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Employee training grants to double under Florida budget plan
The Florida Senate and House agreed to double funding going to employers for worker training, part of their 2013-2014 budget negotiations, Workforce Florida announced Monday. If the budget is passed after a 72-hour "cooling off" period, funding for...
Tags: Science and Technology, Jupiter, Florida Legislature, Broward County, Margate
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Local teachers, unions disappointed by teacher raise plan
South Florida's teachers and their unions expressed disappointment Monday at the decision by state lawmakers to give teacher raises based on evaluations and not until next year. "This is extremely disappointing," said Sharon Glickman, president of the...Tags: Rick Scott
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Broward, Palm Beach counties endorse reservoir proposal
Hoping to find a long-term boost for drinking water supplies, Broward and Palm Beach County leaders Tuesday endorsed a renewed effort to build a nearly $1 billion water-sharing reservoir. The idea is to turn old rock mines west of Royal Palm Beach...
Tags: Royal Palm Beach, Water Supply, Broward County, Broward County Commission
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Helicopter carrying biologists makes emergency landing in Everglades
A helicopter carrying three biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was forced to make a hard landing in the Everglades on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. No one was reported injured in the emergency landing, said...
Tags: Broward County Sheriff's Office, Everglades, Science and Technology, Endangered Species, Biology
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More questions at FAU, another trial for John Goodman
Forget the clowns, send in the headlines! Headline: FAU trustees cancel May meeting This is something that makes you go hmmmm. After all the craziness at Florida Atlantic University this year (Owlcatraz, Stompgate, James Tracy's musings), it's only...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Judges, Justice System
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Palm Beach County celebrates tourism milestones
Palm Beach County tourism officials on Tuesday celebrated several notable achievements, including back-to-back months of record-breaking bed tax collections and continuing upticks in hotel occupancy and average room rates. The news was delivered at an...Tags: Travel, Hotels and Accommodations, Lynn University, Fort Lauderdale, Tourism and Leisure
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'Tea by the Sea' benefits women's group
Severe storms and a heavy downpour did not dampen the big hats seen at this year's YWCA annual tea. "Tea by the Sea" was staged in Malcolm's at the Omphoy Hotel. Large bouquets of bright-colored Gerber daisies, antique teacups and saucers adorned the...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Feminism, AFLAC Inc.
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Women of Tomorrow impacts five charity groups
More than 200 women were on hand as Impact 100 Palm Beach County awarded $220,000 in grants to five nonprofit organizations at its second annual "Grand Awards Celebration" at Delray Beach Marriott. After hearing presentations from the five nonprofit...Tags: Celebration, Human Interest, Delray Beach
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Lawmakers eye Citizens' wind-only policies for next year
Palm Beach County is home to 23,534 of them. Broward has 25,173. Those figures represent the number of wind-only policies Citizens Property Insurance Corp. sells at "actuarially unsound" premiums, or coverage that is routinely priced more than 60 percent...Tags: Hurricanes, Rick Scott, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Altamonte Springs, Natural Disasters
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Teacher raises may kick in this year – not 2014
Florida’s teachers could get raises as soon as this summer under a revised budget agreement state lawmakers hammered out Wednesday. The change means school employees won’t have to wait until June 2014 for a pay hike, as legislative leaders...Tags: Teachers, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Negron, Rick Scott
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Grocery wars: Walmart expanding into areas dominated by Publix
Publix has been the undisputed leader of grocery sales in South Florida for years, with a market share larger than all other competitors combined. But now Walmart is intent on grabbing a bigger piece of the grocery business, and the battle is on. The...
Tags: Advertising, Broward County, Walmart, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Deerfield Beach
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Three South Florida men among 345 in three-year sex offender roundup
Three men with South Florida ties were among the 345 registered sexual offenders arrested under the U.S. Marshals' Operation Guardian, a three-year national roundup that concluded Tuesday. The operation targeted the country's most dangerous sex offenders...
Tags: Crimes, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Trials
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