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Governor Scott Taps Hunting Deutsch as Executive Director of the Department of Economic Opportunity
Capital Soup
Apr 13Obama re-election campaign begins health care push in Florida
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Cape Coral group plans protest of Bill Maher's Fort Myers stand-up event
Naplesnews.com StoriesBonita
Apr 25While comedian, talk-show host and stand-up comic Bill Maher can boast of "three thousand screaming, fanatical liberals, mostly atheists, in Huntsville, Alabama," he might not find such a warm welcome in Southwest Florida. A protest may happen at his F... »
Mentally disabled woman found chained and cuffed in backyard
FloriDUH
Apr 24Deputies responding to a report of a child crying for help in a Pensacola backyard found a 21-year-old mentally disabled woman handcuffed behind her back, bleeding from the mouth, and wearing a “sandwich” style billboard sign, according to a news relea... »
Scott names new economic development chief
Orlando Sentinal Political Pulse
Apr 13TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott announced this afternoon that Hunting Deutsch will serve as the new executive director of Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity, starting Monday. Deutsch replaces Doug Darling who resigned after less than a year on ... »
News Minute: Here is the latest Alabama news from The Associated Press
WBBH - Charlotte
Apr 05A task force set up by a Democratic state senator is examining whether change is needed to Florida's "stand your ground" self-defense law in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin killing. State Sen. Chris Smith says the... »
Miss. farming town's immigrants pray bill will die
Sun Herald
Mar 31Immigrants in this sweet potato farming town 150 miles northeast of Jackson say they're praying an Alabama-style immigration bill won't pass the state Legislature. »
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Governor Scott Taps Hunting Deutsch as Executive Director of the Department of Economic Opportunity
Capital Soup
Apr 13Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick Scott Named Hunting Deutsch to serve as the executive director of Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity. Deutsch will assume this role on April 16, 2012. “I am committed to making Florida the number one s... »
Scott names new economic development chief
Orlando Sentinal Political Pulse
Apr 13TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott announced this afternoon that Hunting Deutsch will serve as the new executive director of Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity, starting Monday. Deutsch replaces Doug Darling who resigned after less than a year on ... »
Obama re-election campaign begins health care push in Florida
Orlando Sentinal Political Pulse
Mar 13As Republican presidential contenders battle in Alabama and Mississippi, all is not entirely quiet in Florida on the presidential campaign trail. President Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee have begun their attempt to redefine the mess... »
Report: African American vote in GOP primaries negligible so far
Orlando Sentinal Political Pulse
Mar 13A blog post by John Nichols of The Nation sets out to analyze trends of African American voters in the GOP presidential primaries thus far and finds there haven’t been enough to analyze. In his blog post, African-American Vote in GOP Race Falls Below M... »
Immigration advocates march to support immigration reform
The Florida Independent Blog
Mar 12Immigration advocates continue to march to oppose enforcement-only state laws, deportation proceeding and to support immigration reform measures. »