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• Finalists for state education commissioner make their pitches in Tampa

  After hearing from all three finalists for the education commissioner job, Florida's Board of Education is expected to make its choice today.

  Tony Bennett, Randy Dunn and Charles Hokanson Jr. each spent roughly an hour Tuesday outlining their education philosophies and work experience in a meeting at Tampa's airport hotel. They [...]

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• Miami-Dade asks Florida secretary of state to let big counties offer more early-voting days, sites

  Miami-Dade’s mayor and elections supervisor asked Florida’s secretary of state on Tuesday to relay three requests to Tallahassee to try to fix last month’s elections woes:

  Extend the number of early-voting days. Allow early-voting sites to open at locations other than public libraries and city halls. And cap the number of [...]

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• RPOF keeps spooling the Crist files

  The Republican Party of Florida has turned watching Charlie Crist reels into an art form.

  In yet another reprisal of what we have now heard and seen from the party -- dozens of times -- comes their latest video. It's called : the Two Faces of Charlie Crist. The kicker makes [...]

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• Attorney General Pam Bondi announces ban on more 'balt salts' synthetic drugs

  
  Attorney General Pam Bondi signed an emergency order this morning to ban 22 synthetic drug compounds sold as legal alternatives to marijuana and commonly referred to as "bath salts." The action will help aide law enforcement in keeping harmful substances off store shelves where kids can get to them, [...]

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• Attorney General Pam Bondi announces ban on more 'bath salts' synthetic drugs

  
  Attorney General Pam Bondi signed an emergency order this morning to ban 22 synthetic drug compounds sold as legal alternatives to marijuana and commonly referred to as "bath salts." The action will help aide law enforcement in keeping harmful substances off store shelves where kids can get to them, [...]

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• Parent leaders urge Gov. Rick Scott to reject education commissioner finalists

  Nine parent leaders representing advocacy organizations across Florida sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott today urging him to reject all three of the finalists for the education commissioner job. The group appeals to the governor's recent attempts to build relationships with parents and other education stakeholders, saying this is [...]

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• Gov. Rick Scott: All schools receiving state funds should meet same standards

  UPDATE: Gov. Rick Scott's spokeswoman Jackie Schutz sends us a statement to provide context to what the governor said earlier.

  “Governor Scott is most concerned about improving Florida’s education system by supporting and increasing education funding where possible and improving results for students through accountability. Governor Scott will speak to Step [...]
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• FAMU placed on accreditation probation by SACS

  Florida A&M University was placed on academic probation by its regional accrediting body today, which cited ongoing issues concerning hazing and financial mismanagement at the school.

  For now, the university’s accreditation remains intact. FAMU has 12 months to convince the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that it has fixed the [...]

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• Atwater 'not surprised' at Crist switch

  Even as Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater refrained from speculating on the political plans of former Gov. Charlie Crist, he wasn't shy to criticize Crist's switch from Republican to Democrat. 

  "I'm not surprised by it," Atwater said with a laugh. "He's been a Republican, he's been an Independent, he's now a Democrat in what's probably a 48-month period. I don't know [...]

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• State economists: property tax collections will rise a modest fraction of a percent

  It’s been at least five years since Florida’s housing market collapsed under the weight of foreclosures, and the disaster is far from over, according to state economists and budget advisors.

  During a Tuesday revenue forecast conference for next year’s budget, Florida’s chief economist Amy Baker said it won’t be until at least 2017 that [...]

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