April 5, 2011 - 6:00pm
Florida TaxWatch and Collins Center Release Study on Prison Bonding
Submitted by Kevin Derby on April 6, 2011 - 11:47am
Florida TaxWatch and the Collins Center teamed up to unveil a new report on Wednesday that maintains that prison construction is putting the Sunshine State residents in debt.
The study, which is entitled A Billion Dollars and Growing: Why Prison Bonding Is Tougher on Floridas Taxpayers than on Crime, argues that lease revenue bonds, which are used to fund the building of new prisons, have hurt the state.
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Haridopolos Warns Against Added Spending as Budget Debate Begins in Senate
Submitted by Kevin Derby on April 6, 2011 - 11:05am
Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, kicked off the budget debate in the Senate Wednesday by demanding that amendments offered by other senators, that include pet spending projects, also ask for tax increases in order to pay for them.
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Connie Mack: Obama Administration Should Expel Ecuador's Ambassador
Submitted by Kevin Derby on April 6, 2011 - 10:51am
On Tuesday, the Ecuadorian government expelled American Ambassador Heather Hodges due to comments she made attacking police in that Latin American nation over corruption. Hodges comments were revealed as part of the mine of sensitive information released by Wikileaks.
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Tea Partier James Moran Reportedly Has Inside Track to SFWMD Board
Submitted by Anonymous on April 6, 2011 - 10:22am
Sunshine State News has learned that James Moran, a tea party founder, may have the inside track for a seat on the South Florida Water Management board of governors.
Moran, whose daughter heads up Tea Party in Action, is among more than two-dozen applicants vying to fill five vacancies on the SFWMD board.
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New Q Poll: Rick Scott's Disapproval Numbers Doubled in 2 Months
Submitted by Kevin Derby on April 6, 2011 - 8:13am
A poll conducted by Quinnipiac University and released on Wednesday found Florida voters souring on Gov. Rick Scott, with 48 percent disapproving of his performance in office and 35 percent supporting it.
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The Failed Couric Experiment
April 5, 2011 - 6:00pm
Jeff Stahler Cartoon
April 5, 2011 - 6:00pm
Obama Chooses Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Lead DNC
Submitted by Kevin Derby on April 5, 2011 - 6:25pm
With Tim Kaine announcing that he was stepping down as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to run for the U.S. Senate in Virginia, President Barack Obama selected U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to head the DNC as he prepared his bid for another term.
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Suddenly, Opportunity to Expand Florida's Tax-Credit Scholarship Program?
April 4, 2011 - 6:00pm
School-choice advocates hailed this week's U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Arizona's tax-credit scholarship program.
The 5-4 ruling affirmed a 2002 high court decision for a Cleveland voucher program, and gives added support to the 10-year-old Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC) program which awarded $106 million in private tuition grants to 28,927 last year.
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