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Front & Center: Education hits and misses for 2013
One of the most important — and thus most contentious — areas headlining this year's legislative session was tweaking K-12 education. For lawmakers, the chalkboard was full of topics: funding, teacher pay and school choice. With the...
Tags: Justice System, Teaching and Learning, Students, National Government, Teachers
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Hey, Sandra Day O'Connor, All's Forgiven!
Hey, former Supreme Court Justice of the United States, Sandra Day O’Connor, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your recent interview with the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board. I really can’t express how awesome it is that...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Judges, Elections, George W. Bush, Chicago Tribune
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Nan Rich, long shot for governor, says she's undeterred
In her dark-horse campaign to become Florida's next governor, former state Sen. Nan Rich likes to recall the stories of Democratic political legends Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham. Each was a little-known state senator when he launched his...
Tags: Broward County, Separation of Church and State, Tampa, Regional Authority, Republican Party
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Stephen Goldstein: Tallahassee lawmakers didn't cover selves in glory
A week ago, the annual scam-fest (aka the 60-day Florida Legislative session) ended. In the headiness/relief/exhaustion of the final day, some press coverage celebrated a spirit of bipartisanship in Tallahassee, suggesting that Floridians everywhere...Tags: Sun Life Stadium, Voting, Florida Legislature, Elections, Politics
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BRIEF: 'Parent Trigger' Plan Falls Short Again in Fla.
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.For the second year in a row, a tie vote in the Florida Senate has meant defeat for a proposal to allow a "parent trigger" option in the state after such legislation passed the state House of Representatives. The Senate voted 20-20 last week on the...Tags: PTA, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), U.S. Senate, Florida Legislature, Politics
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EDITORIAL: Work now, politics later
The Santa Fe New MexicanPlease, spare us. 2016 is a world away. It does no good to spend hours of time and gallons of ink discussing whether Hillary Clinton is going to run for president as the Democratic nominee in 2016. In fact, discussions and focus on the horse race of...Tags: U.S. Elections, Marco Rubio, U.S. Electoral College, Regional Authority, Susana Martinez
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Front & Center: Lawmakers boost state education
The poet John Lydgate's observation, "You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time," holds true after this year's legislative session....
Tags: Justice System, Teaching and Learning, Public Schools, Students, Teachers
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Letters Senior services, Syria, and Jeb's followers
Dig into senior services Regarding the article "Sequester slashes services to seniors in Central Florida" in Wednesday's Sentinel: Specifically, the federal program referred to as "Congress' sequestration" was proposed by and signed into law by the...Tags: Seminole County, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Congress, Florida Legislature
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Rick Outzen: "Parent trigger" rightfully shot down
The Florida Senate proved its value on Tuesday by not approving SB 0862, the Parent Empowerment in Education Act — better known as the "Parent Trigger" bill. The tie vote — 20-20, the same tally as last year – effectively killed the...Tags: Lobbying, Charlie Dean, Jack Latvala, Michelle Rhee, PTA
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Marco Rubio's powerful lead in reorienting GOP on immigration
Amid continuing evidence of the Republican Party's internal tensions, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has taken the year's most significant step in reorienting the GOP toward a more open and inclusive stance on the crucial issue of immigration. Rubio's...Tags: Marco Rubio, Candy Crowley, Immigration, Joe Manchin III, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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COLUMN: Marco Rubio's powerful lead in reorienting GOP on immigration
Amid continuing evidence of the Republican Party’s internal tensions, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has taken the year’s most significant step in reorienting the GOP toward a more open and inclusive stance on the crucial issue of immigration....Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, Candy Crowley, Marco Rubio, Joe Manchin III, Immigration
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Will Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush run for president? GOP boss weighs in
Staff writerLenny Curry, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, is a guest this weekend on WFTV-Channel 9's "Central Florida Spotlight" and News 13's "Political Connections." Florida Gov. Rick Scott will not face a primary challenger, Curry tells WFTV's...Tags: Altamonte Springs, Marco Rubio, Elections, Rick Scott, Charlie Crist
May 3, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 1, 2013
|Story| RedEye
May 11, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 10, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 8, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 9, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 8, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 6, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 5, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Apr 19, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Apr 18, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Apr 18, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
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