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Field has mulled selling artifacts
When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....
Tags: Culture, Consultancy Service, Arts and Culture, Environmental Issues, Wildlife
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Ethics and campaign-finance marriage gets a bit complicated
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature's much-ballyhooed marriage between campaign-finance and ethics reforms may be heading for a rocky patch. On Tuesday, the Senate moved away from the House on its campaign-finance bill (SB 1382) when the chamber's... -
Scott should sign ethics, veto campaign packages
Florida lawmakers crowed last week, with some justification, about passing a "historic" package of ethics reforms. But they squandered a historic chance to deliver true campaign finance reform in another package they sent to Gov. Rick Scott's desk....Tags: Finance, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections
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Gambling expansion showdown at Capitol
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — A Wednesday hearing aimed at coming up with a new casino expansion bill erupted into a shoutfest between a key senator and the chairman of the state’s gambling oversight board. After years of lobbing attacks at each other...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Pat Quinn, Terry Link, John J Cullerton, Religion and Belief
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State Ethics Commission clears Osceola ex-Clerk of Courts Malcom Thompson
Former Osceola Clerk of Courts Malcom Thompson was cleared late Friday by the state Ethics Commission of abusing his position last year. The decision followed Thompson's exoneration in March by a state administrative-law judge who ruled Thompson did...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Primaries, Career and Workplace, Religion and Belief
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Tavares mayor worked as subcontractor on city's new train station
TAVARES — The city's latest downtown project — a $540,000 train station modeled after a long-gone depot — will open Wednesday at Wooton Park, becoming the headquarters for a historic steam train and the Chamber of Commerce. Inside, the...
Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Construction, Elections
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Broward state senator steps into minefield with prospective job
There's legal, there's ethical, and there's what's right. The concepts are not the same, at least not under the loose guidelines for Florida legislators, which is why I get nervous when politicians start walking a tightrope between their public roles...Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Parkland, Colleges and Universities, Jeremy Ring
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Cubs prospect Soler benched by manager
Dave Keller is about as old school as they come, and the former Cubs coach and current manager of the team’s Class A Daytona affiliate didn’t like what he saw from top prospect Jorge Soler. So Soler became one of the first prominent examples...
Tags: Theo Epstein, Sports, Albert Almora, Baseball, Scott Baker
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Bethlehem Catholic lacrosse team looking for first victory
First, the stats. Bethlehem Catholic's boys lacrosse team, in its first season playing at the varsity level, is 0-12 overall and 0-9 in the Lehigh Valley Conference. The Golden Hawks have been outscored 197-15 in their losses. The closest they've come...Tags: Dom (music group), Roman Catholicism, Sports, Christianity, Moravian College
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Interactive graphic lets voters follow the money in mayor's race
A Times analysis of campaign contributions in the Los Angeles mayor's race shows that big donors are using loosely regulated "super PACs" to help candidates like never before. The Times has created an interactive graphic that allows readers to break...
Tags: Human Interest, Labor Legislation, Primaries, Local Elections, Career and Workplace
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Garcetti, Greuel hammer each other over ethics
After weeks of pummeling her rival Eric Garcetti over his ethical standards, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel can run quickly through her list of reasons that she sees her former City Council colleague as dishonest and untrustworthy. For...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Local Elections, Polls, Eric Garcetti, Religion and Belief
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'Super PACs' negate spending limits in L.A. mayor's race
Strict limits on campaign contributions imposed by voters nearly three decades ago are crumbling in the Los Angeles mayor's race, with big donors using loosely regulated "super PACs" to help candidates like never before in a citywide election, a Times...
Tags: Realty, Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Local Elections
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