Renzo DowneyDecember 18, 2020
5min1597
Florida has battled the COVID-19 pandemic for more than nine months.
Tag: Christmas Eve
Renzo DowneyDecember 18, 2020
Associated PressDecember 24, 2019
6min247
Operation NORAD Tracks Santa has evolved from a misdirected telephone call in 1955.
Renzo DowneyDecember 18, 2019
7min1883
An extra day off became somewhat of a tradition in former Gov. Rick Scott's first years in office.
Associated PressDecember 7, 2016
1min186
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is ending a holiday tradition this year: Giving state workers an extra day off. A spokeswoman for Scott said Tuesday that the governor will not be closing state offices an additional day around the Christmas holiday. Scott for five straight years had ordered state offices to be closed an extra day […]
Jim RosicaDecember 23, 2015
3min254
As far as state workers are concerned, if Florida Gov. Rick Scott is Santa, then Connecticut state officials are Grinches. For the third year in a row, the Republican Scott has given state employees the day off on Christmas Eve. Employees who perform essential functions, including law enforcement, still have to be on duty. But for others, […]
Peter SchorschDecember 23, 2015
1min326
State workers are getting Christmas Eve off as a paid holiday. For the fifth year in a row, Gov. Rick Scott has directed state offices to be closed an extra day. This is the third time Scott has given state workers Christmas Eve off. Last year, employees had the day after Christmas off. In 2011 state employees […]