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Wednesday Morning Reads: Rick Scott’s Medicaid numbers, employee raises and Jeb Bush
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Wednesday. Here are the stories we're reading this morning. * The Orlando Sentinel looks at Gov. Rick Scott's Medicaid numbers and how economists have told him he was wrong. * The recovering economy is starting... -
Scott team goes to bat defending its economic-incentives
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott's jobs team is going before House and Senate economic-development budget committees Wednesday to defend how it's spent tax-dollars, arguing its use of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax-incentives has helped lead... -
The “dangerous role” corporations (and Jeb Bush’s group) play in education policy to be detailed tomorrow
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe group In the Public Interest plans to detail tomorrow how former Gov. Jeb Bush's influential educational foundation is “writing state education laws and regulations in ways that could benefit its corporate funders.” The group is to... -
Today in Tallahassee: New appointments to BOG expected
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott is expected to make up to six new appointments to the Florida Board of Governors, which will make the university governing board a body dominated by his nominees. Four terms expired Monday — those of Norman Tripp,... -
So how big is Gov. Rick Scott’s $74.2 billion budget anyway?
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — This isn't the blog post where we tell you if you stacked all of Gov. Rick Scott's budget dollars end-to-end they would stretch to Uranus and back. Or weigh more than the Federal Reserve. Or that Scott's budget is the biggest, ever, in... -
Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill McBride dies
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelWilliam McBride, the Tampa lawyer and Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 2002, has died, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The paper reported that the 67-year-old died of a heart attack Saturday while in Mount Airy, N.C., with family. McBride lost the... -
Why holding Gov. Rick Scott to creating 1.7 million jobs is silly talk
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE – This month, we started a series of reports attempting to evaluate Gov. Rick Scott on the ‘7-7-7′ economic plan that was the political mantelpiece of his 2010 campaign. It's a good... -
Jeb Bush group, ALEC and James Madison Institute to present report card, briefing on “student learning options”
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelReaders can get divergent views of Florida's education reform work — and the work of former Gov. Jeb Bush's educational foundation — tomorrow. One group is set to publicly criticize former Bush's foundation tomorrow afternoon. A little... -
Jeter's ankle could leave Yankees in shackles
For 17 seasons, Derek Jeter has been the best reason to keep believing in baseball. His throwback approach has yielded daily excellence in the middle of the Yankees infield. He has kept life simple off the field, and that never seems to be a bad idea....
Tags: World Series, Mark Buehrle, Alex Rodriguez, Josh Johnson (baseball), Adrian Gonzalez
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George P. Bush heads to California to raise cash for Texas campaign
SACRAMENTO --It may well be the most sophisticated campaign for land commissioner in American history. George P. Bush, son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the nephew and grandson of former presidents, is going into the family business, with a run...
Tags: Brad Freeman, Political Fundraising, George W. Bush, Elections, Politics
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Counter revolution emerges on education reform
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelTwo decades into the school “reform” drive that has painted itself as having everyone on board, a strong, nationwide counter-movement has emerged. Diane Ravitch, the grande dame of American education and a research professor of... -
The GOP confronts its 'stuffy old men' problem
Give some credit to the Republican National Committee for at least recognizing that the Grand Old Party has a bit too much "old" and not enough "grand." Its recently released 100-page, post-election analysis, put together by veteran party advisers, points...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Executive Branch, Politics
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Feb 9, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 8, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 19, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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