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Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Miami Gardens, Government, Riviera Beach, Linda Chapin
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Sex offenders seek safe haven at mobile home park
LEALMAN - When a 75-year-old man was fatally stabbed at the Palace Mobile Home Park last month, residents were shocked. The slaying was out of character for this community of 80 mobile homes, spread out behind a liquor store and used merchandise shop in...
Tags: Criminals, Boca Raton, Lynn University, House Building, Rentals
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Pinellas bolstering ineffective champion for minority students
The Tampa TribuneCreated to ensure the issues of minority students didn't go unnoticed, the District Monitoring and Advisory Committee was supposed to help address the embarrassing achievement gap between black and white students in Pinellas County schools. The group,...Tags: Justice System, Human Interest, Students, Crime, Law and Justice, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
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Robert Keller, editor
Robert Keller, The Evening Sun's first metropolitan editor and later executive director of the Greater Baltimore Committee, died May 12 of complications from Crohn's disease at Harbor Hospital. He was 71. The son of a banker and a bookkeeper, Robert...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Crohn's Disease
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Gov. Scott in Tampa to trumpet tax cut and drop in Florida's unemployment rate
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Gov. Rick Scott was all smiles during a stop in Tampa Friday morning, his only dilemma being which of two economic victories deserved the bigger celebration. Inside Heat Pipe Technology's cavernous manufacturing floor, Scott signed one of his top...Tags: Executive Branch, Career and Workplace, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Mark Wilson, Unemployment
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Pinellas business digest
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.The folks employed by the Pinellas County Tax Collector's Office have been working to make sure your visit is a seamless one. For successfully achieving performance excellence in management, operations and strategic planning, the tax collector's...Tags: Executive Branch, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Government, Awards and Prizes
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Floridians' travel plans good news for tourism
The Tampa TribuneSeventy percent of Florida residents plan to take a summer vacation of four days or more between May and September, 5 percent more than a year ago, an AAA Travel report said. "This year marks the second year that AAA data shows an increase in the number...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Travel, Hillsborough County
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Police blotter
The following items were taken from police reports: Oak Park •A woman told police she was on the 1000 block of Jackson Boulevard about 9:50 p.m. May 4 when a man approached her from the alley, grabbed her buttocks and fled. He was 25 to 35, about...Tags: Police Arrests, Prosecution, Whole Foods Market, Verizon Wireless, Apple iPhone
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Property values have 'turned the corner'
The Tampa TribuneAfter years of decline, Pasco County's property values could be on their way up. Pasco County Property Appraiser Mike Wells said he would release his official projections later this week, but the state Office of Economic and Demographic Research has...Tags: Media Industry, Hillsborough County, Religion and Belief, Tampa, Values
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Tampa Tribune, Fla., Richard Mullins column
The Tampa TribunePeople who watch the Hallmark Channel sure do love gravy. And not just any gravy, but gravy "mix. They're a full 112 percent more likely to buy gravy mix than the average American, according to a new study, followed closely by purchases of mayonnaise,...Tags: Television, ESPN (tv network), Realty, Entertainment, MTV (tv network)
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Crist support for gay marriage part of long trend
The Tampa TribuneFormer Gov. Charlie Crist announced this week that he supports allowing same-sex marriage in Florida, the latest in a trend toward pro-gay-rights stances by Crist during his political career. That aligns Crist, a former Republican, with the other...Tags: Elections, Parties and Movements, Government, Justice and Rights, Republican Party
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Tourism week offers glimpses of industry's future in Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Tampa Bay marked National Tourism Week with luncheons and pep rallies, speeches and PowerPoint presentations to thank those who work in the bay area's most important industry. But amid all the cheering and back-slapping, tourism week also offered...Tags: Deere and Company, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Marketing, China, Computer Hardware
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