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Scott launches 'teacher raise' victory tour in Sunrise, West Palm Beach
Gov. Rick Scott launched a "victory tour" at South Florida schools Monday to applaud the $480 million approved by the Legislature for teacher raises. Flanked by Broward School Board members and Superintendent Robert Runcie at Piper High in Sunrise,...
Tags: Politics, Government, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, West Palm Beach
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Goodman seeks release from house arrest
Now that he's won a new trial, polo mogul John Goodman wants his freedom. An attorney for the star defendant on Tuesday asked Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath to remove Goodman's house arrest and ankle monitor, and reinstate his far...
Tags: Judges, Drunk Driving, Litigation, Trials, Science and Technology
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'Evening for the Earth' celebrates arts, education and the environment
Resource Depot recently held its sixth annual "Evening for the Earth" event at the Lake Pavilion in downtown West Palm Beach. The nonprofit center focuses on creative reuse. It's a place where businesses and individuals can donate high-quality,...Tags: Education
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Low-wage jobs bulk of gains, report says
The Sunshine State is growing faster than the nation but is gaining mostly lower-wage jobs such as restaurant servers, according to an economic report released Wednesday by Wells Fargo. While hiring has picked up across most industries, it is being...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Palm Beach County faces climate change challenges
Sun SentinelClimate change needs to start becoming a bigger factor in decisions about Palm Beach County transportation plans and development proposals, county officials said Tuesday. Raising roads near the coast to brace for sea level rise and considering pollution...Tags: Water, Weather, Ecosystems, Bodies of Water, Global Change
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Can Boca turn cachet into cash?
Think sidewalk by Prada, or maybe Givenchy Square, or Rolex Tower. At least one Boca Raton planning board member thinks Boca Raton should capitalize on its tony and glitzy rep. Glenn Gromann wants high-end retailers of the Gucci or Givenchy variety to...
Tags: Media Industry, Ethics, Gucci Group NV, Nova Southeastern University, Religion and Belief
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Priest to lonely dead: 'I love you'
No one Mary Helen Wells knew was at her funeral. The physical sum of her 85 years filled a donated urn Monday afternoon, among 36 other donated urns full of unwanted remains. A kindly priest said prayers and stowed them in a crypt. A groundskeeper...
Tags: Delray Beach, Alzheimer's Disease, Washington, DC, Heart Attack, Lake Worth
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Florida prepares for massive insurance signup
WASHINGTON – Facing the next big health-care challenge in Florida, Uncle Sam plans to enlist hundreds of consumer "navigators" over the next several months to help enroll up to 3.5 million uninsured state residents by January, when everyone is...Tags: Politics, Tampa, Broward County, Florida Legislature, Health and Safety at School
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Fraudsters prey on the elderly – that is where the money is
Financial scams targeting the elderly is an issue that hits close to home, says Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. His 88-year-old mother, who lives in Palm Beach County, is deluged with all sorts of shady solicitations. "I am stunned at the...Tags: Politics, Delray Beach, Jeffrey Atwater, Social Security, Interior Policy
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As Hispanic voters' numbers increase, politicians come calling
Democrats and Republicans who disagree on just about everything are in sync on one subject: If they want to win Florida's governorship next year or the presidential election in 2016, they can't afford to ignore or alienate Hispanic voters. "It's a no...
Tags: Politics, Orlando, Don Young, Government, Fort Lauderdale
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In urban Delray Beach, mangoes, farm life still thrive
Just a few minutes north of the lights and crowds on Atlantic Avenue, there is a hidden oasis of tropical fruit. Tucked away unassumingly at the end of residential Seacrest Avenue, the Truly Tropical farm can almost go unnoticed among the homes, schools...
Tags: Mangos, Delray Beach, Lantana, Farms, Boynton Beach
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Unusual rain pattern helps create riot of roadside color
Surely the six days of soggy weather last week caused some sort of mayhem like destructive flooding, heavy swarms of mosquitoes or a rash of new sinkholes. Not so much. But the weather that lurked about much of Florida last week, looking on radar like a...
Tags: Volusia County, Natural Disasters, Orlando International Airport, Apopka, Highway Transportation
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