| Florida Times-Union | 03/09/10 |
TALLAHASSEE The states largest teachers union ripped into a proposed overhaul of teacher contracts Monday, saying the bill represented an effort to score political points instead of serious education reform. It attacks the very people who work in our school system each and every day as opposed to ... |
| Gainesville Sun | 03/09/10 |
States and companies have started investing very differently when it comes to the billions of dollars they are safeguarding for workers? retirement. Companies are quietly and gradually moving their pension funds out of stocks. They want to reduce their investment risk and are buying more long-term b... |
| TCPalm | 03/09/10 |
VERO BEACH The 10-day Firefighters Indian River County Fair will wrap up more than 30 days of fair-going activity across the Treasure Coast when it returns Friday with more low-cost, high-value family fun. The fair, more than 30 years old, follows Martin and St. Lucie counties versions and is pack... |
| Tallahassee Democrat | 03/09/10 |
Florida taxpayers could save hundreds of millions by severely cutting pension and insurance benefits for state employees, the head of the Legislature's fiscal watchdog agency told House and Senate members Monday. Taking another run at a pay cut - vetoed by Gov. Charlie Crist last year - or implem... |
| Florida Times-Union | 03/09/10 |
TALLAHASSEE - It was hard to miss last Tuesday as Gov. Charlie Crist gave his final State of the State address: Democrats, a minority in the GOP-dominated Legislature, seemed to applaud more frequently and heartily during the governor's speech than his fellow Republicans. Those Republicans, of c... |
| Miami Herald | 03/08/10 |
Miami Budget Director Michael Boudreaux was fired Monday, blamed for a series of questionable multimillion-dollar transfers that helped prop up the city budget but are now central to a federal investigation into the city's financial mess. Boudreaux, who gained his administrative post in 2005 and ea... |
| CBS News | 03/08/10 |
The space shuttle Discovery's solid rocket boosters light up ponds near the launch pad during liftoff Saturday May 31, 2008 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Credit: AP) President Obama next month will travel to Florida to explain his priorities for the National Aeronautics an... |
| 03/08/10 |
The Florida Education Association on Monday blasted legislators for a proposal - SB 6 - that would evaluate teachers based off of students’ test scores and would revamp the types of contracts offered to teachers. FEA President Andy Ford |
| 03/08/10 |
Five Republicans and one Democrat officially qualified on Monday for the special election to replace former Rep. Ray Sansom, R-Destin. Sansom, who was briefly House Speaker, resigned from the House on the eve of disciplinary hearings to determine whether or he had violated House ... |
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