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    May 22, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  1. Appeals court shields lawmakers from testifying, showing draft maps in redistricting lawsuit

    Tallahassee Bureau Chief
    TALLAHASSEE – A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida legislators should not be questioned under oath about whether they "intended" to gain partisan advantage when they re-drew congressional maps last year. Two sets of groups have...

    Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Washington, DC, Trials, Common

    2. May 22, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Appeals court says legislators can't be questioned about gerrymandering 'intent'

    TALLAHASSEE – A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida legislators may not be questioned under oath about whether they "intended" to gain partisan advantage when they re-drew congressional maps last year. The ruling came in one of two...

    Tags: Justice System, Republican Party, Lawyers, Washington, DC, Trials

    3. May 21, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  3. Looking into lawmakers' county budget allocations

    TALLAHASSEE --Gov. Rick Scott took a knife to lawmakers' $74 billion-plus budget this week, blocking some $368 million in hometown projects.
    Tallahassee Bureau Chief
    TALLAHASSEE --Gov. Rick Scott took a knife to lawmakers' $74 billion-plus budget this week, blocking some $368 million in hometown projects. But the collective response from legislative leadership was a yawn. “While many will disagree with...

    Tags: Executive Branch, U.S. House of Representatives, Rick Scott, U.S. Senate, Regional Authority

    4. May 20, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  4. Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects

    TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities.
    TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...

    Tags: Justice System, Colleges and Universities, Brevard County, Titusville, Everglades

    5. May 17, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  5. Annual 'budget turkey' list draws flak

    TALLAHASSEE – Florida TaxWatch, the business-backed group that calls itself a fiscal watchdog, has targeted $106.8 million worth of budget projects that it says Gov. Rick Scott should veto.
    TALLAHASSEE – Florida TaxWatch, the business-backed group that calls itself a fiscal watchdog, has targeted $106.8 million worth of budget projects that it says Gov. Rick Scott should veto. Road projects, public safety initiatives and money for...

    Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Health and Safety at School, Mental Health, Broward County, Safety of Citizens

    6. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  6. GCSC has top tax 'turkey' // DOCUMENTS

    The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.
    Gulf Coast State College gets top-turkey honors. The watchdog group Florida TaxWatch released its annual list of "turkeys" Thursday, naming 107 projects totaling $106.8 million, in the state budget, which, it says, didn't receive "proper opportunity for...

    Tags: Turkey (animal), Executive Branch, Panama, Panama City (Panama), Rick Scott

    7. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. Gov. Rick Scott's choice: to veto or not to veto?

    Miami Herald
    Gov. Rick Scott must soon sign the new state budget, and he's getting intense feedback on all sides: from lawmakers protecting hometown projects, hospitals worried about losing money and a business-backed group criticizing pork-barrel spending. Scott,...

    Tags: Government Health Care, Lobbying, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Rick Scott, The Miami Herald

    8. May 3, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  8. Lawmakers end session without passing stadium subsidies

    TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Legislature ended its 2013 session Friday by passing an elections do-over and the largest budget in state history, but without delivering tax subsidies to the Miami Dolphins, Orlando soccer boosters and a cadre of other sports teams.
    TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Legislature ended its 2013 session Friday by passing an elections do-over and the largest budget in state history, but without delivering tax subsidies to the Miami Dolphins, Orlando soccer boosters and a cadre of other...

    Tags: Voting, Justice System, Ethics, Elections, Finance

    9. May 3, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  9. 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: Justice System, Coconut Creek, Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Rick Scott

    10. May 11, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  10. Nan Rich, long shot for governor, says she's undeterred

    In her dark-horse campaign to become Florida's next governor, former state Sen. Nan Rich likes to recall the stories of Democratic political legends Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham.
    In her dark-horse campaign to become Florida's next governor, former state Sen. Nan Rich likes to recall the stories of Democratic political legends Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham. Each was a little-known state senator when he launched his...

    Tags: Nan H Rich, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Elections, Separation of Church and State

    11. May 12, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  11. Pet projects may face Governor Rick Scott's veto pen

    Miami Herald
    Turn to any page of Florida's 450-page budget and what's most striking is the missing detail. Yes, as page 421 points out, it's a $74.5 billion spending plan that pays for 114,480.5 positions. But specific descriptions about what the money actually pays...

    Tags: Justice System, Panama City (Panama), Rick Scott, The Miami Herald, Colleges and Universities

    12. May 10, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  12. Donor 'transparency' doesn't apply to state political parties

    TALLAHASSEE — With the 60-day lawmaking session complete, Florida legislators are wasting no time getting back to what they do the other 10 months of the year: raising copious amounts of cash from wealthy donors and companies.
    TALLAHASSEE — With the 60-day lawmaking session complete, Florida legislators are wasting no time getting back to what they do the other 10 months of the year: raising copious amounts of cash from wealthy donors and companies. And thanks to a...

    Tags: Fishing, Andy Gardiner, Republican Party, U.S. Sugar Corporation, Parties and Movements

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