TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida is getting a $9.1 million bonus from the federal government over how the state is running its food stamp program. The Department of Children and Families announced on Monday that the federal government has awarded the state a bonus for the fifth year in a […]
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Congress Approves Bills to Save Transport Jobs, Maintain Student Loan Interest Rates
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress emphatically approved legislation Friday preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students, giving lawmakers campaign-season bragging rights on what may be their biggest economic achievement before the November elections. The bill sent […]
Questionable Florida Laws Go Into Effect Sunday
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A pair of constitutionally questionable measures and legislation designed to crack down on no-fault auto insurance fraud are among about 150 new Florida laws going into effect Sunday. A law that bans state and local governments from hiring companies that do business in Cuba and Syria […]
President Obama Calls Supreme Court Decision a ‘Victory’ for Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold his health care overhaul is a “victory for people all over the country” and will make their lives more secure. Obama says the decision upholds the fundamental principle that in America – the wealthiest nation on earth […]
Supreme Court Gives President Obama’s Health Care Law the Go Ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul. The decision means the huge overhaul, still only partly in effect, will proceed and pick up momentum over the next several years, affecting the way that […]
Former Rattler Dies in Military Clash
Former Florida A&M swimmer Steven Stevens II died recently in a battle in Afghanistan, according to the university’s website. He was married with a young son. Stevens swam middle/long distances for the university until he joined the military. He was a private first class in the U.S. Marines. FAMU Athletic […]
Trustees Grant FAMU’s Budget Amendments
Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees Wednesday granted a $1 million cash infusion for a “marketing and communication campaign” to restore FAMU’s image in the wake of the Marching “100” hazing scandal in November 2011. But trustees insisted that that administrators spend the next two weeks polishing the communications plan. Trustees approved the amended […]
Debby Douses Tally in Slow-Motion Surge through Gulf
Leon County saw hours of nonstop rain from Tropical Storm Debby this weekend. Portions of Interstate 10 were closed early Tuesday due to flooding, as Debby continues to move slowly across Apalachee Bay towards the eastern Big Bend. The National Hurricane Center said Debby was about 85 miles west of […]
Syrian Rebels Clash With Elite Troops
BEIRUT (AP) – Syria’s elite Republican Guard forces clashed with rebels just outside Damascus Tuesday in some of the most intense fighting involving the special forces guarding the capital since an uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime began last year, activists said. The clashes erupted near Republican Guard housing compounds […]
Arizona police face questions after court ruling
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Arizona’s police chiefs and county sheriffs hoped a U.S. Supreme Court ruling would settle their long-running debate on what role, if any, they should play in immigration enforcement. Instead, the justices’ decision to uphold the state’s “show me your papers” statute has left them […]