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 >>Weatherford asks for Democratic redistricting votes, pledges not to mow over them
By at 18 January, 2012, 7:24 pm
TALLAHASSEE — House Redistricting Chairman Will Weatherford asked minority-party Democrats for their votes Wednesday, and said it was “not part of the plan” to roll over their objections when the re-drawn political maps hit the House floor. Weatherford’s committee will 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 >>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 >>Will Romney’s hard line on immigration help in Florida?
By at 17 January, 2012, 4:10 pm
Mitt Romney’s hard line on immigration is a high-stakes gamble that he can secure the Republican nomination and win states like Florida and Nevada in the general election while at risk of offending the large and growing Hispanic electorate. Romney-backer Kris Kobach Polls and interviews with 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 >>Electronic Cigarette Sales Surge in Miami
By admin at 16 January, 2012, 6:13 pm
Smoking is addictive in nature, which is why several smokers have trouble quitting this habit. Most smokers are well aware of the health risks they are prone to by smoking tobacco cigarettes, and yet continue to light up newer ones, owing to the addictive nature of tobacco. However, research Read More
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