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Weatherford wants Citizens review after $52 million takeout deal
Florida’s House speaker wants to review Citizens Property Insurance Corp. after the approval of a “unique” deal that gave a relatively new but politically connected company up to $52 million to take out as many as 60,000...
- Posted 7 hours ago
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NFL, MLS avoid Florida after stadium bill fails
Florida was shut out Tuesday by the National Football League and Major League Soccer. The NFL awarded the 2016 Super Bowl to the San Francisco area and the 2017 championship contest to Houston, a little more than two weeks...
- Posted 4 days ago
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Rick Scott’s vetoes go far and wide
Gov. Rick Scott spread the pain. As Scott signed a $74.1 billion state budget Monday, he used his line-item veto power to eliminate proposals that ranged from spending $14 million on a building project at Gulf Coast State...
- Posted 5 days ago
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Chamber leaders to set off on two-day ‘Work Plan Florida’ tour
Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford will begin their joint Work Plan Florida Regional Tour on Wednesday, highlighting the successful completion of their legislative agenda on jobs as well as “critical investments in Florida’s...
- Posted 5 days ago
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Weatherford “not surprised” by Scott’s vetoing of tuition increase
Gov. Rick Scott plans to sign the $74.5 billion budget into law today, but will announce that he is using his line item veto power. Among the things Scott is expected to veto is a three percent...
- Posted 5 days ago
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Sunburn for 5/20 — A morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics
A morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. THE WEEK AHEAD via the News Service of Florida The governor, with the budget on his desk awaiting a signature, heads to Chile on a trade mission next...
- Posted 6 days ago
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Florida TaxWatch’s Turkey list takes a bite out of leadership priorities
Legislative leadership, particularly on the Senate side, didn’t get a pass from a Tallahassee group that annually highlights pork-barrel spending in the state budget, reports Jim Turner of the News Service of Florida. Yes, Florida TaxWatch’s annual...
- Posted 9 days ago
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Weatherford-for-higher-office buzz building
The notion that House Speaker Will Weatherford is seen as an important part of the future of the Republican Party’s success in Florida isn’t news. But his name is starting to turn up in national stories about the GOP...
- Posted 16 days ago
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State budget packs millions in legislative leaders’ districts
When asked about a $14 million line item for a college building in his home district that started out at $300,000, Senate President Don Gaetz, responded “I would expect it doesn’t hurt that the senator from Northwest...
- Posted 17 days ago
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Gary Fineout: ‘It was not a kinder, gentler session’ (by the way, Fineout’s wrong)
On his blog, The Fine Print, ace reporter Gary Fineout closes the loop from two months ago, answering the 5 biggest questions going into the 2013 session. Fineout’s most interesting answer may be his response to whether this was...
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