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		<title>Tallahassee entrepreneur Rick Kearney boosts Florida Competes campaign with $100K</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Schorsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Florida’s effort to create statewide anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity received a substantial boost. On Thursday, Tallahassee tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Rick Kearney gave $100,000 to Florida Competes, the coalition of businesses working to pass the Florida Competitive Workforce Act. Kearney’s check is the largest single donation to Florida Competes so far. The bipartisan Workforce Act is once again in the Florida Legislature, filed earlier this month in the House (HB 623) by Democrat Ben Diamond&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Support for LGBT-protection bill grows among Legislature&#8217;s GOP members</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A measure that would prohibit employment, retail and other discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity has picked up a second Republican sponsor in the Florida Senate: Travis Hutson of St. Augustine. The group behind the the “Florida Competitive Workforce Act&#8221; (HB 45/SB 120) announced the move in a news release Friday. The prime sponsors are Democratic state Sen. Joe Abruzzo of Boynton Beach and Key Largo Republican Holly Raschein in the House. Hutson now joins Clearwater&#8217;s Jack Latvala in sponsoring the Senate&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Competitive Workforce video talks successes, plans for 2016</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Schorsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2015 09:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Florida Businesses for a Competitive Workforce coalition is coming off a very good month. “Drumbeat Report,” a video compilation hosted by campaign manager Patrick Slevin, discussed the organizations recent successes, including such support from Fortune 500 companies and major Florida employers. The three-minute video reveals the group as “off and running” with what organizers describe as “pretty solid backing.” In recent weeks, telecommunications giant AT&#38;T joined the grassroots movement, which seeks to modernize the Florida Civil Rights Act of&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AT&#038;T Florida latest major employer to join Florida Businesses for a Competitive Workforce</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Ammann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AT&#38;T Florida is the latest major employer to join the Florida Businesses for a Competitive Workforce (FBCW) coalition, which seeks to end statewide LGBT discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Supported by more than 400 Florida businesses, the coalition is working to pass the Florida Competitive Workforce Act during the 2016 Legislative Session. The Act would help protect all Floridians, and attract more entrepreneurs, companies, and a diverse workforce to the state. Recent polling found nearly 7 out of&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Joe Abruzzo, Holly Raschein file bills to expand public protections for LGBTQ Floridians</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Ray]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A bipartisan pair of South Florida lawmakers &#8212; Democratic state Sen. Joe Abruzzo of Boynton Beach and state Rep. Holly Raschein, a Key Largo Republican &#8212; announced they will pursue legislation to update state law to include sexual orientation and gender identity under Florida&#8217;s workplace and public accommodations protections. The bill &#8212; HB 45, filed Tuesday morning &#8212; is dubbed the &#8220;Florida Competitive Workforce Act&#8221; and specifically amends F.S. 760.01, an anti-discrimination statute, to include &#8220;sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.&#8221; A business consortium called Florida&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Despite stalling this year, hopes remain for Florida Competitive Workforce Act in 2016</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Ammann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 22:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Despite the Legislature failing this year to advance statewide discrimination protections for employment, housing, and public accommodations, equality for Florida’s workforce is more popular than ever. With the early dismissal of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the Florida Competitive Workforce Act did not advance during the recently ended 2015 Florida legislative session. However, the number of businesses and people backing the measure continue to reach new heights, giving supporters hope for a solid comeback when lawmakers reconvene in January 2016. Florida&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Today on Context Florida: Ted Cruz, guns on campus, college fit and the Competitive Workforce Act</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Ammann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today on Context Florida: After vowing to not only overturn Obamacare, but to repeal “every word” of it, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is signing up his family for healthcare using the dreaded, socialist, competition-stifling, Affordable Care Act. However, Peter Schorsch explains why Cruz is not the real hypocrite in this case. Bob Sparks says that logic, passion and courage are what describes guns-on-campus debate. Although there are plausible arguments from both sides, the recent campus shooting at Florida State provided some&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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