFC has funded hundreds of millions of dollars to strategic seaport projects statewide through the financing of two significant bonds since 1996, Doug Wheeler, president of the Florida Ports Council, the administrator of the FPFC program, stated in a release.
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Obama Team's First Major Get-Out-the-Vote Initiative Launches This Weekend
Submitted by Nancy Smith on September 26, 2012 - 1:59am
Look for a big Democratic push to register voters this weekend all over Florida -- in fact, all over the nation.
Jeremy Bird, Obama for America's national field director, emailed a call to the Obama faithful early Wednesday morning to come out and help "make sure as many people as possible are ready and fired up to support President Obama and other Democrats."
Bird, who calls it "a national weekend of action," is looking for volunteers "to talk to voters at their doorsteps, in their communities, and over the phones about the choice in this election."
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Is Keith Fitzgerald Telling Whole Truth About Vern Buchanan Corruption Charges?
September 24, 2012 - 6:00pm
Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanans congressional re-election campaign is fighting back against a new television ad released by Democratic opponent Keith Fitzgerald, calling it false, dishonest and outrageous.
Sunshine State News contacted both campaigns and interviewed several key players in the race's latest controversy to get to the bottom of the accusations.
Taj Mahal Photo Issue Brings Department of Management Services, Jeff Atwater to Court
September 25, 2012 - 6:00pm
Locked in a dispute about paying for photographs at the controversial 1st District Court of Appeal, the Florida Department of Management Services this week filed a lawsuit against state Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and an agency he leads.
The dispute stems from Atwater's refusal to pay for $357,500 in historical photographs that had been planned for the 1st District Court of Appeal -- a nearly two-year-old building in Tallahassee whose opulence has led to it being derisively called the "Taj Mahal."
Once Upon a Disappearance
September 25, 2012 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- I've written variations of this column a couple of times during the past 20 years, but certain occasions bear revisiting -- and surely the disappearance of a friend is one.
Says It All
September 25, 2012 - 6:00pm
Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio Praise Obama on Order Against 'Modern Slavery'
September 24, 2012 - 6:00pm
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has targeted human trafficking, and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Miami, who has sponsored his own efforts to curb the international trade, both offered support for President Barack Obamas executive order aimed at the sex trade. It was signed Tuesday.
Scandal! Teachers Unions Doing a Little Cheating on the Democrats
Submitted by Nancy Smith on September 25, 2012 - 4:33pm
Oh-oh, trouble on the Love Boat ...
The Democrats and the teachers' unions, entwined for many decades, find themselves in something of a lovers quarrel. And the fierce debate over the future of education playing out in Chicago now has sent the unions looking for love in new and unexpected places.
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