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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, Elections, Lake County (Florida), 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: Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Insurance, Executive Branch, Government, Rick Scott
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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: Marriage, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Family
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Ethics and campaign-finance marriage gets a bit complicated
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature's much-ballyhooed marriage between campaign-finance and ethics reforms may be heading for a rocky patch. On Tuesday, the Senate moved away from the House on its campaign-finance bill (SB 1382) when the chamber's... -
Panel advances Daytona Speedway tax-break
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel Days after International Speedway Corp. reported a first-quarter profit of $13.5 million, the Florida Senate on Monday began moving a bill that would give NASCAR promoter and racetrack owner nearly $100 million worth of... -
Former death row inmate urges governor to reject Timely Justice bill
If he could talk to Gov. Rick Scott, Seth Penalver would have one simple question. "Would you kill me?" Penalver, 40, was acquitted late last year on three counts of first-degree murder, the end of an 18-year saga that brought him from Broward...
Tags: Broward County, Justice System, Defendants, Murder, Prosecution
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Florida Legislature OKs $50M for cross-Florida trail
OrlandoSentinel.comAccording to news reports , Florida legislators have agreed to allocate $50 million to buy right of way to connect scattered trails to create a 275-mile trail network that would span the state from St. Petersburg to Titusville. The $50 million still could... -
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: Labor Legislation, National Government, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Religion and Belief
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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: David Simmons, Elections, Altamonte Springs, Politics
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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: Health Insurance, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Medicaid, Parties and Movements
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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, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, U.S. Senate
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