In deciding to pull all of the 30,000 troops from the surge out of Afghanistan, six weeks before Election Day 2012, but only 10,000 by year's end, President Obama has satisfied neither the generals nor the doves.
For the third year in a row, undergraduate students at Florida universities will pay 15 percent more in tuition.
The governing board for the State University System approved a 7 percent increase in tuition on Thursday. Thats on top of an 8 percent tuition increase approved by the Legislature earlier.
Dry conditions throughout much of Florida continue to fuel fires throughout the state, even as officials from the Panhandle to South Florida try to stamp out the blazes.
According to the Florida Division of Forestry, as of Thursday morning, there were 380 separate fires in the state, burning more than 300,000 acres of state and federal lands.
The fires have already claimed the lives of two firefighters.
Reportedly reversing their earlier positions, Senate President Mike Haridopolos and state Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater are said to be preparing to come out against the SunRail commuter train.
A source close to the situation tells Sunshine State News that both Haridipolos and Atwater were preparing statements Thursday afternoon.
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Good morning, pro-lifers! Thank you for coming to beautiful Jacksonville, Fla.
Florida and 37 other states have reached a $40.75 million settlement with two pharmaceutical companies over deceptive and unfair trade practices.
Attorney General Pam Bondi's office said Thursday that Florida's share in the agreement with GlaxoSmithKline and SB Pharmco Puerto Rico is $2.92 million.
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The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences has awarded Shouping Hu, a higher education professor at FSU's College of Education, a $780,000, three-year grant to study Florida's Bright Futures scholarship program.
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