February 6, 2012 - 6:00pm
Atwater to Announce Statewide 'Bank On Florida' Program
Submitted by Anonymous on February 6, 2012 - 5:52pm
Floridas Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater will introduce a statewide program on Thursday designed to help local financial institutions and community partners assist residents to access mainstream financial services and financial education.
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Scott Planning Trip to Colombia as Chamber Highlights Ports, Trade
February 5, 2012 - 6:00pm
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Following four foreign missions last year, and with trips in the works for Spain and the United Kingdom, Enterprise Florida is now setting up plans for a Gov. Rick Scott-led trade mission to Colombia, one of the states largest trading partners.
And while no formal announcement for the end-of-year trip to South America has been made, word of the endeavor couldnt be timelier.
More Toll Roads Coming, With a Fight Over the Money
February 5, 2012 - 6:00pm
A growing nationwide trend toward toll roads could see more of them rolling out in Florida.
Under a new federal program that allows selected interstate highways to be reconstructed with tolls, Virginia will add tolls along the I-95 corridor and Missouri will toll its stretch of I-70.
Gov. Rick Scott hailed the extension of toll lanes on I-95 into Broward County last year, saying the move benefits all motorists.
RNC Calls Biden Appearance at FSU a Campaign Stop
Submitted by Anonymous on February 6, 2012 - 4:07pm
Calling Vice President Biden's appearance at Florida State University on Monday a taxpayer-funded campaign stop, Republican National Committee spokesman Matt Connelly released the following statement in response to Bidens promoting President Barack Obama's college affordability plan.
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Pete Wilson Backs Mitt Romney for President
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 6, 2012 - 3:55pm
Former Gov. Pete Wilson of California announced on Monday he is backing Mitt Romney for president. Wilson ran a brief and very unsuccessful bid for the Republican primary nomination himself during the 1996 election cycle but he did not even make it to Iowa. Romney named Wilson his honorary chairman in California.
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U.S. DEA: Florida 'Pill Mill' Crackdown Working
Submitted by Anonymous on February 6, 2012 - 2:16pm
Florida's crackdown on pill mills has been working, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reported.
A study released by the DEA concluded that since legislators approved a law at the end of the 2011 session that tightened reporting requirements for the prescription-drug monitoring database and increased penalties for doctors who overprescribe narcotics, the purchase of oxycodone has rapidly declined in Florida.
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Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum Exchange Jabs on Conservative Credentials
February 5, 2012 - 6:00pm
While he has primarily focused his fire on Newt Gingrich instead of the other GOP candidates, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is starting to take aim at another target -- Rick Santorum.
Santorum is looking to upend front-runner Romney on Tuesday. The two of them are the only candidates on the ballot in Missouri which holds its primary on Tuesday.
Florida Cabinet to Ride the Giant Slide to Open Florida State Fair
Submitted by Anonymous on February 6, 2012 - 1:06pm
Members of the Florida Cabinet are reportedly going to revive an old Florida State Fair tradition by taking a trip down the Giant Slide located on the midway to mark the opening of the 2012 fair in Tampa on Thursday.
Cabinet members who will take the plunge are not identified.
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Obama Picks Up Steam, Jumps Ahead of Romney Head-to-Head
February 5, 2012 - 6:00pm
Mitt Romney seems more and more like the winner of the Republican presidential nomination, but looking ahead to a main event between the former Massachusetts governor and President Barack Obama, Romney has lost ground.
According to a national ABC/Washington Post poll out Monday, the president is getting a boost from improved economic indicators and questions about Romney's wealth and taxes.
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