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New House speaker faces post-election challenges

Source: Miami Herald, Nov 18 2012, 11:08pm CST

TALLAHASSEE -- Few state institutions bear a more distinct imprint of recent Republican hegemony than the Florida House of Representatives. It launched the political career of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who served as its ...

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5 hours ago

Florida Governor Rick Scott To Veto 3% College Tuition Hike

Source: NBC Miami  |   May 19 2013, 8:27pm CDT

advertisement Florida Gov. Rick Scott Reviewing Bill Banning Texting While Driving Florida Governor Rick Scott could sign or veto a texting while driving ban as soon as the weekend but so far, he has given no indication which way ...

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9 hours ago

Gov. Scott To Veto Tuition Increase

Source: CBS Miami  |   May 19 2013, 4:50pm CDT

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida college students will be happy to know that Gov. Rick Scott will veto the three percent tuition hike for college and university students. The tuition increase came about in ...

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25 weeks ago


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"We have universities that if given more flexibility with tuition, they can go to great heights"


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Gov. Rick Scott will sign budget, veto tuition increase Monday

Source: The Buzz: Florida Politics  |   May 19 2013, 3:07pm CDT

From the staff of the Tampa Bay Times In his letter explaining the tuition veto, Scott will say Florida's low tuition is a point of pride and he doesn't want to saddle students and families with more debt, the AP said. Scott has hinted all along th ...

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12 hours ago

North Dakota Isn’t Governed By Conservatives

Source: Say Anything  |   May 19 2013, 1:33pm CDT

There’s a common misconception about North Dakota, which is that this is a conservative state. And it is a conservative state, in a lot of ways, despite a strong streak of what is often called “prairie populism.” Th ...

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15 hours ago

Nan Rich questions Will Weatherford's manhood

Source: Miami Herald  |   May 19 2013, 10:27am CDT

@MarcACaputo Bearing the subject line "Is there a man in the House?" here's a press release from former state Senate Democratic leader Nan Rich, a candidate for governor: Two weeks have passed since ceremo ...

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15 hours ago

Ohio GOP Moves to Disenfranchise Students

Source: Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs  |   May 19 2013, 10:14am CDT

Republicans in the Ohio state legislature have proposed giving in-state tuition to any student given college documentation to vote in the state, a move that would likely prevent thousands of students from voting where they ...

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15 hours ago

Business Groups Heartened by House Agreement on Worker Visas

Source: NewsMax  |   May 19 2013, 10:06am CDT

Business groups say they are 'excited' about changes that House negotiators made to the low-skilled visa program outlined in the Senate's "Gang of Eight" comprehensive immigration-reform plan. Geoff Burr, vice president of fede ...

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16 hours ago

J.J. Taylor Distributing Florida, Inc. Teams Up with Speaker...

Source: PRWeb  |   May 19 2013, 9:25am CDT

Representatives from J.J. Taylor Distributing Florida, Inc. join Speaker Weatherford, John Kirtley, chairman of Step Up For Students, and Doris Aybar, Step Up scholar We were happy to join our support of the Step Up program with our commitmen ...

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17 hours ago

Big decision looms for W.Va. House

Source: San Antonio Express  |   May 19 2013, 8:58am CDT

Choosing a new leader will help set the stage for 2014, when Republicans aim to wipe out the Democrats' ebbing majority. The prospects have Minority Leader Tim Armstead looking at ways delegates might end up electing a GOP ...

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