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		<title>Focus turns to recovery after Irma’s exit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than 5.5 million homes and businesses in Florida remained without power at midday Tuesday after Hurricane Irma plowed through the state. The top to return to homes was underway in most areas outside the storm-ravaged lower Florida Keys. Irma is expected to cost the state and federal government billions of dollars. Meanwhile, Florida Power &#38; Light spokesman Rob Gould asked customers Tuesday to be patient as they wait for restoration of electricity. “We understand what it means to be&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kathy Castor wants increased federal disaster aid for Florida after Irma</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch Perry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tampa Democratic Representative Kathy Castor is pressing for an increase in federal disaster aid to the highest share possible to help Floridians recover rapidly from the damage caused by Hurricane Irma. “I intend to be a proactive partner to our local Tampa and Hillsborough County communities to speed recovery,” Castor said in a statement Tuesday. “I will press electric utilities to restore power and ensure that our local partners have the resources to speed debris removal in the short term and&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Will FCAT on Good Friday cause a stir?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Gradebook asks a very good question: Will scheduling the FCAT on Good Friday cause more problems than its worth. Scheduling classes on certain religious holidays has proven controversial in some Florida school districts. (Think Hillsborough and Good Friday, or Collier and Yom Kippur, to name but two.) So how much of a mess is the Florida Department of Education going to create by scheduling the 2011 FCAT exams over not one but two holidays? Superintendents in several districts have&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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