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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: Politics, Elections, Lake County (Florida), Alan Hays
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Senate sends Citizens' bill to the governor
TALLAHASSEE --The Florida Senate sent a watered down version of its Citizens Property Insurance overhaul to Gov. Rick Scott Thursday that will attempt to shift policies to the private market. Lawmakers have been battling for more than two months how...Tags: Politics, Government, Insurance, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Executive Branch
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Mark Sessums: Senate alimony bill is anti-family
It is simply and plainly false to claim that the Senate Alimony Bill is pro-family. The bill as a whole makes it much more difficult to make a claim for alimony in any marriage. This is not fair to any spouse that has modified their earning ability to...Tags: Politics, Family, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Marriage
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Senate approves Rick Scott's manufacturing tax break
In a possible sign that Gov. Rick Scott is ready to let ethics and campaign-finance bills become law, the Florida Senate finally moved Wednesday afternoon on one of his top priorities: A sales-tax break for manufacturing companies. On a 37-3 vote, the...Tags: Politics, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Fort Lauderdale, Lobbying
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Laws won't stop texting and driving, but maybe Big Brother can
After some late squabbling, it looks like a watered-down bill to ban texting while driving will finally pass the Florida Legislature and go to Gov. Scott for approval. "It's a start — a way to get the ball rolling," said Marc Cannon, senior vice...Tags: AutoNation, Computer Hardware
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Chan Lowe: Florida Legislature sticks it to the teachers
The legislators just couldn’t bring themselves to do it. The idea of an across-the-board raise for teachers—union members—stuck in their collective craw. Because the state’s teachers haven’t received a raise in several years,...
Tags: Gucci Group NV, Rick Scott
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Florida's fast track death penalty bill is blood-thirsty form of justice
This is one that will made all those red-blooded, blood-thirsty Floridians stand up and cheer: Florida is trying to speed up executions. Yep. We can’t fry ‘em anymore because those liberals made us get rid of Ol Sparky, but we sure can...
Tags: Death Penalty, Politics, Government, Punishment, Executive Branch
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Let us decide for ourselves
Even if you agree that government shouldn't tell business how to do business, a proposal in the Florida Legislature that would pre-empt local governments from exerting local control is bad public policy. At the moment, Florida businesses are...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, National Government, Politics, Local Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senate kills parent trigger
The contentious "parent trigger" bill failed again in the Florida Senate, dying Tuesday on a tie vote just as it did in 2012. The bill aimed to give parents more say in the fate of a struggling school, allowing them, by petition, to select a...Tags: Altamonte Springs, Politics, David Simmons, Elections
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House Democrats shut down chamber in Medicaid standoff
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- House Democrats brought the chamber to a halt Tuesday by requiring that bills be read in full, a "nuclear option" maneuver the minority-party was employing in order to try and force Republicans to take up a health-care expansion the...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Senate, Medicaid, Government Health Care
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Employee training grants to double under Florida budget plan
This item courtesy of my colleague Marcia Heroux Pounds at the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Worker training funds could get a boost ... The Florida Senate and House agreed to double funding going to employers for worker training, part of their 2013-2014...
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House rejects measure to spend hotel taxes on lifeguards
Without any debate, the Florida House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have allowed small coastal counties to spend some of their hotel taxes on lifeguards and beach patrols. The idea was fiercely opposed by the Florida...
Tags: Don Gaetz, U.S. Senate, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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