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Fla. sticks it to most-vulnerable borrowers
As opposition groups go, the folks fighting Florida Senate Bill 282 offered about as broad a coalition as you can cobble together these days. The Florida Consumer Action Network lobbied against the bill. The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops called...
Tags: Lobbying, Government, Regional Authority, Consumers, Politics
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Florida gets OK to move Medicaid patients into managed care
Florida has received federal approval to move approximately 2.9 million Medicaid recipients into managed-care programs as soon as next Jan. 1, Gov. Rick Scott's office announced today. It's a major victory for Scott and the Florida Legislature --...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medicaid, Broward County, Insurance, Rick Scott
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Democrats rally supporters at annual gathering, raise money for 2014
– Unified by a burning desire to unseat Republican Gov. Rick Scott, Florida Democrats spent Saturday trying to figure out if their best hope lies in the obvious, but unofficial, candidacy of former Gov. Charlie Crist. "We have to take him down....
Tags: Ethics, Government, Julian Castro, Miami Heat, Charlie Crist
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Campbell, Thurston weigh races for attorney general, Florida Senate
Sun SentinelThe campaign for governor gets most of the attention, but lots of conversation in the hotel hallways and over drinks when Florida Democrats gather this weekend for their big annual fundraising dinner in Hollywood will concern lower statewide offices....Tags: Parties and Movements, Campbell (Osceola, Florida), Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Lawyers, Politics
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Wasserman Schultz decries Medicaid coverage gap
A million Floridians will be left without health care coverage because of Florida’s decision to put its Medicaid patients on managed-care plans run by private insurance companies, South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz warned on...Tags: Medicaid, Government, Weston (Broward, Florida), Rick Scott, Government Health Care
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Good move to elevate our region's voice
This is a move that makes so much sense, you are left with only one question: What took so long? The mayors of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties recognize there is political clout in numbers, so they have decided to join forces on issues...Tags: Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Orlando, Florida Department of Transportation, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Sun Life Stadium
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Heritage to make 'financial enhancements' to maintain A rating
Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Co., a partner with Citizens Property Insurance Corp. in a controversial new takeout deal, was asked by an industry ratings firm Friday to make some "financial enhancements" in order to maintain its A-Exceptional...Tags: Insurance, Regional Authority, Government, Rick Scott, Politics
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Can Florida Democrats make real gains in 2014?
It's going to be tough. There's no way the party can win enough seats in the Florida Legislature to shift the balance of power in either of the two chambers. Redistricting settled that issue sometime back. Grabbing one of the Florida Cabinet...Tags: Nan H Rich, Parties and Movements, Government, Barack Obama, Rick Scott
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Gov signs bill that union says provides a "partial fix" to controversial teacher evaluations
Gov. Rick Scott today signed a bill (SB 1664) that aims to stop teachers from being evaluated on students or subjects they didn't teach. The Florida Education Association called the measure a "partial fix" to the sweeping teacher merit pay law the...Tags: Judges, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Rick Scott, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jaimie Ross: Legislature missed chance to help with housing needs
By the close of the 2013 legislative session, Florida lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1852, that appropriated approximately $200 million in Attorney General mortgage settlement funds. The Attorney General is to be commended for her leadership role in...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Local Government, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Dayve Gabbard: New bill helps breast cancer treatment
For those of us who spend our days entrenched in the war on breast cancer, the Florida Legislature's recent passage of an oral chemotherapy parity law — and Gov. Scott signing the bill into law — marked a major victory. Now, health insurance...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Judges, Health and Medical Professionals, Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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Lawsuit filed in Pompano Beach parasailing death
The family of a Connecticut woman who fell to her death when her harness broke while she was parasailing in Pompano Beach has filed a negligence lawsuit against the boat operators and a popular resort hotel. Kathleen Miskell, 28, was parasailing with...
Tags: Pompano Beach, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System
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