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• Despite hundreds of insurance violations, president of upstart company could get $52 million deal from Citizens

  Before launching an upstart insurance firm and donating $110,000 to Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign, the president of Heritage Property and Casualty Corp. repeatedly ran into trouble with Florida’s insurance regulators at previous companies he led. 

  Now, one of those insurance regulators is Heritage’s chief lobbyist, and the St. Petersburg company might receive up to $52 million in [...]

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• Pam Bondi and 22 AGs to Urban Outfitters: stop 'undermining' war on RX abuse

  @MarcACaputo

  Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and 22 other attorneys general accused Urban Outfitters on Wednesday of "undermining" nationwide efforts to fight pharmaceutical-drug abuse because the store sells a line of drinking novelties that mimic prescription-pill bottles, boxes, pads and syringes.

  "These products are not in any way fun or humorous" [...]

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• When Barack retweeted Jeb: bipartisan immigration-reform effort goes coast to coast

  @MarcACaputo

  President Barack Obama, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice all agree: Immigration reform is a must.

  "Delaying solutions will only make the problem grow. NOW is the time for immigration reform. Join the #iMarch [...]

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• Miccosukee Tribe's tax troubles continue with $170 million lien

  From MH's Jay Weaver:

  The Internal Revenue Service has slammed the Miccosukee Indians with a bill of $170 million for the West Miami-Dade tribe’s failure to report and withhold taxes from its distribution of gambling profits to tribal members, according to court records.

  In a long-running battle, the IRS also has [...]

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• One illegal immigrant's strange almost-pathway to citizenship

  @MarcACaputo

  Rene Rivas was about to be deported in the dark of night, at 4 a.m.

  But that was last week.

  Seven days later, on Monday, the undocumented immigrant was released from an immigration lock-up and allowed to work legally and live openly with his wife and children in Miami for a year. [...]

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• Good taxpayer deal or 'get-rich quick funding scheme' for $110k Rick Scott donor?

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  TALLAHASSEE -- Two months after contributing $110,000 to Gov. Rick Scott’s reelection campaign, an upstart property insurance company is likely to reap a $52 million windfall, paid from the coffers of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

  Sitting on a record cash surplus of $6.4 billion, Citizens is hoping to ink a special [...]

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• Marco Rubio files amendment to punish IRS agents who leak taxpayer docs

  From a press release:

  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) today filed an amendment to the 2013 Farm Bill that would punish Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials who abuse their power by violating the First Amendment rights of the American people. The amendment is based on similar legislation, [...]

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• Bill Nelson questions "social welfare" designation of nonprofit political groups

  @MarcACaputo

  The IRS' tea party-targeting scandal got its second congressional hearing today, this time in the Senate Finance Committee, where top Democrats like Florida Sen. Bill Nelson felt as if the tax agency was letting too many political groups wrongly hide behind nonprofit status for "social welfare" groups.

  Of course, the IRS' [...]

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• Gov signs elections law fix, reversing GOP changes and ending early primary

  Gov. Rick Scott has finished the fix of the flawed election law that relegated Florida to a late-night joke in 2012 by signing an elections clean-up bill passed on the final day of the legislative session.

  The measure, signed by Scott late Monday before he left for a trade mission to Chile, reverses [...]

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• After Dolphins lose Super Bowl bids, Weatherford defends Legislature's non-deal on stadium

  After the Miami Dolphins lost their bid to host Super Bowl 50 or 51, House Speaker Will Weatherford took to his blog to defend the Legislature's decision not to pass a bill providing up to $389 million in taxpayer support for an upgraded stadium.

  Weatherford said the Dolphins stadium [...]

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