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House pension plan dies
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Senate Tuesday killed a major overhaul of the public employee pension system that would have closed the pension plan for new workers and put them into 401K style. The proposal was a top priority for House Speaker Will...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, 401K, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Senate signs off on Dolphins stadium bill
TALLAHASSEE – With a strong push from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, the Florida Senate on Monday signed off on a proposal to let pro sports teams such as the Dolphins compete for tax dollars to fund stadium...Tags: Major League Soccer, Miami Dolphins, Rene Garcia, Football, Sun Life Stadium
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Florida Legislature scratches out the R-word
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Legislature has officially scratched out the term "mentally retarded" from its statutory lexicon. The House sent Gov. Rick Scott a bill Tuesday (SB 142) that replaces the term "mental retardation" with “intellectual...Tags: Rick Scott
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Rubio endorses Plakon's bid to return to the Florida House
Former state Rep. Scott Plakon, the Longwood Republican who is hoping to return to the state House next year, has earned the blessing of Republican U.S. Senator and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio. "I'm pleased to endorse my friend Scott Plakon...Tags: Lake Mary, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Marco Rubio, Elections, Maitland
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Karanbir Gill: Deregulation would hurt state's trauma centers
In large states such as Florida, it is essential to carefully develop a statewide trauma care network that ensures our citizens have access to timely, life-saving care delivered by highly-trained specialists. Over the past 30 years, Florida has built a...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, National Government, Hospitals and Clinics, Litigation and Regulation, Government
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Bill to fast track death penalty headed to governor
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Senate sent a controversial bill to speed up the death penalty process to Gov. Rick Scott. The bill, which passed the House last week, would create shorter time frames for the appeals process and take away the governor's...
Tags: Punishment, Regional Authority, Government, Politics, Joe Negron
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House tax chairman says banking tax loophole will likely live another year
A banking tax break that has become a well-known loophole is likely to be preserved for another year – but could be repealed in 2014, a top lawmaker said Monday. Rep. Ritch Workman, the Melbourne Republican who chairs the House Finance & Tax...Tags: Taxation, Melbourne, Politics, Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Incorporated
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Time to pass stadium bill
It is way past the two-minute warning for the Florida Legislature to vote on possible subsidies for the renovation of Sun Life Stadium. It's time for the 30-second drill. Maybe something quicker than that. Miami-Dade voters were at the polls Monday...Tags: Miami Dolphins, Elections, Football, Voting, Sun Life Stadium
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One million reasons for lawmakers to expand care
With this year's session of the Florida Legislature due to end Friday, lawmakers have passed some significant legislation. The list includes bills to reform government ethics rules, create a new path to high school graduation and keep Everglades...Tags: Rick Scott, Health Care Reform (2009), Elections, Health Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice
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Negron says health care deal 'unlikely'
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Senate tomorrow will vote on a plan to expand health care to 1 million low income Floridians with $51 billion of federal money, but that seems to be as far as the plan will go. Senate Budget Chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart, said...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Joe Negron
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Water district keeps its distance as other fight over wetlands tied to river it is guarding
Low-lying Wedgefield's fight to be exempted from Orange County's wetlands rules is taking place in the Florida Legislature this spring with scant information about the potential environmental consequences of the legislation. That's because the state...
Tags: Rick Scott, Conservation, Orange County (Florida), Thad Altman, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)
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New car gadgets have drivers drifting
It seems to be happening more often: The car next to you slowly drifts into your lane. We've all noticed it; maybe we've even been guilty of it. A wave of new technology is turning our cars into rolling entertainment centers, tempting drivers to take...
Tags: Florida Highway Patrol, Telecommunication Service, Manufacturing and Engineering, AAA, Palm Beach County
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