TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida business leaders are calling on Gov. Rick Scott and state legislators to block a massive tax increase that will hit businesses next year.
A coalition of business groups, including the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Retail Federation, say the $817 million increase in unemployment taxes could harm the state’s economy when [...]

A French railroad that carried thousands of Jews to their deaths in Nazi Germany will have no part of teaching Florida’s children about the Holocaust, the state education commissioner has decided.
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A French railroad that carried thousands of Jews to their deaths in Nazi Germany will have no part of teaching Florida’s children about the Holocaust, the state education commissioner has decided.
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A Putnam County woman was killed Tuesday when the car she was driving hit a tree.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Beth Ann Raber, 44, Palatka, was driving west on Silver Lake Road when the vehicle in front of her slowed to make a right turn onto Moody Road.
The FHP report says Raber swerved her 2003 Nissan to [...]