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Hurricane Center Could Be Part Of NOAA’s Planned Furloughs

For many Americans, the impacts of sequestration have been hard to quantify past some added inconvenience at the airport. But NOAA’s plans to deal with sequestration could have an impact on weather forecasts and the National Hurricane Center.

CBS Miami–2013/05/02

(Source: Miller Aviation) North Perry Airport

County To Keep North Perry’s Tower In Operation

The Broward County Commission has stepped in to keep the control tower at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines open.

CBS4–2013/04/02

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FAA Closing North Perry Control Tower, Opa-Locka Survives

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday that starting April 7, 149 federal contract air traffic control towers will close, including the tower at North Perry Airport in Hollywood.

CBS Miami–2013/03/22

Airplane

Federal Budget Cuts May Endanger Air Safety

At Opa-locka airport in North Miami-Dade, tenants waited years for a new control tower to replace the old, short, cramped one. Now that they have the new tower, they might not be able to continue using it.

CBS4–2013/03/04

Florida Capitol

State Legislators To Tackle Budget

As Florida continues to slowly pull out of the recession, state lawmakers aren’t behind a billion dollar eight ball as they try to come up with a budget.

2013/03/03

Governor Rick Scott Health Care Funding

Scott’s State Of The State Address To Be Decidedly Different

Gov. Rick Scott came into office on a conservative wave, promising to change Tallahassee, fight President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and make Florida as business friendly as he could.

CBS4–2013/03/02

Florida Governor Rick Scott (Source: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Scott “Infuriated” After Pentagon Details Budget Cuts’ Effects On Fla.

On Friday evening, the Pentagon sent a blunt warning to Gov. Rick Scott that spells out the cloudy impact on the Sunshine State.

CBS4–2013/03/02

(Source: AP)

Austerity Arrives With Sequestration

Sequestration day has arrived in Washington, D.C. and by 11:59 Friday night, the White House will be forced to order across-the-board, indiscriminate budget cuts in European-style austerity that could plunge the United States back into recession.

CBS Miami–2013/03/01

(Source: AP)

Sequestration Looms Large For Florida

By 11:59 Friday night, the White House will officially have to order the sequestration, a series of across-the-board, indiscriminate budget cuts that threaten to send the United States back into recession.

CBS Miami–2013/02/28

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Scott Questions Obama’s Leadership In Face Of GOP Obstruction

Florida Governor Rick Scott returned to his tea party roots Wednesday when he strangely said that if the sequestration is instituted, it will be because President Barack Obama’s administration, “fails to do its job.”

CBS Miami–2013/02/27

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