A Renaissance painting believed stolen by German Nazis during the occupation of France was seized by the federal government Friday from the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science.
The 473-year-old painting by the Italian artist Girolamo Romano, also known as Romanino, was removed from the Tallahassee cultural center with the cooperation of the museum and will remain in a secured location until the ownership can be lawfully determined.
A Miami couple was charged with defrauding Florida's Medicaid program of nearly $500,000, the state attorney general's office announced Friday.
Maratib Hashmi and Nasim Hashmi, both 61, of Miami, were arrested by the attorney generals Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Miami-Dade Police Department.
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Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West will be on the national stage in February when he will be a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington.
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A national ABC/Washington Post poll released on Friday found that former Gov. Mitt Romney and businessman Herman Cain are locked in a tight struggle to lead the pack of hopefuls running for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Florida TaxWatch estimates that the state's taxpayers would save $339 million annually if the Legislature enabled nurse practitioners to function at their "full scope" of practice.
A TaxWatch policy brief released Thursday stated:
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The nations overall unemployment showed little change, even as 80,000 jobs were added across the nation in the past month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Roughly 13.9 million continue to be listed as unemployed, dipping the unemployment rate from 9.1 percent in September to 9 percent.
However, the bureau noted that the rate has been in a narrow 9 to 9.2 percent range since April.
The national numbers do not break down unemployment by state.
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Rep. Cynthia Stafford, D-Miami, who has filed legislation to permanently overturn the statesrequirement to drug test welfare recipients, expressed disappointment Friday that the state is appealing a federal judges ruling that temporarily blocked thetesting.
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A proponent of Floridas ports, Gov. Rick Scotts fifth Lets Get to Work day will be at the Port of Miami on Friday.
Scott, who has adopted the idea of spending a day in different occupations throughout Florida from former Gov. Bob Graham, will start the day at 7 a.m. with Seaboard Marine.
He will later work aboard the Carnival Cruise Lines Imagination.
In March, Scott directed $77 million from the Florida Department of Transportation to cover the shortfall for the Port of Miami dredging.
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