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Wednesday Morning Reads: Casinos, travel penalties and hospitals
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Good morning and welcome to this edition of the morning reads. We're less than a week out to the legislative session and while the capital city is still relatively quiet, plenty is going on elsewhere around the state as lawmakers... -
Gambling bill passes Senate Committee test
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The destination casinos bill passed a first round test Monday afternoon, by a 7-3 vote in the Senate Regulated Industries Committee. The bill was substantially reworked from the original bill, requiring a referendum in any county... -
Palm Beach County lobbying trip takes aim at Florida Legislature
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County government and business leaders converge on Tallahassee Wednesday for a day-long lobbying blitz aimed at the Florida Legislature. Timed with the beginning of the legislative session, the lobbying trip seeks to push for local issues...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Personal Weapon Control, Lobbying, Politics, Mike Haridopolos
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Progressive group rallies, targets lawmakers, businesses that supported Gov. Scott
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelFlorida Watch opened the 2012 Legislative Session Tuesday by targeting Gov. Rick Scott and lawmakers and businesses who have supported his budgets and policies, declaring them “anti-middle class.” About 75 people joined Florida Watch at a... -
Firefighters, governor part of Palm Beach County's Tallahassee lobbying swing
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsFirefighters and the governor are adding some extra attention to Palm Beach County???s annual lobbying push in Tallahassee. Palm Beach County government and business leaders have converged on Tallahassee today for a lobbying swing intended draw the...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Personal Weapon Control, Government, Lobbying, Politics
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Florida Senate passes its own new map, over complaints of racial ‘packing’
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – Over complaints that its work continued decades-old gerrymandering, Senate Republicans rammed through a proposed map for their own 40 seats that more evenly divides population gains over the last decade and maintains an electoral... -
Haridopolos strips prison privatization foe Fasano of committee chair
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Senate President Mike Haridopolos stripped Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, of his chairmanship of the Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Committee Wednesday as resistance led by Fasano mounted over a prison... -
Telecom tax cuts advance, but sponsor promises changes
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTax cuts sought by Verizon Communications Inc., Comcast Corp. and the rest of the state’s telecom industry cleared another legislative hurdle Monday morning, though the measure's sponsor promised changes to allay concerns about the potential long-... -
Senate says bye-bye to bike handlebar requirement
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Want to ride a bicycle with no hands? The Florida Senate says you can do that now. The Senate Wednesday passed legislation that would remove a requirement that bicyclists keep at least one hand on the handlebars while riding. The... -
Telecom tax changes suddenly stall in the Senate
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTax changes sought by big telecommunications companies suddenly stalled in the Senate on Thursday amid questions about the long-term impact to state and local government finances. The Senate’s Finance and Tax committee completely rewrote the... -
Senate fight breaks out over pink rabbits and green chicks
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelA bizarre flashpoint broke out on the floor of the Florida Senate on Tuesday morning over an effort to repeal a 45-year-old ban on dyeing animals such as rabbits, baby chickens and ducklings. In a last-minute amendment to an omnibus agriculture bill, Sen.... -
Senate passes $830 million business-tax break
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelUPDATE: The House passed the bill. It now heads to the governor. Florida businesses would save $830 million in state taxes over the next two-and-a-half years, under an amendment tacked on to a piece of unemployment-compensation legislation today by the...
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