Category: Archive – News
Feb 11, 2010
The Miami Herald published this letter on February 10, 2010. Re the Feb. 5 letter State attached too many strings, about Florida’s efforts to win the federal Race to the Top competition: Race to the Top is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity …
Feb 10, 2010
The Miami Herald published this article on February 10, 2010. BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER Florida’s embattled ban on adoption by gay people suffered another setback Tuesday, when state child welfare administrators agreed to provide health insurance, college tuition and other …
Feb 9, 2010
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA published this article on February 8, 2010. THE CAPITOL, TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 8, 2009…. Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum on Monday said he’s weighing whether to join a lawsuit against Bank of America for duping investors …
Feb 8, 2010
The Miami Herald published this article on February 5, 2010. A former partner in a vast Medicare racket was convicted of healthcare fraud Thursday in Miami federal court. Yasmanny Benavides, 28, of Miami, operated two medical-equipment companies that submitted about …
Feb 3, 2010
The Miami Herald published this story on February 3, 2010. BY CURTIS MORGAN Even before its justices rule, the Florida Supreme Court has erected a potential legal hurdle to Gov. Charlie Crist’s $536 million land deal with the U.S. Sugar …
Feb 2, 2010
The Miami Herald published this letter on February 2, 2010. It is difficult to understand how The Miami Herald’s Jan. 28 editorial, Crist’s gamble on education, can say that Florida’s public schools have had “several years of diminishing returns” when …
Feb 2, 2010
The Miami Herald published this article on January 31, 2009. Though the fiscal year has barely begun, Miami leaders are bracing for a budget hole that could nearly wipe out the city’s entire reserve. BY CHARLES RABIN AND MICHAEL SALLAH …
Jan 28, 2010
The Miami Herald published this editorial on January 28, 2010. After several years of diminishing returns for Florida’s public schools, Gov. Charlie Crist is proposing to increase the education budget from PreKindergarten to 12th grade. It’s a key piece of …
Jan 28, 2010
The Miami Herald published this article on January 28, 2010. BY RON MATUS St. Petersburg Times Despite a still-rocky economy, Gov. Charlie Crist said Monday he’ll push for an increase in Florida’s education budget. Crist — who is running for …
Jan 27, 2010
The Miami Herald published this article on January 27, 2010. BY NIALA BOODHOO Florida’s consumers started out the New Year unexpectedly optimistic about the economy, with the state consumer confidence index rising to its highest level in more than two …