Joe HendersonFebruary 4, 2019
7min612
Florida doesn't need more things like SB 330.
Tag: evolution
Joe HendersonFebruary 4, 2019
Associated PressMay 5, 2017
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Florida could make it easier for parents and residents to challenge school textbooks and school library books under a bill passed by the state Legislature. The Senate on Friday narrowly approved the measure by a 19-17 vote. It now heads to the desk of Gov. Rick Scott. The legislation (HB 989) would allow parents and […]
Joe HendersonApril 24, 2017
6min402
It’s a good thing the Florida House of Representatives wasn’t in session when Columbus wanted to sail the ocean blue. Lawmakers would have passed a bill prohibiting the trip because science hadn’t yet proven that the earth was round. Oh, there were those crackpots who said it was, but the representatives of the day would […]
Martin DyckmanJanuary 7, 20147min163
Among the Republicans who ruled Pinellas County midway in the last century, none was more conservative than Wilda J. Cook, the supervisor of elections. Deploring what she called “curbstone registration,” she permitted enrollment at only four or five locations. Had she lived to see the Motor-Voter law, she might not have survived the shock. “We’re […]
Guest AuthorJanuary 2, 20146min192
The newest university in the state, Florida Polytechnic, is under construction in Polk County, with several hundred new students already lined up for classes scheduled to begin later this year. It is projected to be a showpiece for science and technology education and research, perhaps the kernel of new Silicon Valley-like corridor along I-4. So […]