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• Crist eyes May 24-28 for special session on drilling

  Gov. Charlie Crist is considering calling a special session for a constitutional ban on oil drilling in state waters as soon as the week of May 24, he told reporters. The session, in the wake of the BP oil spill that could threaten Florida’s coast, would include the permanent ban on [...]
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• Florida poll bad news for immigration reformers

  Florida voters are inclined to oppose immigration reform, a bad sign for those pushing to overhaul the current dysfunctional system. A Mason-Dixon poll released on Monday found that 45 percent of Florida voters oppose reform that would give unauthorized immigrants a chance to get legal status. Only 39 percent [...]
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• How many burritos does $290 at Moe's buy?

  By Aaron Deslatte and Josh Hafenbrack The Republican Party of Florida has dumped thousands of pages of credit card records on hapless media scribes today, and a few gems have already surfaced sorting through the paper in our very un-scientific manner: Former state Sen. Dan Webster, a Winter Garden Republican who just [...]
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• Florida poll shows voters reject offshore drilling

  The specter of oil-soaked wildlife caught in a massive spill drifting toward a vulnerable coastline has reversed the public’s opinion of offshore drilling, at least in Florida. Only 35 percent of Florida voters support offshore drilling near the shores of their state, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released [...]
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• Florida Republican Party: Credit records will cost you

  TALLAHASSEE — This is a bit of inside baseball, but the Republican Party of Florida is trying to make good on a deadline today to release all the party credit card statements from the era of ousted party chairman Jim Greer. Sort of. The GOP’s executive board met two weeks ago [...]
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• Florida Republican Party: Credit records will cost you

  TALLAHASSEE — This is a bit of inside baseball, but the Republican Party of Florida is trying to make good on a deadline today to release all the party credit card statements from the era of ousted party chairman Jim Greer. Sort of. The GOP’s executive board met two weeks ago [...]
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• Sink, Dems call for permanent drilling ban

  Top Florida Democrats are calling for a special session on a constititional amendment banning oil drilling in state waters, in the wake of the BP oil spill. The idea doesn't seem likely to get far in the Republican-controlled state Legislature, but the call for a permanent drilling ban from Chief Financial' [...]
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• Deutch pushes through rebates for homeowners

  Ted Deutch got his first legislative victory in Congress on Thursday when the House by voice vote approved his amendment to provide rebates to homeowners who suffered damage from natural disasters.
  Ted Deutch The amendment was added to the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act, which provides rebates to upgrade [...]
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• Crist gets most Democrats in Florida poll

  Charlie Crist is leading the Florida Senate race mostly because of backing from Democrats and independent voters, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released on Thursday. The poll indicates a tight race between Crist, the newly independent candidate, and Republican Marco Rubio. Democrat Kendrick Meek trails in a hypothetical three-way matchup, but [...]
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• Feds add Florida staging area for oil-spill response

  Scrambling to protect one of the finest beach areas in the world, federal officials have added a tenth staging area in Panama City for responding to the spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. Staging areas also have been established in Pensacola; Biloxi, Miss.; Pascagoula, Miss.; Dauphin [...]
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