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Florida News
Index of Stories
2017
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Florida
News 2017
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August 30, 2017 07:10 am | Public News
Service
TALLAHASSEE,
FL - U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, a
controversial champion of private schools, is
causing a stir in Florida's capital city, since
it appears she's bypassing any visits to
traditional public schools.
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Aug. 24, 2017 08:55 am | Public News
Service
TALLAHASSEE, FL - For the first time in
state history, Florida is scheduled to
execute a white man for killing a black
person. Mark James Asay's death warrant
schedules his execution for six o-clock this
evening.
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Posted August 15, 2017 05:55 am | Public News
Service
MIAMI BEACH, FL - Just a couple of days are
left to comment on a plan by the Trump
administration to undo Obama-era
protections for the Atlantic and Arctic
Oceans. President Trump has vowed to take
steps to reopen the ocean territories to oil
and gas drilling, saying it would boost the
economy and expand America's energy
potential.
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Posted August 11, 2017 06:55 am | Public News
Service
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Posted July
25, 2017 05:05 pm
COLUMBIA
COUNTY, FL – There are more manatees and sea
turtles in Florida than in any other state.
More than 6,000 manatees swim in its coastal
waters, rivers and freshwater springs, and
thousands of sea turtles nest and hatch on
its Atlantic and Gulf coast beaches.
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Posted July
12, 2017 04:15 am
LIVE
OAK, FL – At their board meeting on July 11, the
Suwannee River Water Management District
Governing Board appointed Hugh Thomas as its new
executive director effective July 17.
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Posted July 11, 2017 09:20 am | Public News
Service
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Across Florida, more
schools, community centers and churches are
serving summer meals for lower-income
children, but the latest research says not
enough families take advantage of these
programs.
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Posted July
7, 2017 05:15 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Yesterday, Progress
Florida and Environmental Action delivered
more than 7,000 petitions from Floridians
urging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) to deny permits for
seismic airgun surveys – the first step
toward offshore drilling – in protected
areas of the Atlantic Ocean, including along
the Florida coastline.
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Posted
July 3, 2017 06:30 am | Op-Ed
Think about
how nerve-wracking it is for us to try to
dodge traffic when we have to run across a
highway – just imagine how confusing it is
for a wild animal to be moving through the
woods and suddenly confronted by a road with
speeding cars everywhere.
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June 29, 2017 03:59 am
LIVE OAK, FL – The Suwannee River Water
Management District (SRWMD) Governing Board
recently adopted an emergency rule to
establish minimum flows and levels (MFL) for
four Outstanding Florida Springs: Falmouth
Spring, Lafayette Blue Spring, Peacock
Springs, and Troy Spring, as required by the
Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act.
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Posted May 30, 2017 08:55 am | Public News
Service
TALLAHASSEE, FL – While many Floridians honored the
sacrifices of military members over the
holiday weekend, some also are calling on
Congress to honor the nation's promises to
veterans, as the possibility looms for
devastating cuts to their health benefits.
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Posted
May 19, 2017 02:45 pm
COLUMBIA,
HAMILTON, SUWANNEE COUNTIES – Wednesday, May
10, 2017, the Florida Commission for the
Disadvantaged (CTD) Local Coordinating Board
and the North Central Florida Regional
Planning Council convened their annual
public hearing. The Suwannee Valley TA
administrator was unable to explain his
agency's funding sources with any
specificity.
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Posted April 21, 2017 08:15 pm
TALLAHASSEE, FL – This morning, after bringing attention
to himself, his family, Florida, and the United States,
Florida state senator Frank Artiles resigned for remarks
made apparently while he was under the influence of
alcohol.
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Posted April 14, 2017 12:30 am | Public News
Service
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Public employees planning to spend
their careers in Florida could see big
changes to their retirement plans, the
result of a controversial move by the
Florida House. House Republicans pushed
through a bill on Thursday that would
default new hires into a 401(k)-style
savings plan, rather than a traditional
pension.
