Aug 11, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Pembroke Pines’ charter schools face $2.1 million shortfall From afar, Pembroke Pines’ charter schools look like a parent’s dream, with small classes, high marks and active family involvement. …
Aug 11, 2009
Miami Herald–August 10, 2009 BY ELINOR J. BRECHER Roberta Fulton Fox, a Coral Gables feminist and attorney who pushed women’s and children’s issues in both houses of the Florida Legislature, died of breast cancer at her home on Sunday. She …
Aug 11, 2009
Miami Herald–August 11, 2009 BY SHANNON COLAVECCHIO Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved Progress Energy’s controversial proposal to build a nuclear plant in Levy County, the first such plant approved in Florida in 33 years. …
Aug 11, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: BLOG: Sink “very disappointed” in timing of McCarty report It’s been two weeks since CFO Alex Sink asked Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty to come back to the Cabinet …
Aug 11, 2009
Miami Herald Naked Politics Blog–August 11, 2009 It’s been two weeks since CFO Alex Sink asked Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty to come back to the Cabinet with a report explaining McCarty’s claims that 40 new insurers with over $4-billion in …
Aug 11, 2009
Miami Herald–August 11, 2009 BY HANNAH SAMPSON Leonard Britton, who, as superintendent of the Miami-Dade school district, was at the helm when riots forced the schools to close and the Mariel boatlifts brought thousands of children all at once to …
Aug 11, 2009
Miami Herald–August 11, 2009 BY SHANNON COLAVECCHIO The popular Bright Futures scholarship program is now worth less and carries more financial penalties than ever before, prompting significant concerns among Florida university officials about the impact to students — particularly those …
Aug 11, 2009
Miami Herald–August 11, 2009 BY PATRICIA MAZZEI Calling it a show of confidence in uneasy economic times, Broward School Board members said Tuesday they want to extend Superintendent Jim Notter’s contract another three years — defying a repeated call by …
Aug 11, 2009
In an August 5, 2009 hearing on a White House Administration proposal to revisit the regulation of credit rating agencies, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs examined the role of third party credit ratings and rating …
Aug 11, 2009
The Florida Cabinet met today, August 11, 2009 and considered matters presented by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”), among other agenda items. Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Charlie Bronson was absent from the meeting. Following …