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• Monday Morning Reads: Election Week

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Monday.

  The week has finally come when the campaign ads will cease, robo calls will stop and we will know who is in the House, Senate and Oval Office for the next few years.

  So, here are the stories we're reading this morning.

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• Democrats go to court to keep early-voting open

  TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Democratic Party announced Sunday morning it had gone to federal court to try and keep the polls open, particularly in South Florida where turnout has been "unprecedented."

  South Florida also happens to be a bastion of Democratic votes.

  Early voting ended Saturday. The lawsuit comes after [...]

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• Sachs makes plans to sue RPOF over limo ride ad

  TALLAHASSEE -- State Sen. Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach, in the midst of a heated and nasty battle for a state senate seat with fellow state Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, told the Sun-Sentinel Friday that she has hired a lawyer and plans to take legal action against the state GOP for ads [...]

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• Political consultants make a joke out of Florida's campaign-disclosure laws

  TALLAHASSEE – Cockroaches have a survival instinct to scurry from the light. And so do some of Florida’s highest-paid elections lawyers and consultants, who have done their darnedest this year to cover up the financing behind their advertising antics.

  Florida lawmakers in 2010 overrode a veto by Gov. Charlie Crist [...]

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• Bondi, lawmakers end stalemate over foreclosure settlement funds

  TALLAHASSEE -- Attorney General Pam Bondi and lawmakers have reached the end of their stand-off over how to spend more than $300 million marked for foreclosure relief.

  Bondi jointly announced with Speaker Designate Will Weatherford and incoming Senate President Don Gaetz that the legislative budget commission, at its next meeting, [...]

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• Friday Morning Reads: Property taxes, Rick Scott and welfare drug testing

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and a happy Friday to you all.

  Here are the stories we're reading this morning.

  * The Orlando Sentinel reports that pharmacists are now the target of law enforcement in the war on prescription drugs.

  * The Sun-Sentinel looks at the testy congressional' [...]

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• Thursday Morning Reads: Insurance claims, ad wars and Holocaust fliers

  TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Thursday.

  Here are the stories we're reading this morning.

  * Bloomberg looks at the presidential political focus on Orlando.

  * The Orlando Sentinel looks at the tight, and sometimes ugly, race between two rookie candidates.

  * The Sun-Sentinel writes' [...]

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