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Florida officials announce details to halt public-assistance fraud
Florida officials are cracking down on those who rip off taxpayers by defrauding public-assistance programs — a crime estimated to cost the state as much as $1.35 billion last year. On Tuesday, leaders from the Department of Children and Families...
Tags: Politics, Financial and Business Services, Crime, Law and Justice, Medicaid, Health Insurance
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The Miami Herald Fred Grimm column
Miami HeraldTallahassee has long resonated with talk about our precious, precious school children. Except lately the allusion has become quite literal. It's as if our state legislators have come to regard little school kids as high-value commodities to be doled out...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, The Miami Herald, Seminole County, Elections
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Mayo: Hypocritical Fla. House gets cheap health insurance
Sun SentinelFlorida House, hypocrisy is thy name. At least when it comes to the health care debate. Today's outrage story of the day comes courtesy of Tia Mitchell of the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee bureau, who reports that Florida House members...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Politics, Medicaid, Health Insurance Cost
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Fort Lauderdale Mayor Seiler leaves door open a crack, but governor bid unlikely
Sun SentinelFort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler, who’s been mulling a bid for governor, confirmed it’s unlikely it will happen in 2014. Though he left the door open a crack, he came close to shutting it on the notion of seeking the state’s top job....Tags: Democratic Party, Fort Lauderdale, Politics, Government, Bill Nelson
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FSU, USF to play home-and-home series starting in 2015
Florida State and USF will renew its brief in-state rivalry starting in 2015 as both schools announced a second home-and-home football series starting in 2015. The two programs previously met in 2009 when USF defeated the Seminoles 17-7 in Doak Campbell...
Tags: Campbell (Osceola, Florida), Jimbo Fisher, South Florida Bulls, Florida State Seminoles, Tampa
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Deacs hope for new life in NCAA regional
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Coach Jerry Haas is always optimistic when talking about his Wake Forest men's golf team. The Deacons are seeded No. 6 seed in this week's 13-team Tallahassee Regional and will be competing for one of five spots in the NCAA Championships. To qualify,...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, Atlantic Coast Conference, Wells Fargo Championship, U.S. Open (golf)
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Palm Beach Gardens man wins $2,500 a week for life
John Lynch, of Palm Beach Gardens, claimed a $2,500 a week for life top prize in the $2,500 A Week for Life Scratch-Off game, at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. Lynch chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $2,131,...Tags: Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Services and Shopping
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Rating local lawmakers: Gardiner, Simmons stand out
Florida voters send 160 of their fellow citizens to the Capitol in Tallahassee for 60 days each year. But power and wisdom aren't apportioned equally among Florida lawmakers. Usually only a handful of them shape events, for good or ill, during legislative...
Tags: High School Sports, Politics, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida High School Athletic Association, Sales
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Analysis: Levy nuclear plant twice the cost of a natural gas facility
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.In the long run, nuclear power is cheap. This, for many of Florida's top decision makers, is the Truth. Lawmakers have cast aside their worship of the free market -- which long ago lost trust in building nuclear plants -- and skewed state law to favor...Tags: Nuclear Power, Politics, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Energy Resources, Human Mishaps
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Positive changes for Krystal
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.With a new owner, senior management team, ad agency and headquarters, the Krystal Co. said Friday it is poised for renewed growth. Krystal said sales and profits have improved while the company has paid down "a significant portion" of its debt in the...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Marketing, Media Industry, Arts and Culture, Advertising
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Guilford raises? Maybe
The High Point Enterprise, N.C.County officials are still awaiting the results of a pay equity survey that could figure into employee raises next year. Many of the proposed department budgets commissioners have seen include amounts for merit raises. "We may have to put a pot of...Tags: Politics, Local Elections, Labor Legislation, Pension and Welfare, Local Government
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Bill Nelson says he's not running for governor, but not everyone believes him
Sun SentinelU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said Friday in Fort Lauderdale he has “no plans” to run for governor next year, but declined to give a Shermanesque statement flatly declaring it’s something he wouldn’t do. Speaking to about 175...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Real Estate, Politics, Government, Bill Nelson
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