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Was texting while driving bill worth the fight?
For at least four years, the members of the Florida Legislature who have some sense – and the number is small – have tried to get a no-texting-while-driving bill passed. And every year it failed. I guess too many our esteemed...
Tags: Abortion, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Tax-cut vote shows might trumps right
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida House of Representatives embarrassed itself this week by ramming through a tax-cut that turns one of Gov. Rick Scott's top legislative priorities into potential litigation fodder. The last thing the governor and...Tags: Rick Scott, Parties and Movements, Coconut Creek, Crime, Law and Justice, Don Gaetz
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Kingsley Guy: Why do we believe worst in politicians?
The term "ethics reform" in government is a misnomer. Ethics don't need reforming, but human behavior sometimes does. The Florida Legislature has been occupying its time this session with so-called ethics reform. Palm Beach and Broward County...Tags: Broward County, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Public Officials, North Lauderdale
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Rick Outzen: "Parent trigger" rightfully shot down
The Florida Senate proved its value on Tuesday by not approving SB 0862, the Parent Empowerment in Education Act — better known as the "Parent Trigger" bill. The tie vote — 20-20, the same tally as last year – effectively killed the...Tags: Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, Jack Latvala, Lobbying, Parent Organizations, Washington, DC
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Eric Barron: Education bill puts FSU, UF near top
Gov. Rick Scott's signing of the Career and Professional Education Act effectively positions Florida State University and the University of Florida for pre-eminent status, and puts FSU on the fast track to move into the top 25 in the national rankings...Tags: Rick Scott, Education, Florida State University, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Group's vice president, a county commissioner, helps secure county grant
With expenses to cover and the start of a monthlong series of events just eight days away, the vice president of the Community Access Center in Miramar knew just where to turn for cash: Broward County taxpayers. He brought a roster of backers to the...
Tags: Broward County, Finance, Culture, Economy, Business and Finance, Lauderhill
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Accuracy, not speed, in executions
Keep in mind that Florida has had more death-row inmates exonerated than any state in the country — a total of 24 since 1979. That's 24 innocent people who weren't executed, a stunning number that suggests a need for change in the ultimate power...Tags: Broward County, Rick Scott, Crime, Law and Justice, Howard Finkelstein, Punishment
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Major bills await Florida Legislature's final day
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature used its next-to-last day Thursday to pass a watered-down texting-while-driving ban, a plan to slim down the state-run Citizens Property Insurance and legislation that strips local governments of the power to...
Tags: Lobbying, Jack Latvala, John Thrasher, Dan Marino, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Fla. high court upholds nuclear-power surcharge law
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court rejected on Thursday the challenge to a controversial law that allows electric utilities to collect money from their customers for nuclear-power plants that won't be built for years — if ever. The...
Tags: Progress Energy Incorporated, Lawyers, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Duke Energy Corporation, Orlando
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Chan Lowe: Florida speeds up the death penalty process
The Florida Legislature has passed a bill called the “Timely Justice Act,” and has sent it up to Gov. Scott for his signature. This piece of legislation is designed to address the frustrations of law-and-order hawks who believe that the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Death Penalty, Elections, Politics
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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: Alan Hays, Lake County (Florida), Elections, Politics
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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: Rick Scott, Insurance, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Politics, Government
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