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Is bipartisanship breaking down in the Legislature?
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Halfway through a legislative session that has seen a rebounding economy, replenished coffers and a spirit of cooperation between chambers and parties, the gravitational pull of politics is taking hold. Put 160 elected... -
Rick Scott’s tax-cuts are nowhere to be found in Legislature’s budget
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – The Florida legislative session is halfway over, both the House and Senate have drafted similar versions of their $74 billion-plus budgets, and so far Gov. Rick Scott’s corporate and manufacturing tax cuts are nowhere to be... -
Paved with new money, lawmakers warping through budget work
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – In warp-speed fashion, the Florida Senate’s budget committee unanimously passed a $74.3 billion spending plan Wednesday that gives teachers pay-raises, pumps millions of dollars into university construction, and is loaded down... -
At midpoint of session, political divides are emerging
TALLAHASSEE -- Halfway through a legislative session that has seen a rebounding economy, replenished coffers and a spirit of cooperation between chambers and parties, the gravitational pull of politics is taking hold. Put 160 elected officeholders...
Tags: Government Health Care, Don Gaetz, Employees, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Finance
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New Medicaid alternative emerges
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a possible alternative to expanding Medicaid, a Senate committee Tuesday is expected to take up a proposal aimed at helping low-income Floridians get health services — while turning down billions of... -
Negron’s push to reel insurance break brings out the big-business critics
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Senate budget chief Joe Negron's push to end a 25-year-old tax break for insurers is drawing the ire of business groups and major political contributors put in the unusual position of defending their tax-advantages before a Republican-... -
Senate takes first step on Medicaid alternative
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelDrawing support from senators on both sides of the political aisle, the Senate on Thursdsay unveiled its first stab at a plan that could allow Florida to claim billions of dollars in new federal healthcare money without expanding the state's troubled... -
Senate budget chief wants to eliminate insurance industry tax break and roll back vehicle tag fees
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelA top senator said Thursday that he will introduce legislation to eliminate a nearly 30-year-old tax break for insurance companies and use the estimated $220 million in savings to roll back the annual car registration fees paid by the state's drivers. &#... -
A Q and A on the Senate Medicaid expansion alternative
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — A panel of Florida lawmakers today is taking up a privatized alternative to Medicaid expansion that could result in as many as one million low-income Floridians qualifying for the first time for subsidized health-care coverage. The... -
Court temporarily strikes part of PIP law
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — A Tallahassee judge has temporarily banned part of a massive auto insurance overhaul passed by the Legislature in an attempt to drive down personal injury protection rates. Circuit Judge Terry Lewis issued the ban on a part of the... -
A reader's guide to the Legislature's Medicaid alternative talks
TALLAHASSEE -- A panel of Florida lawmakers today is taking up a privatized alternative to Medicaid expansion that could result in as many as one million low-income Floridians qualifying for the first time for subsidized health-care coverage. The plan,...Tags: Government Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Health Insurance
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Court bans part of PIP law
TALLAHASSEE -- A Tallahassee judge has temporarily banned part of a massive auto insurance overhaul passed by the Legislature in an attempt to drive down personal injury protection rates. Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis issued the ban on a part of the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, David Simmons, Judges, Justice System
Apr 4, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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Mar 20, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mar 20, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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