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Blaise Ingoglia: Cloudy forecast for Hillary Clinton’s Sunshine State visit

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Hillary Clinton is coming back to the Sunshine State this week, but she won’t be getting a warm welcome: A recent poll published by the Florida Atlantic University asserts that Clinton’s disapproval rating in Florida has skyrocketed with 56 percent of Floridians viewing the “often confused” former first lady unfavorably. This is tough news for Clinton, considering that every president since 1996 needed Florida to win the general election. Florida voters aren’t the only ones who think Clinton is untrustworthy.…

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Final Sunshine State award goes to FSU’s elusive Dalvin Cook

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Who else? This year, the Sunshine State award might as well change its name to “the Golden Dalvin.” Each week, Dalvin Cook — the talented FSU running back — has been one of the major contenders for the award. Why should the final week be any different? Cook gained 193 yards rushing on 26 carries in FSU’s big win over the University of Florida Saturday night, breaking the game open with two touchdown runs in the fourth quarter. He had…

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USF’s Quentin Flowers passes his way to Sunshine State Award

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Quinton Flowers didn’t mess around with most of the football field Saturday night. He just worried about the end zones. Flowers threw for four touchdown passes in the Bulls’ lopsided 65-27 victory over Cincinnati Saturday night. The four touchdown passes accounted for 120 if his 165 yards passing on the night in less than three quarters. For his efforts, Flowers is the Sunshine State Player of the Week. Flowers is in his first full year of starting, and his improvement…

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Florida’s crime rate drops, but sexual assaults are rising

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Florida’s overall crime rate is dropping, but the number of reported sex offenses and sexual assaults is rising. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released Friday a summary of crime information for the six months of 2015. The report showed overall crime volume dropped 2.2 percent compared to the first six months of last year. The numbers are based on information submitted by law-enforcement agencies across the state. The number of murders so far this year in the Sunshine State…

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Florida adds 15,400 private-sector jobs in October, ADP reports

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Florida gained 15,400 private sector jobs last month, according to data released Wednesday by payroll company ADP. The new jobs put the Sunshine State in third place among the 50 states according to the ADP Regional Employment Report. Only California, which added 23,000 jobs, and Texas, which saw a 17,200-job gain, added more than Florida. The new jobs mainly came to the service industry, with just 500 positions heading to goods-producing industries. The breakdown estimates Florida lost 300 manufacturing jobs…

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Florida adds 15K jobs in August, places third in nation

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The Sunshine State added 15,100 private sector jobs in August, placing third among all states, according to a report released Thursday by payroll company ADP. ADP estimates 14,300 of the new jobs went into service industries, with goods-producing industries adding the other 800 jobs. The industry breakdown puts 3,700 new jobs in trade, transportation and utilities, 2,800 jobs in professional and business services, 500 jobs in manufacturing and 300 jobs in mining and construction. The numbers are an improvement over…

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Forbes article linking Florida solar battle to Citizens United throws shade on the truth

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In the place known as the Sunshine State, there’s a lot of shade thrown around in the brewing political battle over solar energy. One such shady spot comes from William Pentland, energy and environmental writer for Forbes, in a recent article called More Smoke, More Mirrors For Solar Politics In Sunshine State. Pentland starts his biased rant with the “decidedly dark turn” against Floridians for Solar Choice (FSC), the political action committee busy collecting signatures for a proposed solar energy…

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