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March 9, 2015: Palm Beach Rep. Hopes To Make It Easier For Former Criminals To Work

Today on WLRN-Miami Herald News, you heard...

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6:30p.m. - The race to become the next Miami-Dade County mayor is getting an early start. Miami-Dade School Board member Raquel Regalado has thrown her hat into the race.
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5:44p.m. - Last week, dozens of Florida school districts had to postpone state testing because of problems with the new Florida Standards Assessments. We talk to our State Impact Education Reporter John O'Connor to find out if these problems have been resolved.

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5:32p.m. - The US Supreme Court says it will hear an appeal from a Florida inmate who was convicted of killing his manager at a fast food restaurant in Pensacola.
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5:04p.m. - Healthcare advocates are speaking out in favor of Medicaid expansion.
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4:44p.m. - An investigation finds restrictions against using the term "climate change" in state government.

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4:32p.m. - The US Supreme court will review the death sentence of a Florida inmate. The justices say they will hear the appeal of a Pensacola man who killed the manager of a Popeyes restaurant.
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4:04p.m. - Florida lawmakers have returned to Tallahassee today for the second week of this year's legislative session.
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1:04p.m. - This past Saturday marked 50 years since Bloody Sunday that was the day civil rights activists were beaten and gassed by Alabama police as they marched from Selma to Montgomery.
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10:04 Florida lawmakers will return to the Capitol for the second week of the legislative session and take up some hot-button issues. Here's a preview.

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9:35 Last week, dozens of Florida school districts had to postpone state testing because of problems with the new Florida Standards Assessments. We talk to our State Impact Education Reporter John O'Connor to find out if these problems have been resolved.

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9:04 This past Saturday marked fifty years since "Bloody Sunday." That was the day voting-rights activists were beaten and gassed by Alabama police as they marched from Selma to Montgomery. Miamians commemorated the anniversary by marching to raise awareness of the civil rights issues they currently face.
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8:43 An investigation finds restrictions against using the term "climate change" in state government.

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8:30 The Florida Prepaid College Board says it sold more than 50,0000 plans during the latest open enrollment period. That's more than three times the sales from last year.

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8:20 The Florida Senate Education Committee has moved forward with a bill that would limit testing in Florida school districts.

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8:04 A Palm Beach County legislator wants to make it a little easier for people with criminal histories to find jobs.
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7:43 Last week, dozens of Florida school districts had to postpone state testing because of problems with the new Florida Standards Assessments. We talk to our State Impact Education Reporter John O'Connor to find out if these problems have been resolved.

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7:30 The University of Florida is taking steps to make its campus safer for students in response to last year's attacks on three women.

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7:20 A state senator says he doubts that the Florida Senate would pass a bill making it a crime for transgender people to use a restroom that doesn't match the gender they were assigned at birth. The measure by Representative Frank Artiles, a Miami Republican, passed the House Civil Justice Subcommittee on Wednesday, on a 9-to-4, party-line vote.

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6:43 An investigation finds restrictions against using the term "climate change" in state government.
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6:30 The Florida Prepaid College Board says it has sold more than 50,000 plans so far this enrollment period. That's more than three times the sales from last year.
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6:20 The Florida Senate Education Committee has moved forward with a bill that would limit testing in Florida school districts.

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6:04 A Palm Beach County legislator wants to make it a little easier for people with criminal histories to find jobs.

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