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• Scott stays mum about his position on Congressional immigration reform

  Gov. Rick Scott recently angered some Hispanics when he vetoed a bill that would have allowed children of immigrants to get temporary Florida driver licenses. Scott said he vetoed the bill because it was based on a policy change by President Obama, not a specific act of Congress -- a [...]

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• Another Miami ballot-fraud scandal: Cops raid home of operative for Commissioner Xavier Suarez mayoral campaign

  
  Law enforcement officers investigating absentee ballot fraud raided the home early Thursday of Juan Pablo Baggini, the operations director for Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez’s mayoral campaign.
  
  Detectives searched Baggini’s Southwest Miami-Dade residence after the Miami-Dade Elections Department reported a series of online applications for 20 absentee ballots submitted [...]

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• Another Miami ballot-fraud scandal: Cops raid home of operative for Commissioner Frances Suarez mayoral campaign

  **Update

  Law enforcement officers investigating absentee ballot fraud raided the home early Thursday of Juan Pablo Baggini, the operations director for Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez’s mayoral campaign.

  Suarez justed posted on Facebook that it was a misunderstanding:

  "I was informed this morning that law enforcement officials went to the home of a worker [...]

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• Another Miami ballot-fraud scandal: Cops raid home of operative for Commissioner Francis Suarez mayoral campaign

  **Update

  Law enforcement officers investigating absentee ballot fraud raided the home early Thursday of Juan Pablo Baggini, the operations director for Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez’s mayoral campaign.

  Suarez justed posted on Facebook that it was a misunderstanding:

  "I was informed this morning that law enforcement officials went to the home of a worker [...]

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• Bipartisan poll's good news for Marco Rubio: 7 in 10 FL voters (71% of GOP!?) back immigration reform

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  More than 7 in 10 Florida voters favor the concept of the bipartisan immigration-reform plans proposed in Congress, according to a new survey that indicates the issue might not be as politically polarizing as many say.
  
  The results from Republican-leaning Harper Polling and Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling could be [...]

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• What President Obama said at his Miami Beach fundraiser

  The White House transcript of President Obama's remarks at the home of Tom Sullivan:

  THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Everybody, have a seat.  Have a seat.  Well, Tom, thank you so much for that introduction and the great support that you’ve given me, and the incredible innovation that you and your [...]

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• Sequester battle over national guard intensifies: Koon calls out Nelson

  In a sharply-worded letter to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, the head of the Florida Division of Emergency Management calls into question his conclusion that the federal budget cuts to the Florida National Guard could be offset with the swipe of a pen by the governor.

  Some background: Gov. Rick Scott suggested [...]

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• Gov. Scott signs four bills and vetoes three others

  Gov. Rick Scott signed four more bills into law Wednesday and vetoed three others.

  Scott vetoed a tax bill that included an amendment he opposed dealing with a dispute in Key West between a private landowner and the Monroe County property appraiser. The bill (SB 354) was aimed at saving millions [...]

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• Five candidates get free pass for mistakes in disclosing finances

  The Florida Commission on Ethics issued separate orders Wednesday finding that five current and former state lawmakers -- including former State Senator Ronda Storms -- filed incomplete financial disclosures last year.

  But because the candidates filed amended disclosure forms that investigators determined were complete, the Commission decided to take no further [...]

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• Ethics commission finds Sachs left off condo from disclosure form but drops complaint

  The Florida Commission on Ethics has found probable cause to conclude that Sen. Maria Sachs failed to properly disclose a Tallahassee condominium on her annual financial disclosure forms for three years but, because Sachs amended her forms to correct the omission, the commission chose not to pursue any further action. 

  The [...]

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