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Phil AmmannFebruary 25, 2015
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Gov. Rick Scott announced 15 appointments – including 11 reappointments – to a variety of state regulatory boards. Flagler County Housing Authority  Scott began with the announcement of two reappointments to the Flagler County Housing Authority, each for a term ending December 15, 2018. Robert DeVereux, 65, of Palm Coast, is a financial advisor with […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 25, 2015
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Florida lawmakers will be getting busy in Tallahassee starting March 3, which kicks off the spectacle of the 2015 legislative session. State lawmakers, as they face hot-button issues ranging from the budget and child welfare to water, gambling and guns, will have one item in abundance, at least according to Florida Politics editorial cartoonist Bill Day. […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 24, 2015
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The war of words that has characterized the 2015 Jacksonville Mayoral Campaign continues without any sign of an armistice, as the Lenny Curry Press Team has sent out a lengthy email attacking Mayor Alvin Brown on two fronts. The first point of attack: that Brown is a Democrat. To that end, the email offers a David Letterman style Top […]

James CallFebruary 24, 2015
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6min170
Time will tell whether Joanne McCall is right about angry parents setting lawmakers’ “hair on fire” is accurate. The Florida Education Association vice president lit up a news conference Tuesday when she elaborated on an answer given by FEA President Andy Ford. The teacher’s union annual pre-session listing of flaws in the Florida school accountability […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 24, 2015
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4min147
The early numbers are in and it appears that more part-time employees were offered access to the state group health insurance plan than in 2014. The Office of Economic and Demographic Research published the results from the January estimating conference. The summary showed that 14,201 more OPS–other personal service– employees were being offered health care […]

Florence SnyderFebruary 24, 2015
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If you don’t live in Miami Gardens, you probably think its police department is no concern of yours. Ira Glass thinks otherwise. This week, the host of This American Life used his highly respected program to bring the Miami Herald’s reporting on the out-of-control police department to his international audience of public radio listeners. The tale was […]


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