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• More than 1,200 public officials fail to file financial disclosure forms on time

  The clock is ticking for more than 1,200 elected officials and government employees who have not yet filed their financial disclosure reports for 2011.

  Though the deadline to file the reports was July 1, late-filers have until Tuesday to submit their paperwork before fines start accruing, according to Integrity Florida, a watchdog group.

  “These 1,240 late filers [...]

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• Rep. Julien to challenge razor-thin election in court today

  Rep. John Patrick Julien said he would challenge the results of the District 107 primary race for the Florida House, which Rep. Barbara Watson won by 13 votes in a recount.

  Julien, D-North Miami, was planning to file a court challenge to the results on Friday afternoon. 

  "I fully expect that we will [...]

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• Florida surgeon general: Jacksonville TB outbreak not a public threat

  Florida Surgeon General John Armstrong said the state’s Department of Health is still identifying and screening Jacksonville resident who may have come into contact with people infected with tuberculosis. But he also wanted to assure people who may live in or visit the area that they are not in [...]

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• Sen. Fasano calls for hearing into 'shameless' spending by Citizens Insurance execs

  Sen. Mike Fasano, the most outspoken legislator when it comes to property insurance issues, is calling on the Florida Cabinet to hold a hearing into the “lavish” spending by Citizens Property Insurance executives.

  On Sunday, the Herald/Times reported on the growing travel and meals expenses by Citizens executives, who regularly stay in five-star hotels across the [...]

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• Rick Scott makes it to convention on final night

  Gov. Rick Scott made it. The host-state governor of the Republican National Convention in Tampa arrived for Thursday night's celebration of Mitt Romney as the GOP nominee and prime-time speeches by three Floridians. The governor entered the Tampa Bay Times Forum shortly before the 7:30 p.m. start of the session. Republican alternate delegates [...]

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• Bush appeals for new dedication to equal education, wants Obama to stop blaming his brother

  TAMPA _ Former Florida governor Jeb Bush used his prime time spotlight at the Republican National Convention Thursday to pass a symbolic torch to his party’s nominees, defend his brother, and urge the nation to rededicate its promise of an equal education. 

   “If we want to continue to be the greatest [...]

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• Two more defeated candidates -- one legislative, one judicial -- contest Miami-Dade election results

  Two more candidates defeated in Miami-Dade County races earlier this month have sued to contest the results, citing a Hialeah absentee-ballot fraud investigation. The lawsuits bring the total number of complaints stemming from the probe to four.

  Paul Crespo, who lost a Republican primary against state Rep. Carlos Trujillo, and Alex [...]

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• Dept. of leaks: Did Marco Rubio gets sandbagged in Romney World (again) by leaking speech?

  For the third time, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has been on the receiving end of an anonymous leaker connected to Mitt Romney's presidential bid.

  This time, Rubio's much-anticipated speech introducing Romney was leaked in its entirety hours before the show to the Weekly Standard. It's the only leak of its [...]

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• Dept. of leaks: Did Marco Rubio gets snagged in Romney World (again) by leaking speech?

  For the third time, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has been on the receiving end of an anonymous leaker connected to Mitt Romney's presidential bid.

  This time, Rubio's much-anticipated speech introducing Romney was leaked in its entirety hours before the show to the Weekly Standard. It's the only leak of its [...]

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• Does Obama want to 'nationalize curriculum'?

  Who should decide how to teach children to write a sentence or multiply numbers -- local leaders or the feds?
  
  Rick Santorum, who dropped out of the GOP presidential primary, touched on that theme in his Aug. 28 speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
  
  "A [...]
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