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Amazon to bring 3,000 jobs to Florida in deal with state
TALLAHASSEE — Amazon will bring 3,000 jobs to the state in a deal that also means Floridians will have to start paying taxes on purchases from the online retailer. Gov. Rick Scott's office announced Thursday that Florida had landed the deal with...
Tags: Interstate 4, Polk County, E-Commerce Industry, Rick Scott, Executive Branch
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Lawmakers to review Citizens' Heritage deal
TALLAHASSEE — Both sides of the Florida Legislature will spend time this fall reviewing a controversial deal approved by state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, said Thursday the Senate Banking and...
Tags: Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida Legislature, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Insurance
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Orange, Central Florida counties see money from state drop
TALLAHASSEE — Despite state coffers flush with cash, Central Florida taxpayers might be justified to feel short-changed in the final state budget signed by Gov. Rick Scott. That's because Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake, Volusia and Brevard all...
Tags: Winter Park, Miami-Dade County, Media Industry, Altamonte Springs, Politics
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Donor 'transparency' doesn't apply to state political parties
TALLAHASSEE — With the 60-day lawmaking session complete, Florida legislators are wasting no time getting back to what they do the other 10 months of the year: raising copious amounts of cash from wealthy donors and companies. And thanks to a...
Tags: Elections, Rick Scott, U.S. Sugar Corporation, Fishing, Fort Lauderdale
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Looking into lawmakers' county budget allocations
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE --Gov. Rick Scott took a knife to lawmakers' $74 billion-plus budget this week, blocking some $368 million in hometown projects. But the collective response from legislative leadership was a yawn. “While many will disagree with...Tags: Rick Scott, Executive Branch, U.S. Senate, Budgets and Budgeting, Government
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Appeals court shields lawmakers from testifying, showing draft maps in redistricting lawsuit
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE – A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida legislators should not be questioned under oath about whether they "intended" to gain partisan advantage when they re-drew congressional maps last year. Two sets of groups have...Tags: Elections, Leon County (Florida), Trials, Judges, Gainesville
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Appeals court says legislators can't be questioned about gerrymandering 'intent'
TALLAHASSEE – A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida legislators may not be questioned under oath about whether they "intended" to gain partisan advantage when they re-drew congressional maps last year. The ruling came in one of two...Tags: Elections, Leon County (Florida), Trials, Judges, Gainesville
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Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...
Tags: Rick Scott, Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Politics, University of Central Florida
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House volleys texting ban back to Senate with bleak future
The House passed a ban on texting while driving Wednesday, but only after attaching an amendment that is opposed by the bill’s Senate sponsor that could jeopardize passage in the final days of the legislative session. This the first time the...Tags: Laws, Justice System, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Eyeball wars compromise goes to the governor
TALLAHASSEE – A decades-long battle between the optometrists and the ophthalmologists nicknamed the “eyeball wars” may be at an end. The Senate sent a measure to the governor Thursday that effectively ended a long battle between two...Tags: Sociology, Eleanor Sobel, Politics, Glaucoma, Chemical Industry
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State lawmakers won't fix Stand Your Ground, so let the voters do it by the ballot initiative
Dear Sen. Chris L. Smith: It was a long shot at best. Your attempt to tweak Florida's infamous Stand Your Ground law had about as much chance in the Florida Legislature as expanding Medicaid, imposing new taxes or paying teachers their true worth....Tags: Elections, Personal Weapon Control, Florida Legislature, Interior Policy, Kendrick B. Meek
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Dramatic headline alert: Stadium plans die a fiery death in legislative session
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Legislature ended its 2013 session Friday by passing an elections do-over and the largest budget in state history, but without delivering tax subsidies to the Miami Dolphins, Orlando soccer boosters and a cadre of other...Tags: Elections, Major League Soccer, Buddy Dyer, Rick Scott, Florida Legislature
Jun 14, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 6, 2013
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May 27, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 20, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 1, 2013
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Apr 4, 2013
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Mar 30, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 3, 2013
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