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Jeb Bush meets with legislative leaders, praises “parent trigger” proposal (again)
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFormer Gov. Jeb Bush was in Tallahassee yesterday, meeting with legislative leaders. He praised the “parent trigger” bill and urged lawmakers to “be bold” in pushing for education reform, The Palm Beach Post reported. Bush urged... -
Gator alums' political clout has waned in recent years
Chances are you haven't heard of Christina Bonarrigo or Johnny Castillo. A couple decades ago I could have almost guaranteed you'd know at least one of them some day. That's how certain the pathway was from student politics at the University of...Tags: Gainesville, University of Florida, Charlie Crist, Orlando, Executive Branch
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Politicians wake up on environmental issues
Last week — when most Florida politicos were still buzzing about the guilty plea of former GOP party boss Jim Greer — some of the state's biggest names were throwing a party. It took place on the 14th floor of a stately law firm in...
Tags: Alex Sink, Water Supply, Lobbying, Environmental Pollution, Jeffrey Atwater
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Contribution limits are on a collison course with transparency
TALLAHASSEE – Former Gov. Jeb Bush used to opine that campaigns would be such simpler and more transparent functions of our democratic process without campaign-finance limits. With instant disclosure, and fewer avenues for industries, interests and...Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, Political Fundraising, Executive Branch, Politics
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Guillermo Martinez: Rubio shows he's articulate, but he still needs polishing
In politics, history seldom repeats itself; particularly not in the same decade. That is what makes Marco Rubio's rocket-propelled rise to the top of the Republican Party such a unique story. Rubio's story comes four years after Barack Obama was elected...Tags: White House, Immigration, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), David Rivera, U.S. Senate
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Mayo: Rubio or Jeb -- who's better Republican choice in 2016?
Sun SentinelMarco Rubio is the Republican party's rising star and media darling, gracing the cover of Time magazine (called a 'savior') and giving his party's rebuttal to President Obama's state of the union address on Tuesday. The junior senator from Florida is...Tags: White House, Elections, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics
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Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal to eliminate equipment tax on businesses
Blog-o-nomics - Orlando SentinelColleague Aaron Deslatte reports today that Florida Gov. Rick Scott has unveiled a plan to reduce taxes on Sunshine State businesses. Scott has proposed eliminating a requirement that manufacturing companies prove they've boosted productivity in order... -
Big-bucks incentives for biomed don't guarantee success
Welcome to Florida, where state dollars are as plentiful as sunshine when it comes to padding private-sector budgets. That was the message received by biotech outfits such as the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, lured here in 2006 with more...
Tags: National Institutes of Health, Medical Research, Science, Science and Technology, Port St. Lucie (St. Lucie, Florida)
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Jeb Bush to give keynote address at Mackinac Policy Conference
MACKINAC ISLAND (AP) -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Mackinac Policy Conference in May. The Detroit Regional Chamber's annual conference brings together politicians and business leaders on Mackinac Island. The...Tags: George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Executive Branch, Politics, Government
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Jeb to speak at CPAC
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelFormer Gov. Jeb Bush has added his name to the group of conservatives who'll speak at CPAC 2013 – a three-day Washington gathering that offers prime exposure to party theoreticians and also presidential candidates. Al Cardenas — a Bush mentor,... -
So how big is Gov. Rick Scott’s $74.2 billion budget anyway?
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — This isn't the blog post where we tell you if you stacked all of Gov. Rick Scott's budget dollars end-to-end they would stretch to Uranus and back. Or weigh more than the Federal Reserve. Or that Scott's budget is the biggest, ever, in... -
Why holding Gov. Rick Scott to creating 1.7 million jobs is silly talk
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE – This month, we started a series of reports attempting to evaluate Gov. Rick Scott on the ‘7-7-7′ economic plan that was the political mantelpiece of his 2010 campaign. It's a good...
Feb 15, 2013
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Feb 14, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Feb 13, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jan 10, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 9, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 10, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Feb 5, 2013
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Feb 1, 2013
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Dec 31, 2012
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