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Now, it's Gov. Scott's turn to show leadership on the budget
South Florida survived the Florida Legislature. Up next is Gov. Rick Scott who can turn a bill into law and a lawmaker's budget request into reality — or not. Over the next two weeks, the governor will either approve, or kill, a number of...Tags: Regional Authority, Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Broward County, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Health care, teacher raises, 'revenge porn' in 50 words or fewer
In some ways, the Florida Legislature is like a bomb. We know it will go off. We know there will be casualties. But it sometimes takes a while to assess the damage. That's why I'm here to help. Think of me as your one-man disaster-response team...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Religion and Belief, Values, Insurance, Ethics
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Future cloudy for Dolphins with aging stadium
Threats of the Miami Dolphins leaving South Florida is a card to be played in a future hand. For now it is thinly veiled. In his first interview after the bill to help fund modernization of Sun Life Stadium died in the Florida Legislature, CEO Mike...
Tags: Super Bowl, Sun Life Stadium, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins
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South Florida's big Super Bowl plans may be for naught
— It would be a whale of a party. There is a good chance it won't happen. The committee seeking to bring Super Bowl L or LI to South Florida revealed the details of a progressive hosting proposal submitted Wednesday to the NFL. It features an...
Tags: Super Bowl, Sun Life Stadium, Military Equipment, American Airlines Arena, Roger Goodell
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Douglas C. Lyons: State will go on break next year as politics trumps policy
Okay. State lawmakers obviously dropped the ball when it came to expanding health care by failing to take federal funding for Medicaid. Too close to Obamacare, a majority of Republicans in the Florida Legislature felt as they stood tall on partisan...Tags: Elections, Government Health Care, Regional Authority, Health Insurance, Executive Branch
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Polarizing anti-Sharia bill "effectively dead" in the Florida Senate
A polarizing bill designed to prevent the use of Islamic Sharia law in Florida courts appears doomed for the year, after it failed to gain enough support in the Senate on Thursday afternoon. The bill (HB 351), sponsored in the Senate by Lake County...Tags: Elections, Lake County (Florida), Alan Hays, Politics
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Scott Plakon planning comeback for Florida House seat
Central Florida Political PulseAfter being defeated last fall by Democrat Karen Castor Dental, former state representative Scott Plakon of Seminole County is planning his comeback attempt, challenging Democrat state Rep. Mike Clelland in Florida House of Representatives District 29....Tags: Parties and Movements, Seminole County, Dentistry and Dental Health, Politics, Longwood (Seminole, Florida)
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Maxwell: Rick Scott should call healthcare special session
Scott Maxwell thinks that Gov. Rick Scott should bring back the Florida Legislature and demand they use $51 billion in promised federal dollars to expand healthcare to roughly 1 million Floridians. The Florida House killed efforts to do that before the...
Tags: Rick Scott
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Stephen Goldstein: Tallahassee lawmakers didn't cover selves in glory
A week ago, the annual scam-fest (aka the 60-day Florida Legislative session) ended. In the headiness/relief/exhaustion of the final day, some press coverage celebrated a spirit of bipartisanship in Tallahassee, suggesting that Floridians everywhere...Tags: Elections, Sun Life Stadium, Voting, Jeb Bush, Executive Branch
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Orlando developers to lose tax break
Orange County has lost more in property taxes than any other Florida county because of a tax break meant for nonprofit-housing groups but which largely benefited companies that develop low-income apartment complexes. According to Florida Housing Finance...
Tags: Winter Park, Habitat for Humanity International, Credit and Debt, Family, Property
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State high court hears clash over redistricting plans
TALLAHASSEE -- For more than a year, a quiet legal battle over the partisan intentions of Florida's Legislature and Fair Districts backers has been playing out over whether the state's re-drawn legislative and congressional district maps were designed...
Tags: Elections, Parties and Movements, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Florida Supreme Court hears redistricting challenge
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- For more than a year, a quietly simmering legal battle over the partisan intentions of Florida's Legislature and Fair Districts backers has been playing out over whether the state's re-drawn maps are still designed to protect ruling...Tags: Elections, Trials, Parties and Movements, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Government
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