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Cuts to Clearwater libraries decried
Found: 3 Days 3 Hours 50 Minutes ago
St Petersburg Times - Residents voice worries at the first of two public hearings on Clearwater's budget....
Critics: Bright Futures a drain on state
Found: 3 Days 22 Hours 22 Minutes ago
Pensacola News Journal - Though critics say it is a drain on the state lottery funds, everyone loves the wildly popular Bright Futures Scholarship program....
Bright Futures scholarships are controversial
Found: 4 Days 8 Hours 42 Minutes ago
TC Palm - More than 90 percent of incoming freshmen at some campuses and nearly half of all undergraduates at Florida's 11 public universities get Bright Futures grants — whether they need the money or not.
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Critics lining up against Bright Futures scholarships
Found: 4 Days 14 Hours 59 Minutes ago
Naples Daily News - Critics, though, say Bright Futures is fundamentaly unfair and causes economic problems for the universities, which get the bulk of the scholarship money. But their attempts to modify the program have failed because of its vast public support. They say the program is growing faster than the lottery's ability to pay for it and that it helps the children of the rich at the expense of the poor, who buy lots of lottery tickets but are least likely to qualify for scholarships.
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Fla. Bright Futures scholarships are controversial
Found: 4 Days 15 Hours 22 Minutes ago
Palm Beach Post - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — At first, Frank Jaffe thought he'd go to college out of state until he heard about Florida's Bright Futures scholarship. ...
Is there an education leader in the House?
Found: 1 Week 4 Days 6 Hours 58 Minutes ago
St Petersburg Times - It's been two weeks since Trey Traviesa announced he won't seek reelection to the Florida House. His surprise decision threw speculation over who will head the Schools and Learning Council into overdrive. Traviesa was considered a hands-down favorite to take......
Collier Real Estate Transactions: Aug. 26, 2008
Found: 1 Week 4 Days 16 Hours 2 Minutes ago
Naples Daily News - Recent deed transactions from the Collier County Clerk of Courts office.
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African American Leadership Council loses most of funding
Found: 1 Week 5 Days 23 Hours 4 Minutes ago
St Petersburg Times - An oversight board says the African American Leadership Council kept sloppy records....
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