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Florida

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  • Rod Thomson
  • October 8, 2010
Shhhhh... Sink was a Banker

In a normal election year, Alex Sink's run for governor of Florida would play heavily on her successful banking career with Bank of America. But this is no normal election.

  • Florida
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  • Jay Brady
  • October 8, 2010
Government Digest: Oct. 8 - Oct. 14

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • October 4, 2010
Running for Office

Loranne Ausley is betting her competition can't outrun her on the track and in politics. She hopes to be a foil to the state legislature's Republican leadership.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • October 4, 2010
Persistent Politics

Jeff Atwater learned a lot from his toughest campaign battle eight years ago. His biggest takeaway: Ideas matter.

  • Florida
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  • Jay Brady
  • October 1, 2010
Government Digest: Oct. 1 - Oct. 7

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2010
Court Presence

Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach is an aggressive debater in court and in the Legislature and hopes to debate his way to the attorney general post.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Carl Cronan
  • September 24, 2010
Penny For Your Routes

Land use lawyer David Singer heads the campaign to add another cent to Hillsborough County's sales tax for mass transit. As he sees it, it's a matter of paying now or incurring steeper costs later.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • September 17, 2010
Urban Cowboy

A former elected mayor of Tallahassee who wants to be agriculture commissioner can boast of a hardcore farming background. What he doesn't have, at least not yet, is statewide name recognition.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • September 17, 2010
Following Footsteps

A five-term Republican congressman with deep historical roots will give up his seat to become Florida's next agriculture commissioner.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • September 17, 2010
Government Digest: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • September 10, 2010
Public Union Power Play

Government workers' unions are funneling record amounts of money to political campaigns — 92% of it to Democrats — in hopes of protecting pay and benefits.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • September 3, 2010
'Virgin Territory'

Big Labor sees the Gulf Coast's government employees as ripe for organizing, and has already made in-roads. While private-sector union membership tanked by one quarter during the recession, public sector union membership actually grew.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • September 3, 2010
Government Digest: Sept. 3 - Sept. 9

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • August 27, 2010
Government Digest: Aug. 27 - Sept. 2

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • August 20, 2010
FOCUS: Jobs Now

State workforce boards' shift from long-term employment programs to meet the immediate needs of more than one million unemployed. But that strategy isn't wholly embraced.

  • Florida
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