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GOP governors taught how to describe Occupy Wall Street

By | 12.01.11 | 7:36 pm | More from The Florida Independent

During a meeting of the Republican Governors Association in Orlando this week, Frank Luntz, one of the most well known political communications strategist in the country, talked to GOPers about how they could do a better job talking about the Occupy Wall Street movement.

VIDEO: Florida’s homeless children rate reaches epidemic proportions

By | 11.29.11 | 9:53 am | More from The Florida Independent

60 Minutes aired a program this weekend shedding light on one of the little-discussed but heartbreaking aspects of the country’s persistent economic woes: an epidemic of homeless schoolchildren. The subject of the program was Seminole County, Fla., a county with 1,100 homeless students.

State lawmakers debate GOP memorial requiring federal government to balance its budget

By | 11.16.11 | 1:33 pm | More from The Florida Independent

 

Continuing an ongoing theme in the GOP-led Legislature, a committee today spent a considerable amount of time debating a memorial that would require the federal government to pass a balanced budget.

Florida ag commissioner: Best outcome on immigration would be ‘if nothing happens’

By | 11.15.11 | 2:54 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam told state citrus industry leaders Monday that Florida GOP elected officials should be credited for not passing the “mistaken” state immigration laws now in place in Georgia and Alabama.

Scott, Legislature criticized at town hall for turning down federal health care grants

By | 11.08.11 | 5:49 pm | More from The Florida Independent

During a town hall held today to discuss the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Florida, health advocates continued to express disapproval of the state’s rejection of millions of dollars in federal health grants.

Many of new Florida jobs in low-wage industries

By | 11.07.11 | 11:22 am | More from The Florida Independent

On Oct. 13, Gov. Rick Scott touted the news that Florida’s unemployment rate had dropped one tenth of 1 percent between August and September, saying in a statement, “Florida is headed in the right direction.”

New ‘free market’ think tank sets its sights on 2012 legislative session

By | 11.02.11 | 3:22 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Just months after opening up shop, a Naples-based “free market” public policy group that has so far declined to disclose the source of its funding has already made inroads with state government, and is gearing up to influence Florida’s 2012 legislative session.

Legislators roll out bills to end employment discrimination

By | 11.01.11 | 5:45 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Florida lawmakers have crafted a slew of new bills that would outlaw hiring discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, whether someone is unemployed and whether an applicant has a criminal history.

Gov. Scott touts new Boeing jobs in Florida

By | 11.01.11 | 10:54 am | More from The Florida Independent

Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that Boeing will locate its Commercial Crew program headquarters at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. According to a press release issued by Scott’s office, “Boeing will manufacture and test its Crew Space Transportation” spacecraft and expects to create 140

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Scott, Rubio not attending this weekend’s Florida Tea Party Convention

By | 10.31.11 | 4:36 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Representatives from the offices of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Gov. Rick Scott report that neither will be attending the Florida Tea Party Convention scheduled for this weekend, despite their inclusion on the event’s agenda.