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Juice: National politics (10 unread)

• Lawmakers handed out $9.6 billion in county-level spending -- a $2 billion spike from last year

  TALLAHASSEE -- Florida's legislative budget-writers went bombastic this week when a business-backed group suggested that with the help of surplus taxpayer cash they had spread more pork throughout the $74.5 billion state budget. [...]
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• Friday Morning Reads: Crime,

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Friday. [...]
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• Don Gaetz goes postal on Florida TaxWatch

  TALLAHASSEE -- Senate President Don Gaetz is hardly a politician accused of mincing words. But his latest retort to the business lobby-backed Florida TaxWatch "turkey" list is a bombastic display that distinguishes itself in the annals of Gaetz lore. [...]
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• Cannon's lobbying firm banks $755k in first full quarter

  TALLAHASSEE -- Former House Speaker Dean Cannon appears to have landed on his feet quite comfortably in his return to the lobbying world. [...]
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• Insurance, gaming, Everglades interests tip the lobbying scales

  TALLAHASSEE -- Insurance carriers, sugar growers pushing to lessen their pollution costs, telecommunications giant AT&T, and an Internet cafe software company dominated spending on lobbyists to influence the Florida Legislature over the first three months of 2013. [...]
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• TaxWatch pinpoints Broward, PB budget 'turkeys' for vetoes

  TALLAHASSEE -- The business-backed fiscal watchdog Florida TaxWatch pinpointed 107 projects in the state budget that it's urging Gov. Rick Scott to veto because they were slipped into the budget at the last minute or directly benefit one specific company. [...]
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• Thursday Morning Reads: Texting while driving, FAU and Rubio

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Thursday. [...]
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• Rubio blames IRS scandal on `Obama's culture of intimidation'

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• Wednesday Morning Reads: Powerball, phone records and city contracts

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Wednesday. [...]
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• Tuesday Morning Reads: College Prez pay, insurance and lawmaker health care

  TALLLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Tuesday. [...]
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