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Former Miami Dade College Administrator To Step Down As Leader Of State College System

By News Service of Florida • 5 hours ago

Madeline Pumariega, the chancellor of the Florida college system since 2015, is leaving her position early next month.

In a letter to state Education Commissioner Pam Stewart on Friday, Pumariega, a former top administrator at Miami Dade College, said her resignation is effective on Dec. 3. No reason for her resignation was given in the letter.

She is the first woman and first Hispanic educator to lead the system, which includes 28 colleges and about 720,000 full- and part-time students.

Leon Elections Supervisor Mark Earley Has Advice On Improving Florida Elections

By Lynn Hatter • 5 hours ago

Florida lawmakers will take up election changes in the upcoming session following a contentious 2018 cycle, and Leon County Supervisor of Elections Mark Earley has some suggestions for avoiding many of the problems and pitfalls that popped up.

Affordable Care Act Enrollment Down Over First 2 Weeks

By Julio Ochoa • 5 hours ago

There's less than a month left to enroll for health insurance plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace and so far this year fewer people have been signing up.

4 Dead Including Officer, Gunman After Shooting At Chicago Hospital

By Merrit Kennedy • 6 hours ago

Updated at 12:05 a.m. ET

The Chicago Police Department says a police officer has died after he was shot at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center on Chicago's Near South Side, one of four killed in a domestic-related shooting.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi identified the officer as Samuel Jimenez.

ACLU Florida Chief Leaves On The ‘Highest Note’ — Restoring Felons’ Voting Rights

By Sanya Mansoor • 10 hours ago

After 40 years of leading American Civil Liberties Union chapters in Michigan and Florida, Howard Simon is calling it quits.

He’ll remain in Florida, and plans to stay active, but will relocate from Miami to the Gulf Coast. The end of a long career with such a venerable organization might normally elicit polite plaudits from across the political spectrum. But that’s not necessarily true when it’s the ACLU.

Florida Sues Walgreens, CVS For Alleged Role In Opioid Crisis

By Emily Sullivan • 10 hours ago

Florida is suing pharmacy chains Walgreens and CVS over their role in what the state calls "unconscionable efforts to increase the demand and supply of opioids into Florida."

State Attorney General Pam Bondi's office announced Friday that it had added the two companies to a lawsuit filed in May against opioid distributors and manufacturers — including OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, Percocet-maker Endo Pharmaceuticals and Teva Pharmaceutical, which is one of the world's largest generic-drug manufacturers.

New Forms Used To Cure Votes Cause Last-Minute Confusion At Election Offices

By Danielle Prieur • 12 hours ago

Florida voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected because of signature problems had the chance to fix those ballots over the weekend.

Secretary of State Ken Detzner released a new affidavit form to cure vote-by-mail ballots with mismatched signatures.

The canvassing boards decided whether to accept both versions of the form only hours before the deadline.

Looking Ahead To 2020: Political Divide Gets Wider, Dems Get Stronger, Expect More Fights

By Lynn Hatter • 13 hours ago

The 2018 mid-term election is barely settled but longtime political watchers are already reading the tea-leaves for 2020. Noted Republican and Democratic political strategists say the legal battles of this year are only a prelude for upcoming elections, with no sign of political divides healing anytime soon.

Pardon Me, Turkey, Is This Stool Taken? Scientists Turn Poultry Poop Into Fuel

By Lina Zeldovich • 16 hours ago

As Thanksgiving arrives, Americans will be cooking their favorite holiday bird and debating the best recipes, ideal roasting temperatures and juiciest stuffing. But a team of scientists at Ben-Gurion University in Israel is preparing something different: turkey poop.

They say that when cooked under the right temperature, pressure and other conditions, turkey droppings transform into a form of coal, which can fuel power plants and serve as a renewable resource.