SCOTT KEELER | Times
5/17/13
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has all but guaranteed a veto of the 3 percent tuition increase in the state budget and he recently reached out to an unlikely group to aid his cause. All 12 state university presidents were asked to sign a letter initiated by the governor's office that says they do not want more tuiti …
As the top graduates of private high schools in Pinellas County for 2013 pause to savor their hard work and thank the people who helped them along, we present a snapshot of these valedictorians and salutatorians. To start the conversation, we asked them to consider these questions (zip through the accompanying photos to …
ST. PETERSBURG
The teenagers all began itching in the springtime, for their yearbooks, for the final bell, for summer break, for it all. It was all so close now, here at Dixie Hollins High School. They asked each other to prom. They ordered caps and gowns. They took exams with manila folders taped to the sides of …
When she was 8, Sophea Danh worked alongside her mother in the rice paddies and vegetable fields of Vietnam. One of four children originally from Cambodia, she did her part at an early age to help support her family.
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