Florida

Puzzling over Florida’s three-way Senate math

The last time Florida Gov. Charlie Crist ran for the Senate, he got 37.5 percent of the vote and lost by a million-ballot landslide.

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EPA gives Florida new Everglades cleanup guidelines

Federal environmental regulators on Friday laid out a detailed blueprint for how Florida can finally live up to its repeatedly postponed pledge to clean up pollution flowing into the Everglades.

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Crist responds to Fla. rail holocaust protest

Gov. Charlie Crist has directed state transportation secretary to check for Holocaust involvement by companies bidding for Florida's high-speed rail contract.

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State economists predict Fla. budget gap to narrow

State economists say Florida's budget gap for the next fiscal year will drop by more than half.

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Fla. law banning Cuba travel, research upheld

A federal appellate court has upheld a Florida law that prohibits funding for academic and research travel to nations that are considered "sponsors of terrorism."

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Broward building firm to reconstruct Iraq

Art Bond, who claims to make “the strongest buildings in the world,” will take his expertise to Iraq in October to help reconstruct the war-torn country. Bond, who owns a tiny company in Fort Lauderdale with six employees, foresees billions of dollars worth of business in Iraq. He has built Read More

Democrat says Jennifer Carroll pick could help Republicans with black voters

Clarence Anthony – former mayor of South Bay in Palm Beach County, former president of the National League of Cities, and former member of the Democratic National Committee – said Democrats will need to explain Republican lieutenant governor candidate Jennifer Carroll’s policy views. “I Read More

Merit-based teacher pay bill back

Senate Bill 6 caused a big uproar last year, with Florida teachers and parents complaining that it would hurt education. Now, some lawmakers say it is back on the table, and they are not happy about it.  

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