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• in Politics
  Florida Democrats Bring Lawsuit
  Vain attempt to redress electoral fraud
  by amohit / on Nov 4, 2012
• in Politics
  Best Way To Prosecute Trayvon Martin's Killer, George Zimmerman
  Trayvon Martin's 14th Amendment rights were violated by the "Stand Your Ground" law in Florida.
  by stephengfm / on Mar 26, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “florida legislature”

 

• Budget lands on Scotts desk, is tuition hike on the chopping block?

  
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  It was only Friday that lawmakers passed the $74.5 billion budget . Now, its Gov. Rick Scotts turn. The 450-page document landed on Scotts desk Thursday. He has until May 24 to sign it -- and veto anything he doesnt deem appropriate. In his first year in office in 2011, Scott vetoed $615 million in member ...
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• Universities anticipate Gov. Rick Scott veto of tuition increase

  
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  A 3 percent tuition increase was written into the state budget, but state university leaders arent banking on that money. Gov. Rick Scott has made it clear that he doesnt support increasing the cost of earning a degree. Heres a excerpt from an article that will be published in Fridays paper: Most expect Gov. ...
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• Redistricting legal battle returns to Florida Supreme Court

  
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  The Florida Legislature and the League of Women Voters squared off Thursday before the state Supreme Court as both sides continue an intense legal battle over the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that produced the Republican-crafted 2012 maps of state House and Senate districts. House Speaker Will Weatherford and ...
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• Florida lawmakers push foreclosure bill through

  
  Attorney Roy Oppenheim's South Florida Law Blog on Real Estate, Foreclosure and Short Sale News — Authority: 130
  The original article was written by Paola Iuspa-Abbott, Daily Business Review , May 8, 2013 with quotes from Roy Oppenheim republished in part with minor edits in t he South Florida Law Blog. A foreclosure bill ( House Bill 87 ) that’s awaiting the governor’s signature ...
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• IG Report finds irregularities, but not retaliation in firing of Citizens Insurance investigators

  
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  Last October, four corporate investigators at CitizensProperty Insurance Corp. were called into a conference room, asked to sit down,and told their services would no longer be needed. The bearer of the bad news was one of several companyexecutives who had been implicated in a six-month investigation into corporate ...
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• Bondi enlists businesses to help fight sex trafficking in Florida

  
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  Attorney General Pam Bondi is turning to Florida businesses to expand her “zero tolerance” campaign to crack down on human trafficking in the state, which has seen an increase of teen runaways, the homeless and immigrants as prime victims. Bondi met with a handful of business leaders who joined her at a press ...
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• Democrat leader Darryl Rouson leaves Morgan & Morgan, rumors fly

  
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  @MarcACaputo So much for getting cushy high-paying jobs once you get in the state Legislature. St. Petersburg Democrat Rep. Darryl Rouson is out of work at the heavy-hitting trial lawyer firm Morgan & Morgan because he needs to focus on politics right now, said John Morgan, the firm’s founder. “It’s hard ...
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• Weatherford hit "right" tone in first session as House Speaker

  
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  TALLAHASSEE — Few Florida politicians were known for being more likable and reasonable than House Speaker Will Weatherford . But that was before the 2013 legislative session thrust the 33-year-old Wesley Chapel Republican to the forefront of the states most contentious issues. By last week, Weatherford was better ...
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• Movers & Shakers

  
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   Its been a busy session for movers and shakers, especially in communications. TV reporter becomes new DCF press secretary Whitney Ra y, a reporter for WCTV, has been named the new press secretary for the Department of Children and Families. Ray, a graduate of the University of Arkansas, has been a member of ...
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• Federal appeals court upholds ruling striking down Florida law banning hiring of firms with Cuba ties

  
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  @PatriciaMazzei A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a ruling that struck down a Florida law prohibiting the state and local governments from hiring companies with business ties to Cuba. The ruling continues to block the 2012 law from taking effect. The law “conflicts directly with the extensive and highly ...
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• Democrats urge Medicaid special session, Weatherford says it doesnt make sense

  
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  Pressure is mounting on Gov. Rick Scott to call a special session to end the Legislatures impasse on Medicaid expansion. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and the 14 Democratic members of the Florida Senate sent separate letters today making that very request, but Scott isnt likely to oblige them if he doesnt think Republican ...
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• Thousands of gun owners email Gov. Scott seeking veto of NRA-backed gun law

  
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  More than 4,000 people emailed Gov. Rick Scott on Friday, telling him to veto the only gun bill that passedthrough the Florida Legislature this year. The bill, HB 1355, aims to keep guns out of the hands of thementally ill , and received the blessing of the National Rifle Association. Itpassed the Senate ...
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• Floridas 2013 session: Herald/Times interactive list of what passed and failed

  
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  The Florida Legislature concluded its 2013 session Friday in a burst of bipartisanship, taking advantage of a resurgent economy to overwhelmingly pass the biggest budget in history that included pay raises to state workers for the first time in seven years. In the wake of the final flourish, there were over 1,800 ...
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• No Medicaid expansion means businesses will pay

  
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  A story in todays paper deals with one of the ripple effects of the Legislatures inability to reach a deal on Medicaid expanion this session. Roughly 1 million uninsured Floridians would have received coverage if a deal had been reached. Many of them work for businesses that now must provide that insurance or face ...
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• Why Dolphins owner Stephen Ross — not Speaker Will Weatherford — owns stadium deal death

  
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  @MarcACaputo Success has many fathers in the Florida Legislature. The Miami Dolphins-stadium deal is an orphan. And it will probably stay that way, ironically, thanks to the man who wanted it most: Stephen Ross, the Dolphins owner. When the plan to use up to $380 million in taxpayer money to subsidize stadium ...
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• Dolphins: No stadium upgrades planned for now

  
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  @PatriciaMazzei The Miami Dolphins do not intend to pay for even modest upgrades to Sun Life Stadium now that the teams push for a subsidized renovation to the 1987 facility have failed, CEO Mike Dee said Sunday. "We cannot do this without a public-private partnership," Dee told Miami Herald news partner WFOR-CBS ...
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• High school athletics bill dies on last day of session

  
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  Among the high-profile bills that died when session came to a close Friday: a proposal that would have revamped the Florida High School Athletic Association and eased the rules on student transfers. Proponents made a last-minute move to get the bill moving in the Senate. But it never got a hearing on the upper ...
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• Without tax dollars, Miami Dolphins owner must decide whether to spend own cash

  
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  via @doug_hanks Without tax dollars at his disposal, how much money will Stephen Ross spend on Sun Life Stadium? That’s the question looming over the billionaire owner of the Miami Dolphins in the wake of the Florida Legislature denying his request for both state and county dollars to fund about 45 percent ...
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• Bill authorizing maternity unit for Miami Childrens headed to Gov. Scott

  
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  One of the final bills approved by the Florida Senate before session adjourned today authorized a 10-bed maternity wing at Miami Childrens Hospital. Although the labor-and-delivery unit was not particularly popular in this chamber, House Bill 1159 passed overwhelming because it contained a host of other priorities ...
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• Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross blasts Weatherford for spiking Dolphins deal

  
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  Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is none-too-happy with House Speaker Will Weatherford , after the teams attempt for a taxpayer-supported stadium flamed out in the Florida House on Friday. In a statement, Ross blamed Weatherford for killing the deal and said that the House Speaker gave him his word the bill would ...
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