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25th Annual Everglades Coalition Conference in January
21 hours ago ago from Broward News and Entertainment Today
Nancy Marshall , President of the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation , which champions the restoration and preservation of the greater Everglades ecosystem, today announced that the nonprofit organization will be hosting the 25th annual Everglades Coalition Conference , January 7-10, 2010 at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens. The theme for the upcoming Everglades Coalition Conference is: The Changing Face of Everglades ...
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14 hours ago ago from Carolina Talk Network
The federal government said in a legal filing Wednesday that state budget cuts to programs that help people with mental illness and developmental disabilities live on their own violate the individuals' civil rights. View original post here: U.S. out to halt mental health cuts
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12 hours ago ago from Dr Nasir Khan
William Hartung, Foreign Policy in Focus , Dec 23, 2009 It's been a good decade for the Pentagon. The most recent numbers from Capitol Hill indicate that Pentagon spending (counting Iraq and Afghanistan) will reach over $630 billion in 2010. And that doesn't even include the billions set aside for building new military facilities and sustaining the U.S. nuclear arsenal. But even without counting the costs of the wars in Iraq and ...
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Voinovich, who is retiring, said he voted after Majority Leader Harry Reid agreed to consider amendments when the Senate takes up the matter again next month. Bayh told the Senate Budget Committee in November that he would oppose an That idea is opposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., and other Democratic leaders. Pelosi, meanwhile, is supporting demands of moderate House Democrats, who are demanding a budget law aimed at ensuring ...
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8 hours ago ago from The Gradebook | School news from Tampa Bay, Florida
Count Florida House Education Policy Council chairman Will Weatherford among the group voicing stern criticism of the Florida Education Association's opposition to joining the state's Race to the Top effort. "The FEA has long been in the business of resisting innovative education reforms in favor of protecting the status quo," Weatherford writes in a guest column for the Gainesville Sun . "Instead of supporting a program that will give ...
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Senate OK's health care bill in victory for Obama
2 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Senate OK's health care bill in victory for Obama WASHINGTON (AP) -- Months ago, a delegation of Republican senators went to the White House with a request for President Barack Obama to take a more gradual approach to health care. He demurred, according to one official familiar with the meeting, saying that's not what he promised when he ran for the White House. Now, with multiple trade-offs made, Obama and his Democratic allies stand one ...
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