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Posted
April 7, 2017 10:52 am
COLUMBIA
COUNTY, FL – For generations, economic
development and workforce development in
Columbia County have languished. Overcoming Columbia County's
quintessential good ole' boy network and the County's
challenged school district have inhibited economic
growth until recently, when retail developers found a
pool of retail development incentives and low cost
workers to fulfill their retail and fast
food expansion needs. Wednesday morning, April 5, 2017, during the County's
monthly Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB)
meeting, County Commissioner Ronald Williams, one of the
primary faces of Columbia County economic development
for over three decades, explained how the County was
going to solve the workforce needs of its major high
tech employer, HAECO.
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Posted April 4, 2017 08:55 am | Public News
Service
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Many women across the country will
rally today in support of equal pay, but a
new report finds many obstacles to that goal
in Florida and nationwide. According to the
report, in 13 states, a woman born today
would not see equal pay during her working
life.
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Posted
March 30, 2017 | Final posted March
31, 2017 07:45 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Yesterday's Chamber luncheon
featured HAECO VP Kip Blakely, who told the Chamber
about HAECO, a major world wide corporation, and the
problems its aircraft division, HAECO - formerly TIMCO,
was having in Lake City/Columbia County with workforce
development. It can't find qualified workers. This has
been a systemic problem in Columbia County for decades,
a county which has actively not pursued high quality,
high paying jobs. Before Mr. Blakely spoke, Economic
Development Director Glenn Hunter introduced him to the
audience.
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Posted
March 29, 2017 07:59 am
COLUMBIA,
HAMILTON, SUWANNEE COUNTIES, FL – Monday's
March 26, 2017 Suwannee Valley Transit
Authority meeting once again had Columbia
County Commissioners Nash and Phillips
relegating Columbia County residents to the
back of the bus by intentionally scheduling
Suwannee Valley Transit Authority meetings
to conflict with Columbia County's
county-wide taxing district, the Lake Shore
Hospital Authority.
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Posted
March 27, 2017 02:30 pm
Tonight's Suwannee Valley Transit Authority
Board meeting has been cancelled twice
because of Com. Sessions's non-compliance
with the laws regarding special districts.
While Commissioner Sessions finally managed
to get a legal advertisement published 7
days before tonight's meeting, he forgot to
mention that it was the Suwannee Valley
Transit Authority Board that was meeting.
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Posted
March 14, 2017 05:15 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL –
A class action lawsuit seeks to
automatically restore former felons’ voting
rights and eliminate Florida’s arbitrary and
opaque process for re-enfranchisement. The
lawsuit was filed by the national voting
rights organization, Fair Elections Legal
Network, and law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers
& Toll PLLC on behalf of seven former
felons.
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March 9, 2017 09:35 am | Watchdog.org
TALLAHASSEE, FL –
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran is
winning – bigly. The Land O’Lakes Republican
not only has Enterprise Florida, Inc. and
Visit Florida — two taxpayer-supported
public-private partnerships — on
the ropes, but he just hit the jackpot
against the Florida Lottery. It’s the latest
victory in Corcoran’s “corporate welfare”
crackdown.
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March 7, 2017 11:59 pm | updated March
8 08:10 am | (1
comment)
COLUMBIA, HAMILTON, SUWANNEE COUNTIES, FL – The Suwannee
Valley Transit Authority (SVTA) is an independent
special district which serves the transportation
disadvantaged in Columbia, Hamilton, and Suwannee
Counties. It makes virtually no money; is fully
supported by tax dollars; and is run by Suwannee County
Commissioner Larry Sessions. In the past, Com. Sessions
has shown that he is not pleased with Florida's meeting
notice requirements.
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March 1, 2017 05:30 am | Public News
Service
TALLAHASSEE,
FL – While some sectors of Florida's economy are
thriving, new data shows the number of people
who are struggling to afford the basics of food,
housing, transportation, child care and health
care is on the rise.
