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Teacher raises may kick in this year – not 2014
Florida’s teachers could get raises as soon as this summer under a revised budget agreement state lawmakers hammered out Wednesday. The change means school employees won’t have to wait until June 2014 for a pay hike, as legislative leaders...Tags: Joe Negron, Students, Rick Scott, Academic Progress, Career and Workplace
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FAMU names Sylvester Young as new marching band director
Sylvester Young, a former music professor at Ohio University, has been selected as FAMU's new marching band director. Officials at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee announced early last month that they were interviewing two people for the job of...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Music, Entertainment, Robert Champion, University of Missouri
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Tallahassee robs South Florida again
A special group of South Florida hospitals that use locally raised revenue to provide health services to the poor will soon see those dollars diverted elsewhere, thanks to a so-called "compromise" by the Florida Legislature that will hurt hospitals that...
Tags: Human Interest, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Medicaid, Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System
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Hialeah man hits for $3M Monopoly scratch-off
He can pass "Go" as much as he wants with this loot, and forget about that $200: Cesar Mendez, 38, of Hialeah, claimed the top prize in the Monopoly Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. The top prize? $3 million. But...
Tags: Lotteries, Hialeah, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Legislation targeting FHSAA expires in Tallahassee
Sun SentinelFor weeks, the Florida High School Athletic Association has been incredibly vocal about its opposition to legislation that was making its way through Tallahassee and would have changed how the FHSAA operates. One of the state association's biggest...Tags: Schools, National Federation of State High School Associations, Broward County, Florida High School Athletic Association, High Schools
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Teel Time: Swofford met with Virginia Board to discuss ACC's grant of rights
Less than 24 hours before ACC presidents unanimously approved the conference’s landmark grant of rights last month, commissioner John Swofford met with Virginia’s Board of Visitors in Charlottesville. But the trip was not a last-minute sales...
Tags: Pacific-12 Conference, North Carolina Tar Heels, College Sports, Trips and Vacations, Atlantic Coast Conference
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Chan Lowe: Florida Legislature fails to extend health care for the poor
I figured out how they manage to look at themselves in the mirror. I’m talking about the Republican legislators up in Tallahassee who adjourned without extending health care to a million or so of Florida’s poor. You have to assume that a...
Tags: Poverty, Lobbying, Florida Legislature, Politics
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05/06: Bankruptcies
Chapter 7 Central Florida individuals and businesses that have filed for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code include: Hunters Creek Property Investment LLC, 121 S. Orange Ave., #1230, Orlando. Filed: April 29. Estimated assets:...
Tags: New Smyrna Beach, Business, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), DirecTV Group Inc., Financially Distressed Companies
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Dolphins owner Steve Ross blasts House Speaker Weatherford
South Florida Sun SentinelMiami Dolphins owner Steve Ross blasted House Speaker Will Weatherford in a statement Friday night, saying he had reneged on a promise to give the Sun Life Stadium renovation plan a vote. Here is Ross' full statement: "Tonight, Speaker Weatherford did...Tags: Miami Dolphins, Super Bowl, National Football League, Elections, Politics
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Florida's shame: the Florida House
The legislative session ended Friday with state lawmakers scurrying out of Tallahassee with the one thing 3.8 million of their fellow Floridians lack — decent health care. Poor constituent service? You betcha. Missed opportunity? Huge. One out...
Tags: Joe Negron, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Tampa, U.S. Senate, Justice System
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Gov. invites districts' "Teachers of the Year" to summit in Tallahassee
Gov. Rick Scott will host an "historic" summit for school districts' "Teachers of the Year" in June, his office announced today. The meeting will be at the Governor's mansion and will be an extension of the education "listening tour" Scott conducted...
Tags: Rick Scott, Regional Authority, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Politics
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Nelson taps Tallahassee-tied donors for 2014 Orange County race
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelState Rep. Bryan Nelson, R-Apopka, took a quick outside fundraising advantage in the Orange County Commission District 2 race, according to the latest reports. And little of it came from that Apopka area of the county that he wants to represent. Instead,...
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