…the university’s appropriate response resolving the potential threat to free speech on the university’s campus,” Sandi Copes, the attorney general’s press secretary, said Thursday. Rep. Adam Hasner, the Republican majority leader from Delray Beach, also was critical of UF and called for Telles-Irvin to be publicly reprimanded. No such action has been taken against Telles-Irvin.
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McCollum and Rep. Adam Hasner, the Delray Beach Republican majority leader, have both issued letters to UF expressing concern that free speech was stifled, UF officials confirmed Tuesday.
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The world has not seen Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev and Gilad Schalit since they were abducted by fighters for Hezbollah and Hamas more than a year and a half ago. But on Sunday the faces of the Israeli soldiers waved on banners above Biscayne Boulevard when hundreds gathered at Miami’s Torch of Freedom to remember the missing men and call for their return. For hours, the crowd chanted, sang and prayed in Hebrew, and raised Israeli flags and banners bearing the soldiers’ faces while rabbis and politicians led the rally from the stage. … “I am sure many have already given up hope,” said Adam Hasner, Republican leader of the Florida House of Representatives. “We must continue to have faith.”
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Yet the dignitaries pressed on, declaring that the battles in Afghanistan and Iraq should be a rallying point to support veterans. “Thank you. We use those words every day,” said state Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach. “So when you think about it, it’s a shame we don’t say ‘thank you’ [to veterans]. We need to say ‘thank you’ every day.” Boynton Beach Mayor Jerry Taylor said Americans need…
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With fewer than 10 days left for the Florida Legislature to approve a tax-cutting constitutional amendment, House lawmakers dug in their heels on Monday and forced a showdown with the Senate over how to reduce property taxes. The House voted, 108-2, for a constitutional amendment that could eat into homesteaders’ Save Our Homes benefit and create a new exemption tied to the median home value in each county.
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This year’s report has great news for Florida’s teachers, students, and parents: our students are making remarkable learning gains. In fact, Florida has the distinction of being one of only four states that made significant increases in fourth and eighth grade reading since 2005.
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“You can say as many times as you want that it’s a cut,” said House Majority Leader Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach. “Only in Tallahassee is a 5.2 percent increase in per-student spending considered a cut.”
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“Well-organized and well-equipped street gangs represent a violent form of domestic terrorism that we must confront,” said House Majority Leader and State Rep. Adam Hasner (R-Delray Beach). Hasner was a prime cosponsor of the original anti-gang bill in the last session of Florida’s legislature and this week he joined with other legislators and Attorney General…
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Politicians got involved. State Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Boca Raton, organized a town hall meeting with Tom Pelham, head of Florida’s Department of Community Affairs, that attracted hundreds opposed to the plan. That agency ultimately would decide whether Ocean Land’s redevelopment plans would fly under the state’s growth management laws.
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These funds will help to further Florida’s renewable energy industry and help to promote a stronger economy and cleaner environment for the future,” House Majority Leader Rep. Adam Hasner (R-Delray Beach) told The Boca Raton News in February.
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