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Posted February 24, 201 01:15 am
It's important for girls to embrace the
exciting world of STEAM-related fields of
science, technology, engineering, arts and
math. See how Ford brought the awesomeness
of car racing to hundreds of Girl Scouts
from councils in New Jersey, Detroit, Miami
and Dallas!
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Feb. 24, 2017 06:20 am | Public News
Service
TALLAHASSEE, FL –
The Trump administration says it's handing over
responsibility to states to decide how to handle
restroom access for transgender students, and
Florida activists are wasting no time in sending
a message to state and local officials.
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Feb. 13, 2017 05:00 am | Public News
Service
LAUDERHILL,
FL – With executive orders and deportation raids
dominating the news, many immigrants now are
taking steps to ensure they won't be separated
from their families and lives.
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Feb. 2, 2017 03:30 am | Public News
Service
LIVE
OAK, FL – As a small group holds vigil near the
Suwannee River in north Florida, a growing
chorus of voices across the state and online is
speaking out against the proposed Sabal Trail
Pipeline.
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Posted January 28, 2017 08:59 am
LAKE CITY,
FL – Thursday night, the main event at the
North Central Florida Regional Planning
Council (NCFRPC) occurred during the 6 pm
Executive Committee meeting. After a
Columbia County resident appeared before the
Committee and expressed an interest in
applying for an unadvertised position on a
local transportation disadvantaged board,
Chairman Davis recommended the item be
pulled off the consent agenda and the
position be advertised. The
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Posted January 27, 2017 04:45 am | Public News
Service
TALLAHASSEE,
FL – Donald Trump's campaign promise to take dramatic
action on immigration has become a reality,
and those who work with Florida's immigrant
community say the actions carry a high moral
and economic cost.
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Posted January 25, 2017
09:15 am
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Posted January 13, 2017 10:15 am | Public News
Service
MIAMI,
FL – As confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald
Trump's Cabinet nominees continue in
Washington, D. C., his choice to run the
Environmental Protection Agency is facing
serious questions from parents in Florida.
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Posted January 5, 2017 01:10 am | Public News
Service
TALLAHASSEE,
FL – More Florida women are starting the new year in
dire economic straits than in most parts of the country,
according to new
report on the status of women.
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DeVos Avoids Visiting Public Schools in FL's Capital
Florida
Set to Resume Executions: 1st White to be Executed for
Killing a Black Man
Comment Period Ending for Offshore Drilling
Mental Health Experts: Punishment Not the Way to Stop
Overdoses
Suwannee River Water Mngt Dist Appoints Hugh
Thomas New Executive Director
In Florida, Hunger Doesn't Take a Summer Break
Thousands
of Floridians Oppose Seismic Airgun Testing
& Drilling off FL's Coast
FL Wildlife Crossings Work for Animals & People
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Suwannee
Valley TA: Com/Admin Sessions, Not
Sure Where the Money Comes From
HAECO Ready in Col Cnty: "Moldin'
Kids In a Certain Way to Provide a Workforce"
N Cent FL's Systemic Wkforce
Dev Problems Has HAECO Reeling, Col Cnty in Confusion
Lawsuit
Seeks to Restore Former Felon's Voting Rights
House Speaker Richard Corcoran Keeps Winning:
This Time It's the Florida Lottery
45 Percent of Florida Families Are Working Poor
Floridians Speak Out Against Transgender Restrooms
As Immigrant Fears Rise, Rush to Citizenship Under Way
Florida Pipeline Protests Grow as Construction Continues
NCFRPC Chair Rick Davis
Nixes Rubber Stamp Approval of Exec Dir's
Recommended Appointment
Trump's Wall Builds Outrage, Fear Among Florida
Immigrants
Iula Tribesman & Detector Dogs Help UF/IFAS/FWC
Remove Pythons in F
Florida Moms Rally Against EPA Nominee
Report: FL Women Worse Off Than Decade Ago