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• A Florida House battle for power -- in 2018 -- features freshman Hialeah state Rep. Jose Oliva

  What will you be doing in November 2018?

  While you ponder such an odd question, consider this: The race is already underway to choose the speaker of the Florida House in 2018, involving people who haven’t been elected yet.

  Bizarre, but true.

  Without question, this is one of the most illogical and potentially [...]

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• Absentee ballot requests are way up in Broward

  The Broward Supervisor of Elections is sending out more than 83,000 absentee ballots starting today. That's a major increase compared to the last presidential election -- as of this time in 2008 the county had received about 48,000 requests.

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• Rick Scott travels to UK with 85-member entourage

  Gov. Rick Scott's 85-member entourage in the United Kingdom this week includes business leaders, tourism executives, and even a couple of lobbyists and mayors. The manifest, provided by Enterprise Florida, includes Ashton Hayward of Pensacola, along with outgoing Senate President Mike Haridopolos, who's on his third Scott trade mission.

  Lobbyists who accompanied Scott across the pond include Marc [...]

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• GOP Miami-Dade school members complain about Obama campaign event at public school

  First Lady Michelle Obama will stop in Miami Tuesday to recruit residents to vote and volunteer to reelect her husband, President Barack Obama.

  But the spot for the political event -- Barbara Goleman Senior High in Miami Lakes -- has some GOP members of the School Board seeing red.

  Miami-Dade School Board [...]

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• Scott discusses aerospace jobs with British prime minister

  Gov. Rick Scott chatted with British Prime Minister David Cameron Monday about the importance of the aerospace sector, according to a press release from his office.

  Scott is in London for an international air show, on his sixth trade mission. The discussion centered on the importance of the aerospace industry [...]

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• Obama, Nelson at odds over Bush-era tax cuts

  President Obama right now is outlining his proposal to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for families making less than $250,000. That would mean families and individuals who make more would see their rate increase.

  "The American people are with me on this," Obama said of his plan, which is a one-year extension [...]

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• Unemployment shrinks, but so do paychecks

  Floridians are earning less and taking more low-wage jobs than they were a year ago, with pay rates dropping more than almost anywhere in the country.

  Workers saw their pretax paychecks shrink to an average of $847 per week, down $24 or 2.8 percent compared with 2011, according to a U.S. [...]

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• New website makes Florida statutes accessible, understandable

  A more user-friendly way to read and understand Florida's complicated law books just launched online.

  SunshineStatutes.com has features that the state's official website, Online Sunshine at leg.state.fl.us, does not. For example, there is an easy-to-understand description of each law's history and hyperlinked text that shows the definitions of terms [...]

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• Ken Sorenson, former House representative from South Florida, dies at 77

  From The Florida Keys Keynoter:

   The Florida Keys lost one of the island chain’s most dynamic political figures on Friday.

  Ken Sorensen, 77, died by his wife Diane's side, family friend Norman Higgins said. The cause of death was not immediately known. