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On eve of testing season, teachers call for a time out

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Time will tell whether Joanne McCall is right about angry parents setting lawmakers’ “hair on fire” is accurate. The Florida Education Association vice president lit up a news conference Tuesday when she elaborated on an answer given by FEA President Andy Ford. The teacher’s union annual pre-session listing of flaws in the Florida school accountability system this year included results of a survey of 20,000 members who overwhelming gave the system a failing grade. The packet of information the FEA…

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More part-time employees offered State Group Health benefits in 2015

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The early numbers are in and it appears that more part-time employees were offered access to the state group health insurance plan than in 2014. The Office of Economic and Demographic Research published the results from the January estimating conference. The summary showed that 14,201 more OPS — other personal service — employees were being offered health care coverage in 2015 than the prior year. OPS means “other personal services” and many of the OPS employees are graduate students and…

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Miami Gardens police turn friends (like Quickstop job creator) into enemies

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If you don’t live in Miami Gardens, you probably think its police department is no concern of yours. Ira Glass thinks otherwise. This week, the host of This American Life used his highly respected program to bring the Miami Herald‘s reporting on the out-of-control police department to his international audience of public radio listeners. The tale was first told to Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown by Alex Saleh, the owner of the Quickstop convenience store on Northwest 207th Street. Saleh’s Quickstop…

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Kathy Castor not ruling out future run for higher office

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Whether or not Marco Rubio opts to seek another term for his Senate seat next year, speculation has already begun to determine which Florida Democrats may compete for their party’s nomination. Along with Alan Grayson, Patrick Murphy and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, another member of the state’s congressional delegation has had her name thrown in the mix in the past few weeks: Kathy Castor. The Tampa-based Democrat was easily re-elected in November for the fifth time since winning the open seat…

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Florida credit unions announce 2015 legislative agenda

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Financial literacy and banking choice lead the agenda for Florida’s largest credit union trade group, which Tuesday unveiled its legislative game plan for the 2015 session. Florida Credit Union Association (FCUA), an affiliate of the League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates (LSCU), announced the top priorities it will advocate during the annual 60-day legislative session that begins March 3. FCUA proposals seek to promote public banking choice, to increase data security, to fight patent trolling and to revise financial…

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Should Tucker Duke’s chef Brian Cartenuto still cook for James Beard Foundation?

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Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox in Tallahassee closed permanently this month in a ring of fiery accusations by investors who all but accused chef Brian Cartenuto of embezzlement and theft. Now, some are wondering whether the two-time winner of the popular Food Network show Cutthroat Kitchen should still be given the privilege of cooking for the prestigious James Beard Foundation. As first reported by SaintPetersBlog, Tucker Duke’s Tallahassee site was damaged in a fire Feb. 2 that temporarily closed the business, but it was expected…

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Is a CON challenge imminent in Hillsborough County?

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A decision by the Agency for Health Care Administration to award a new hospice program in Hillsborough County to a hospital affiliated hospice program could draw a challenge from the longstanding existing provider, LifePath, if a Christmas Eve letter to the state is any indication. Nine applications were submitted to provide new hospice services in Hillsborough County. The state last week announced the hospice program would be awarded to West Florida Health, which is a newly formed company sponsored by…

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