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By Marcia Heroux Pounds, The Sun-Sentinel (South Florida)
Florida's unemployment is expected to reach an historic peak, 12.3 percent, by this summer, the state's chief economist said on Monday. The forecast is nearly a half percentage point above the record of 11.9 percent set in May 1975.
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By Angel Streeter, The Sun-Sentinel (South Florida)
The recession has produced at least one benefit: Building roads and bridges has become cheaper.
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Claims of misconduct at FPL prompt investigation
By Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald
State utility regulators and Florida Power & Light's parent company said Monday they would investigate anonymous allegations that FPL managers broke the law and committed fraud by forcing employees to provide inaccurate and misleading information to regulators and shareholders.
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Records suggest expense-, salary-padding by state GOP leaders
By Beth Reinhard and Adam S. Smith, The Miami Herald
As a volatile election season gets underway, the Republican Party of Florida is facing its biggest crisis of confidence in decades. Donors and party activists are livid over newly revealed records that suggest outgoing chairman Jim Greer used the party as a personal slush fund for lavish travel and entertainment.
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Candidate calls for full disclosure
By Bill Cotterell, Tallahassee Democrat
A Republican candidate for governor challenged both major contenders for her party's chairmanship to disclose all of the Florida GOP's finances, including credit-card bills of party officers.
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Court refuses to halt execution
By Wire Reports, St. Petersburg Times
The Florida Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt the execution of a man convicted of murdering a state wildlife officer 25 years ago in Pinellas County.
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Broward property values fall
By Amy Sherman, The Miami Herald
Broward property values plummeted more dramatically than ever last year, according to a preliminary estimate, a decline sure to force local governments to slash spending or raise taxes. Countywide values dropped about 16 percent, according to figures released Monday by Property Appraiser Lori Parrish.
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Meek adds name to NASCAR race car
By Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel, The Miami Herald
U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek is adding some horsepower to his campaign. Fans in the stands and watching ESPN2 cable coverage of Saturday's NASCAR race in Daytona Beach will see Mike Wallace's No. 01 race car emblazoned with the ``Kendrick Meek for U.S. Senate'' logo.
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Billboards on Tampa Bay roads duel over existence of God
By Dong-Phuong Nguyen, St. Petersburg Times
A group representing people who do not believe in God or any gods has revved up an awareness campaign in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. The United Coalition of Reason paid to have two billboards erected that feature a blue sky with clouds and the words: "Are you good without God? Millions are."
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The seventh annual Hal Hovey Award was presented Feb. 3 to Marc Perrusquia, an enterprise and investigative reporter for The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis Tenn. The award is made jointly by Stateline.org, which is part of the Pew Center on the States, and Governing Magazine for outstanding coverage of state and local government. | |
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