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Lobbying 2013 Legislature cost $34.2M
TALLAHASSEE — Insurance carriers, sugar growers pushing to lessen their pollution costs, telecommunications giant AT&T and an Internet-cafe software company dominated spending on lobbyists to influence the Florida Legislature during the first...Tags: South Florida Water Management District, Executive Branch, Lobbying, Business Enterprises, Winter Park
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The Front Burner: Misrepresentations blocked care for a million Floridians
Despite the support of Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Senate, the 2013 legislative session ended with the Florida House unilaterally blocking the extension of health coverage to more than a million low-income, uninsured Floridians. Approving...Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Rick Scott, Government Health Care
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Future of Herald building site in hands of Genting
Miami HeraldThe Miami Herald's remaining employees closed down the newspaper's longstanding building at One Herald Plaza on Thursday night. Next home for the Miami Herald Media Company: Doral. The future of the 50-year-old building overlooking Biscayne Bay is...Tags: Global Expansion, The Miami Herald, Justice System, Miami Hotels, The McClatchy Company
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Miami area leaders discuss marijuana legalization
Miami HeraldLongtime Miami civil rights leader T. Willard Fair had been hearing stories about the casual use of marijuana among youth in Liberty City. Then, on a visit to Liberty Square, he witnessed the trend: adults and teens smoking openly. "I was in a meeting...Tags: The Miami Herald, U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Trafficking
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Insurance, gaming, Everglades interests tip the lobbying scales
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Insurance carriers, sugar growers pushing to lessen their pollution costs, telecommunications giant AT&T, and an Internet cafe software company dominated spending on lobbyists to influence the Florida Legislature over the first three months...Tags: Lobbying, Business Enterprises, David Simmons, Altamonte Springs, Labor Legislation
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Florida should stop putting its youths in solitary confinement
The time is now to end solitary confinement of Florida's youth. Several years ago, I taught English as a second language to students from all over the world. Two young students, newly arrived and excited to see the United States, decided to do some...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Human Rights, Prisons, FBI, Teaching and Learning
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Florida just clamped down on 'gun rights'
Perhaps you missed it, but the Florida Legislature recently launched an all-out assault on the Second Amendment. As a result, many law-abiding Floridians may be prohibited from exercising their constitutional right to bear arms. The citizens I'm...
Tags: Gun Control, Firearms, Government, Personal Weapon Control, National Government
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Bill would tighten tax incentives on pollution
Businesses would no longer receive state tax breaks simply because of perceived pollution on their properties if Gov. Rick Scott signs a bill approved by the Florida Legislature earlier this month. Last year, the Orlando Sentinel reported that Florida...Tags: Walmart, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Environmental Pollution, Executive Branch, Economic Policy
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Lawmakers get good coverage; Floridians, the shaft
The next time you see your state representative or state senator, be sure to ask the health care question. The question has nothing to do with courage and standing on principle. Quite the opposite: how can the Florida Legislature take comfort in...
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Internet sales tax, a vote for fairness
If ever a piece of legislation was simply — and properly — named, it is this one: The Marketplace Fairness Act. In a minimum number of words, it tells you exactly what you are getting. Fairness. That's what the U.S. Senate passed this week...
Tags: Marco Rubio, Executive Branch, Bill Nelson, U.S. House of Representatives, Business
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Simulator shows Orange teens the dangers of texting, driving
A close friend of Colonial High School senior Lora Abdulhak was killed by a driver who was texting. But it wasn't until she tried a simulator that imitates the hazards of texting while driving that Abdulhak, 18, vowed to stop doing it herself. The...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Buddy Dyer, Transportation Accidents, Verizon Communications, Teaching and Learning
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BRIEF: Florida state rep says he's more confident he can lower state DUI threshold after NTSB's recommendation
The Palm Beach PostThe federal government's push Tuesday to have states lower the threshold for when a driver is presumed to be drunk made things a little easier for Rep. Irv Slosberg, the ranking Democrat on the state House's transportation committee. Talk of lowering...Tags: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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May 12, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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