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Healthy Start spared cuts in House budget

By | 02.03.12 | 3:03 pm

The Healthy Start Coalitions of Florida, so far, are not poised to suffer budget cuts this year. Last year, the group saw millions taken from its budget.

VIDEO: The Daily Show goes after welfare drug testing law

By | 02.03.12 | 8:41 am

Last night, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart aired a segment highlighting Florida’s welfare drug testing law.

Union groups call senator’s chairmanship loss ‘sad,’ ‘deplorable,’ ‘a shame’

By | 02.02.12 | 8:12 am

The AFL-CIO and the Florida Education Association are calling yesterday’s announcement that Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos removed state Sen. Mike Fasano from a committee chairmanship “a shame,” “sad” and “deplorable.”

Romney wins Florida primary

By | 01.31.12 | 8:52 pm

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has won the Florida GOP primary. The victory was unsurprising, as Romney had been leading in the majority of polls leading up to today’s vote.

Progress Florida collects 11,289 signatures condemning ‘voter suppression’ bill

By | 01.27.12 | 9:36 am

The day before a U.S. Senate judiciary committee will hold a public hearing on Florida’s controversial new elections law in Tampa, a progressive group announced that it had collected 11,289 signatures for a petition denouncing what the group calls the “Voter Suppression Act of 2011.”

One Miramar address, dozens of companies, millions in campaign donations

By | 01.27.12 | 9:00 am

How two South Florida doctors — one with ties to the Mitt Romney campaign — have given millions through a web of companies.

Senator: Legislature ‘rushing’ bill so ‘two major private prison companies can add to their profits’

By | 01.26.12 | 2:14 pm

State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, says that Florida legislators are “rushing” their prison privatization plans so that “private prison companies can add to their profits.”

VIDEO: ‘School Choice Week’ moves forward with endorsements from conservative groups

By | 01.24.12 | 12:54 pm

“National School Choice Week” launched its nationwide activities in New Orleans over the weekend with the participation of celebrities and elected officials and a proclamation of support by at least 25 state governors, including Rick Scott.

GOP leaders say immigration, unemployment will define Florida primary

By | 01.23.12 | 11:14 am

Florida GOP leaders said over the last two days that the economy is No. 1 in the minds of Florida voters and that their party’s presidential candidates must be aware of how they address immigration.

Scott talks Florida primary on Fox News

By | 01.23.12 | 9:41 am

Florida Gov. Rick Scott spoke to Fox News’ Bill Hemmer about next week’s Florida primary on America’s Newsroom this morning, emphasizing the importance of jobs and “getting people back to work.”

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