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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, U.S. Senate, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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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, Justice System
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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: Andy Gardiner, Miami Dolphins, Roger Goodell, Football, Sun Life Stadium
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RESTORE references to be removed
The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.The Florida Senate has legislation pending that would assure local counties their RESTORE Act money is safe, but it wants additional oversight on those funds. The Senate likely will vote Tuesday to remove all reference to the federal law in the bill (SB...Tags: Greg Evers, Laws, Bill Montford, Panama City (Panama), Jack Latvala
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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: Maitland, Republican Party, Marco Rubio, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Elections
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell lobbies lawmakers in Tallahassee to back Dolphins stadium renovation bill
Miami HeraldThe Miami Dolphins brought their big guns to Tallahassee on Monday, hoping to persuade the fickle Florida Legislature to approve a taxpayer-supported stadium upgrade in the final days of this year's session. In meetings Monday with top state lawmakers,...Tags: Anitere Flores, Miami Hotels, Football, Sun Life Stadium, Government
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Senate and House play hot potato with Medicaid bills
Miami HeraldThe Florida Senate effectively rejected the House's alternative to expanding Medicaid on Monday, prolonging a stalemate that may prove too difficult to resolve before the legislative session wraps up this week. Senators on Monday took up the House plan,...Tags: Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Rick Scott, Mike Fasano, The Miami Herald
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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: Litigation and Regulation, Government, Hospitals and Clinics, National Government, Health Insurance Cost
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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, Government, Executive Branch, Death Penalty, 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: Citigroup Incorporated, Bank of America Corp., Melbourne, Taxation
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