| Lakeland Ledger | 03/10/10 |
A measure to exempt 911 recordings from public records laws may pit the House sponsor against the governor, a fellow Republican, as lawmakers debate whether they can protect privacy while maintaining oversight over emergency dispatcher performance. With 911 tapes increasingly used by media outlet... |
| New York Post | 03/10/10 |
Maybe these guys have seen too many Charles Bronson flicks. A Long Island fire chief and an FDNY cohort were busted for taking the law into their own hands -- hunting down a gunman who sprayed bullets blocks from the Hempstead firehouse, police said yesterday. Michael Charles, 51, the Hempstead ... |
| Florida Times-Union | 03/10/10 |
a letter to the editor? Letters of about 200 words are preferred. Longer letters will be edited for space. Letters with a clear, concise message have the best change of being published. You may submit letters using our submission form, or by e-mailing letters@jacksonville.com. President Barack ... |
| Chicago Tribune | 03/10/10 |
Straining to balance municipal budgets ravaged by the recession, municipalities across the state are increasingly setting their eyes on a mutual target: mandatory police and fire pension payments.Straining to balance municipal budgets ravaged by the recession, municipalities across the state are inc... |
| 03/10/10 |
Republican U.S Senate front-runner Marco Rubio brags on his website that he didn't officially request budget pork in his last four years as a leader in the Florida House. But during Rubio's eight years in office -- including the final... |
| St. Petersburg Times | 03/10/10 |
Florida chief financial officer Alex Sink is calling on Washington to release up to $200 million in federal stimulus funding that Florida has been counting on to create thousands of short-term jobs. 'While other states are starting to see recovery from the recession, here in Florida we continue to ... |
| Lakeland Ledger | 03/10/10 |
This copy is for your personal, noncommercial use only. You can order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers here or use the "Reprints" tool that appears above any article. . TALLAHASSEE | The Florida economy has hit bottom but the slow recovery will hind... |
| Miami Herald | 03/10/10 |
Republican U.S Senate front-runner Marco Rubio brags on his website that he didn't officially request budget pork in his last four years as a leader in the Florida House. But during Rubio's eight years in office -- including the final two when he was House speaker -- he unofficially helped push ... |
| Los Angeles Times | 03/10/10 |
A decision is postponed after a man tearfully recalls how his father died of a heart attack and amid confusion about how the plan to save $20 million would affect response times. Text Size Facing a shrinking number of options to close a budget gap that could grow to $600 million in the next fisc... |
| St. Petersburg Times | 03/10/10 |
By Rodney Thrash, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 9, 2010 OLDSMAR In an election that appeared to signal a vote of confidence in the current administration, voters handed Mayor Jim Ronecker three more years and returned former City Council member Janice Miller to that office. Seven people v... |
| Gainesville Sun | 03/09/10 |
Gainesville Fire Chief William Northcutt soon will leave city government to become Alachua County's Chief of Fire Rescue Operations/Deputy Director of the Department of Public Safety. Northcutt will retire from the city effective March 29 and begin with the county on April 12. His nearly quarter-de... |
| 03/09/10 |
Republican U.S. Senate front-runner Marco Rubio brags on his Web site that he didn't officially request budget pork in his last four years as a leader in the Florida House. But during Rubio's eight years in office including the... |
| 03/09/10 |
House Speaker Larry Cretul is stacking the deck in the House Government Affairs Policy Committee on the eve before it considers the controversial bill to ban the release of 911 tapes to the public. With a narrow vote expected, Cretul... |
| St. Petersburg Times | 03/09/10 |
Republican U.S. Senate front-runner Marco Rubio brags on his Web site that he didn't officially request budget pork in his last four years as a leader in the Florida House. But during Rubio's eight years in office including the final two when he was House speaker he unofficially helped push lo... |
| 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 implementi... |
| New York Post | 03/09/10 |
Current and retired Atlanta firefighters are demonstrating outside a posh Buckhead gathering spot. The firefighters are angry at a Buckhead civic group that has file... |
| 03/09/10 |
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to limit debate on a jobs bill that includes a six-month extension of the higher Medicaid matching rate that states now enjoy. The procedural move apparently sets the stage for the Senate to approve the measure by Wednesday, although The Washington Post reported o... |
| 03/09/10 |
Florida's solar rebate program is so popular that the state already has spent the money it received last year from the federal government, according to the Governor's Energy Office. The state pays up to $20,000 towards the cost of solar electric panels on homes and up to $500 for... |
| Washington Post | 03/09/10 |
The Board of Supervisors voted 8 to 2 to formally propose the budget plan, with Pat S. Herrity (R-Springfield) and John C. Cook (R-Braddock) voting against. During his annual budget presentation two weeks ago, County Executive Anthony H. Griffin recommended a 5-cent increase for the residential ta... |
| TCPalm | 03/09/10 |
Liberty Tax Service offers free tax preparation to salute firefighters and police and law enforcement officers from March 15 to March 21 for those who are first-time customers. |
| 03/09/10 |
Marco Rubio: A Miami lobbyist-politician. He thinks hes special. Do you? Thats the closing line on the latest news release from the Charlie Crist campaign, jabbing at Marco Rubio. It comes in response to the Rubio campaigns leak to a news outlet of a memo by its pollster bashing |