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Boca Raton businesses make 'top 50' ranking of women-owned firms
Two women who are business owners in Boca Raton have never met, but would likely have a lot to talk about over lunch. Terry Lehmann and Barbara Levine both founded successful businesses that were named in May to a "Top 50" list of flourishing women-owned...Tags: Sales, Boca Raton, Justice System, Lawyers, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Sheriff's plan to urge people to report suspicious behavior unleashes storm of criticism
A program in Palm Beach County intended to encourage residents to report suspicious behavior is attracting resistance from around the state. Under the proposed "Violence Prevention Program," anyone who sees a potentially dangerous situation — a...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Politics, Health, Ric Bradshaw, Mental Health
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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: Politics, Career and Workplace, Mark Wilson, Gainesville, Rick Scott
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Florida TaxWatch names budget turkeys, last-minute expenditures ripe for veto | Opinion
Florida TaxWatch may be a “research institute” backed by funding from Florida’s business lobby, but that doesn’t mean its goals don’t overlap with those of the common people once in a while. Its annual “Turkey List,&...
Tags: Turkey (animal), Politics, Turkey, Lobbying, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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State: Reggie Gaffney's nonprofit overbilled Medicaid nearly $1.4 million
The Florida Times-UnionA nonprofit run by former Jacksonville Port Authority board member Reggie Gaffney overbilled Medicaid by almost $1.4 million, according to an audit by the state Agency for Health Care Administration. The state is seeking to recoup the money from...Tags: Personal Income, Relief and Aid Organizations, Medicaid, Government Health Care, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Chivas USA sale talk persists
The Mexican newspaper Record is reporting that Major League Soccer is planning to buy out Chivas USA owner Jorge Vergara and take control of the troubled franchise, which has the worst record in the Western Conference, the league's worst attendance and no...
Tags: Chivas USA, Major League Soccer, Orlando, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Sun Life Stadium
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Miami area leaders discuss marijuana legalization
Miami HeraldLongtime Miami civil rights leader T. Willard Fair had been hearing stories about the casual use of marijuana among youth in Liberty City. Then, on a visit to Liberty Square, he witnessed the trend: adults and teens smoking openly. "I was in a meeting...Tags: Miami-Dade County, Drug Trafficking, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), The Miami Herald, U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy
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Future of Herald building site in hands of Genting
Miami HeraldThe Miami Herald's remaining employees closed down the newspaper's longstanding building at One Herald Plaza on Thursday night. Next home for the Miami Herald Media Company: Doral. The future of the 50-year-old building overlooking Biscayne Bay is...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Global Expansion, Lifestyle and Leisure, The McClatchy Company
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The Front Burner: Misrepresentations blocked care for a million Floridians
Despite the support of Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Senate, the 2013 legislative session ended with the Florida House unilaterally blocking the extension of health coverage to more than a million low-income, uninsured Floridians. Approving...Tags: Politics, Medicaid, Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Rick Scott
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Lobbying 2013 Legislature cost $34.2M
TALLAHASSEE — Insurance carriers, sugar growers pushing to lessen their pollution costs, telecommunications giant AT&T and an Internet-cafe software company dominated spending on lobbyists to influence the Florida Legislature during the first...Tags: Winter Park, Politics, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Labor Legislation
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Cannon's lobbying firm banks $755k in first full quarter
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Former House Speaker Dean Cannon appears to have landed on his feet quite comfortably in his return to the lobbying world. The Winter Park Republican, who along with former House Speaker Larry Cretul launched his lobbying firm Capitol...Tags: Winter Park, Robert Champion, Politics, Amusement and Theme Parks, Lobbying
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Insurance, gaming, Everglades interests tip the lobbying scales
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Insurance carriers, sugar growers pushing to lessen their pollution costs, telecommunications giant AT&T, and an Internet cafe software company dominated spending on lobbyists to influence the Florida Legislature over the first three months...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Employees, Labor Legislation, Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
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