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Chan Lowe: Florida Legislature sticks it to the teachers
The legislators just couldn’t bring themselves to do it. The idea of an across-the-board raise for teachers—union members—stuck in their collective craw. Because the state’s teachers haven’t received a raise in several years,...
Tags: Gucci Group NV, Rick Scott
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Florida's fast track death penalty bill is blood-thirsty form of justice
This is one that will made all those red-blooded, blood-thirsty Floridians stand up and cheer: Florida is trying to speed up executions. Yep. We can’t fry ‘em anymore because those liberals made us get rid of Ol Sparky, but we sure can...
Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Punishment, Rick Scott, Death Penalty
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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: Politics, National Government, Executive Branch, Personal Weapon Control, Career and Workplace
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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, Politics, Altamonte Springs, Elections
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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: U.S. Senate, Politics, Government Health Care, Parties and Movements, Health Insurance
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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: U.S. Senate, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Don Gaetz
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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: 401K, Politics, Retirement, Career and Workplace, Justice System
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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: Prosecution, Politics, Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice, Death Penalty
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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: Super Bowl, Andy Gardiner, Sports, Miami Dolphins, Roger Goodell
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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: Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Politics, Lake Mary, Republican Party, Marco Rubio
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