House knight takes Senate bishop: No need for budget delay
By at 19 January, 2012, 5:07 pm
TALLAHASSEE — House Speaker Dean Cannon just released budget allocations for committees to begin piecing together a spending plan that would boost per-pupil spending by about 2.3 percent — in line with the increase Gov. Rick Scott requested last month. The Winter Park Republican has Read More
Read More >>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 >>No Casinos group launches latest TV spot
By at 19 January, 2012, 3:48 pm
TALLAHASSEE — Anti gambling group No Casinos launched its latest ad slamming the destination casino proposal. The ad points out Nevada’s high rates of crime, divorce and economic woes. “We do not intend to stand by and allow these out of town gambling interests to have their 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 >>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 >>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 >>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 >>House committee moves to ban Internet cafes
By at 17 January, 2012, 6:49 pm
TALLAHASSEE — A House committee, by a 10-5 vote, moved to ban Internet cafes across the state, as both the House and Senate debate whether to completely rid the state of the sweepstakes cafes or to regulate them. Rep. Scott Plakon , R-Longwood, proposed banning the electronic gaming cafes Read More
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