Docs v. Florida Business Lobby All-Stars tips off in Senate committee
By at 19 January, 2012, 4:22 pm
TALLAHASSEE — A Florida Senate committee stepped into a food fight Thursday between doctors, pharmacistsand the influential business lobby that underwrites campaigns by advancing a bill prohibiting doctors from charging higher rates for re-packaged prescription drugs for injured workers. Read More
Read More >>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 >>Senate unveils privatization re-do plan
By at 18 January, 2012, 6:48 pm
TALLAHASSEE – A Senate panel opened the door Wednesday to give the Senate a second shot at privatizing 29 prisons in South Florida and eliminate some of the obstacles that led a Tallahassee judge to reject a similar plan this summer. The Senate Rules Committee, chaired by Sen. John Thrasher, Read More
Read More >>Scott taps former Jeb appointee as new Secretary of State
By at 18 January, 2012, 4:46 pm
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has named Ken Detzner as the new Secretary of State, replacing Kurt Browning, who earlier this month offered his resignation. “Kurt’s dedicated service and hard work with Florida’s 67 independently elected Supervisors of Elections have prepared our state Read More
Read More >>Feds establish Everglades headwaters refuge
By at 18 January, 2012, 4:39 pm
An Everglades refuge and conservation area was officially established on Wednesday when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar accepted the first donation of land for the project in south-central Florida. The Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area is designed to provide a Read More
Read More >>Most states, but not Florida, progressing on health reform
By at 18 January, 2012, 3:57 pm
Twenty-eight states are well on their way to establishing Affordable Insurance Exchanges, but Florida is not one of them, according to a federal report released on Wednesday. Nancy-Ann DeParle touts exchanges The report amounts to a pat on the back to those states preparing for these exchanges, Read More
Read More >>Seminole Tribe praises Bondi for slots opinion
By at 18 January, 2012, 3:41 pm
Sun-Sentinel gambling guru Nick Sortal has this tidbit on the Seminole Tribe. **** Less than a month after criticizing her for false claims of money laundering at their Tampa casino, the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s top leaders are praising Attorney General Pam Bondi. They are applauding her 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
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