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Districts from CPS to Mason City Schools and more have prepared to welcome students back to classes for months and hundreds will return to class for the first time Thursday.

After living in Brechin for two years, Glen Grant realised it was missing something. It led to the creation of the Brechin Muckle Market.

Lobbying compensation: Mid-major firms fared well during first quarter Here’s a rundown of how the rest of the firms in the Top 15 fared in the first quarter. The state’s biggest lobbying firms may be scooping up $2 million-plus every quarter, but there’s still plenty of work to go around for the rest of the lobby corps. In fact, many of the firms lingering just outside the Top 6 are putting up numbers that could go toe-to-toe with the bluebloods if team size is considered. Here’s a run...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.8.21 Good Thursday morning. Tweet, tweet: Multiple sources close to @HalseyBeshears, fmr Secy of @FloridaDBPR under @GovRonDeSantis , tell @Fla_Pol that he is third Florida Republican embroiled in the @MattGaetz & Joel Greenberg scandal. Sources say he recently received a "target letter" from federal investigators. pic.twitter.com/IFpyHTJhFC As the vaccine rollout continues and state case numbers hover near pandemi...

Rubin Turnbull & Associates lands lobbying deal with Qatar Bill Rubin and Heather Turnbull. The Qatari government has hired lobbying firm Rubin Turnbull & Associates, according to documents filed with the U.S. Justice Department last week. According to the disclosure, the firm “has been engaged to provide advice and assistance to (Qatar) in government relations, public affairs, and communications in Florida to promote commercial, philanthropic, academic, cultural and other exchanges to advan...