| Florida Times-Union | 02/07/10 |
Local Democrats have assumed positions of statewide and countywide leadership. Travis Bridges chairs the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee. Chris Hand chaired the Duval County for Obama/Biden campaign. Justin Spiller is president of the Jacksonville Young Democrats. Letters from Reader... |
| Miami Herald | 02/07/10 |
After spending almost $16 billion to implement Florida's voter-approved plan to reduce class sizes, Gov. Charlie Crist and the Republican Legislature are now talking about reining it in. But a leading Democrat says the idea would leave the state not much else than a big bill to show for the invest... |
| Miami Herald | 02/07/10 |
An otherwise fine article (Crist backs easing class-size rules, Jan. 26) glossed over the real meaning of ''school-wide average.'' Schools routinely crowd hordes of students into many elective classes in order to maintain low enrollments in certain core academic classes. The best example is found in... |
| Los Angeles Times | 02/07/10 |
An unexpectedly powerful rainstorm unleashed a torrent of mud that inundated more than 40 houses Saturday, leaving La Caada Flintridge's northernmost neighborhood awash in boulders, dented cars and broken homes. The force of the mudflow appeared to catch residents and officials off guard, as the fo... |
| Florida Times-Union | 02/07/10 |
TALLAHASSEE - The popular image of Medicaid as the Pac-Man of the state budget might have grown cliched by now, but many say the program's growth will continue to gobble ever-increasing shares of taxpayer funding if something isn't done to check it. The way forward for the joint state-federal init... |
| Florida Times-Union | 02/07/10 |
Event raises $105,000 for America Lung Association of Florida. Photo 1 of 3 K.C. Padget hugs her son Jason Putnam after they completed the Fight For Air Climb in the Bank of America tower. Will Dickey Photo 2 of 3 Photos by WILL DICKEY/The Times-Union Participants go up the stairwell dur... |
| Miami Herald | 02/07/10 |
Marco Rubio becoming star on tea-party circuit So many tea parties, so little time. Up-and-coming U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio has become the hottest ticket on Florida's tea-party circuit. The movement of disaffected, disillusioned and generally fed-up conservative voters has helped fuel hi... |
| News-Press.com | 02/07/10 |
Outraged residents, a crusading senator, political skittishness and shrinking budgets have led to sharply curtailed use of Florida state aircraft the last three years. Charges for flights on state planes dropped 63 percent from 2007 to 2009: $1.09 million was spent in 2007; $407,420 in 2009. T... |
| Los Angeles Times | 02/06/10 |
A flash flood warning in the San Gabriel Mountain foothills damaged by the Station fire has been lifted and a second band of rain cells passed through the burn area without triggering more of the mudslides that damaged or destroyed 43 homes in La Caada Flintridge, closed several roads in the Santa M... |
| South Florida Sun-Sentinel | 02/06/10 |
THE ACREAGE - State officials will test the water and soil at cancer-stricken children's homes in The Acreage, said the Florida Department of Health's chief of staff. That decision, which the children's families had sought for months, was disclosed Friday. "If they want us to test it, we will," ... |
| South Florida Sun-Sentinel | 02/06/10 |
State officials will test the water and soil at cancer-stricken children's homes in The Acreage, said the Florida Department of Health's chief of staff. That decision, which the children's families had sought for months, was disclosed Friday. "If they want us to test it, we will," said health de... |
| Washington Post | 02/06/10 |
Make no mistake, something needs to be done about the state of retirement planning in this country. Because 401(k)s have largely replaced traditional pensions, the financial state of our collective golden years has become precarious. First, not all companies offer retirement plans. Those that do oft... |
| Daytona Beach News Journal | 02/06/10 |
By FRANK FERNANDEZ Staff Writer PALM COAST -- The City Council this week approved new procedures and fees for organizations seeking to hold special events in the city, despite objections from some groups. Some members of the council also dissented. But the majority approved a new ordinance to re... |
| Orlando Business Journal | 02/06/10 |
BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- For many snowbirds lured to Florida, the biggest attraction is not the presence of sunshine. It's the absence of Florida estate taxes. Many snowbirds who own homes in both New York and Florida are changing their domicile to Florida according to Attorney All... |
| Dallas Morning News | 02/06/10 |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? As they opened their inaugural national convention here, Tea Party advocates from across the country declared that they would turn the grass-roots conservative anger that burst onto the streets a year ago into political power, wielding money and campaign infrastructure as well as ... |
| Gainesville Sun | 02/06/10 |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ? State economists now expect Florida's unemployment rate to peak at 12.3 percent later this year ? topping the modern record by nearly half a percentage point ? and remain in double digits for another two years. They increased their last estimate by nearly a full percentage point... |
| St. Petersburg Times | 02/06/10 |
By Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Friday, February 5, 2010 Gov. Charlie Crist may or may not be the next U.S. senator from Florida, but this much is certain: Florida will never be the same. Crist's decision to forgo a second term as governor and instead seek an open Senate sea... |
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