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Thursday Morning Reads: Prisons, casinos and hospitals
By at 19 January, 2012, 11:53 am
TALLAHASSEE — To recap yesterday, capitol watchers saw the Senate introduce new prison privatization bills, the governor nominate a new Secretary of State and Rep. Erik Fresen , R-Miami, file amendments to his casino bill. To catch up on that and more, here are the top five stories you Read More
Read More >>House Democrats, wary of their own experiences, oppose county term-limits
By at 18 January, 2012, 1:53 pm
TALLAHASSEE — House Democrats on a committee advancing term-limits for some county officials complained Wednesday that term-limits had drained “institutional knowledge” from the Legislature and would do the same at the local level. The proposed constitutional amendment, HJR Read More
Read More >>Wednesday Morning Reads: Redistricting maps, Everglades and budget
By at 18 January, 2012, 1:01 pm
TALLAHASSEE — The Senate concluded its work on the redistricting maps a day earlier than expected, while House committees continued to meet and work on other legislative issues such as Internet cafes. So, here’s a recap of what you may have missed yesterday with five stories you Read More
Read More >>Today in Tallahassee: Prisons, guns and growth management
By at 18 January, 2012, 11:58 am
TALLAHASSEE — A day after the Senate passed its legislative and congressional redistricting plans , the chamber is taking it easy today. Senate President Mike Haridopolos scrapped Wednesday’s slated floor time (in case Democrats wanted to debate the maps longer) and the chamber has Read More
Read More >>Florida Senate passes new Senate maps over ‘packing’ complaints
By at 17 January, 2012, 7:52 pm
TALLAHASSEE – Over complaints that its work continued decades-old gerrymandering, Senate Republicans rammed through a proposed map for their own 40 seats that more evenly divides population gains over the last decade and maintains an electoral advantage for the majority-party. The Senate map, Read More
Read More >>Miami federal case lurks over Florida redistricting work
By at 17 January, 2012, 4:30 pm
TALLAHASSEE — Lawyers in Miami representing the Florida House, U.S. Reps. Corrine Brown and Mario Diaz-Balart , state House and Senate Democrats, and voting-rights groups squared off in an ongoing legal fight last week over the Fair Districts standards the Legislature is using now to draw Read More
Read More >>Tuesday Morning Reads: Guns in hospitals, Evelynn Lynn and redistricting
By at 17 January, 2012, 1:09 pm
TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and welcome to this edition of the morning reads. It’s a full day today in Tallahassee with the Senate looking at redistricting on the floor today. So to get you read, here are five stories you should be reading this morning. * The Orlando Sentinel writes Read More
Read More >>Take a look at the redistricting maps set for Senate debate — and the ones they won’t be talking about
By at 17 January, 2012, 12:20 pm
TALLAHASSEE — The new maps for congressional and Senate districts are slated to hit the Senate floor today and pass out this week, after protestations from some Democrats that they don’t create a level playing field envisioned by the supporters of the Fair Districts reforms. Read More
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