Monday Morning Reads: Tax breaks, Mitt Romney and gubernatorial power
By at 16 January, 2012, 1:05 pm
TALLAHASSEE — It’s the start of week two in the legislative session, but lawmakers are largely taking off today for Martin Luther King, Jr. day. Check out the top five stories you should be reading this morning to catch you up on last week and this weekend’s action in the state Read More
Read More >>Friday Morning Reads: Caylee’s law, prison closures and slots
By at 13 January, 2012, 12:35 pm
TALLAHASSEE — It’s the end of the first week of session, and the week concludes with a meeting on potential higher education reforms. But yesterday brought plenty of news from the state capitol, including the news that the state would be closing seven prisons. To catch up on anything Read More
Read More >>The nuance behind Scott’s $1 billion education promise isn’t chump change
By at 12 January, 2012, 2:39 pm
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott used his session-opening speech to insist that lawmakers follow his directive to pour $1 billion more into public schools next year. “Floridians truly believe that support for education is the most significant thing we can do to ensure both short-term Read More
Read More >>Wednesday Morning Reads: Session take aways
By at 11 January, 2012, 12:31 pm
TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and welcome to this edition of the morning reads. Yesterday brought the beginning of session and plenty of news along with it. Bills were passed out of the Senate, Speaker Dean Cannon promised major higher ed reforms and Gov. Rick Scott insisted on an increase in Read More
Read More >>Today in Tallahassee: budget, redistricting, rulemaking and PIP
By at 11 January, 2012, 11:00 am
TALLAHASSEE — With the opening-day speeches over, Florida House budget-writers plan to get into the weeds of Gov. Rick Scott’s $66.4 billion budget proposal today, while the Senate will be focused on redistricting — and signaling the divergent priorities of both chambers. The Read More
Read More >>Cannon to Senate: Finish session on time
By at 10 January, 2012, 3:21 pm
TALLAHASSEE — House Speaker Dean Cannon used his last opening-day speech as presiding officer to throw down the gauntlet to his Senate counterpart that the Legislature should finish its budget work within the 60-day regular session. “Each year that we convene, the Legislature has one Read More
Read More >>Gambling ad wars
By at 10 January, 2012, 3:01 pm
TALLAHASSEE — On the heels of a successful first round vote on the destination casino legislation, competing business groups are launching television ad attacks for and against the proposal that would bring up to three destination casinos to the state. (Read the story of yesterday’s Read More
Read More >>Tuesday Morning Reads: Casinos, corruption and politics
By at 3 January, 2012, 12:30 pm
TALLAHASSEE — Welcome back to the morning reads after a long holiday break on our side. It was a rather slow time politically in the state capitol, but check the Central Florida Political Pulse for any big stories you have missed in the mean time. And with that, here are the top five Read More
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