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Carter G. Woodson African-American museum announcement expected tomorrow

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman will make an announcement Tuesday morning regarding the Carter G. Woodson historic African-American History Museum. The pending announcement comes after federal officials visiting St. Pete put plans to sell the building where the museum is located. Purveyors of the museum were told in January that the building would be sold in six months, leaving the museum’s future uncertain without a landlord. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the U.S. Department of Housing reportedly told Mayor…

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Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

State investigates cyber-attack on school testing program

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The state’s top law enforcement agency is investigating cyber-attacks that caused several school districts to suspend standardized tests. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Department of Education announced the investigation Monday, a week after school districts started reporting problems with the tests. Administrators were having problems logging into the testing system and some students were being logged out before completing tests. The Department of Education blamed the problems on software issues and thought the situation was resolved Tuesday,…

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Report: Rural hospitals get billions in extra Medicare funds

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A law that allows rural hospitals to bill Medicare for rehabilitation services for seniors at higher rates than nursing homes and other facilities has led to billions of dollars in extra government spending, federal investigators say. Most patients could have been moved to a skilled-nursing facility within 35 miles of the hospital at about one-fourth the cost, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general said in a report being released Monday. Hospitals juggling tough balance sheets have…

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Obama’s proposed budget would bar tax-exempt bonds to finance stadiums

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Florida lawmakers last year approved a plan to set aside $7 million in sales-tax dollars to help pay for building or renovating sports stadiums. But last month the Joint Legislative Budget Commission punted on the decision on whether or not to fund the four stadium projects that were before them — EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Daytona International Speedway, Sun Life Stadium in Miami-Dade County and an Orlando soccer stadium. The issue of whether to give tax breaks to millionaires for such…

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Voters in eight Pinellas cities head to the ballot box Tuesday

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Municipal elections are being held in eight Pinellas County cities this Tuesday. Belleair, Belleair Beach, Indian Rocks Beach, Kenneth City, Oldsmar, Safety Harbor, St. Pete Beach and Treasure Island will all have polls open for voters from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. The elections are a sprinkling of races for City Council and commissions with a smathering of ballot questions amending city charters. Indian Rocks Beach will choose a city commissioner. Voters will choose from three candidates, Bill Dotson, Terry Hamilton-Wollin and Phillip…

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‘4th Floor Files’ talks with Joshua Aubuchon about ‘the game,’ Makers’ Mark and freeing growlers

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Today’s installment of the “4th Floor Files” talks with Joshua Aubuchon of the Tallahassee office of Holland & Knight. Josh’s specialties include advocacy for alcoholic beverages, property and automobile insurance, tort reform and health care. Clients include the Florida Chamber of Commerce, State Farm Florida, Shands HealthCare and the Florida Brewers Guild, which puts Josh in the thick of the legislative battle to legalize 64-oz. “growlers” in 2015. Here’s the file on Josh Aubuchon: Significant other? Children? Grand kids? I am…

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Dennis Baxley hauls in nearly $80k in February to kick-start Florida Senate bid

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Republican state Rep. Dennis Baxley of Ocala raised $79,500 during the month of February for his bid for the Florida Senate, according to campaign finance reports recently released by the Division of Elections. That brings his war chest to a total of $94,610 overall. “We are pleased to receive this much support this early,” said Baxley in a statement Monday. The man who proudly accepts the title of “Father of Stand Your Ground” is an inveterate campaigner, having run and won…

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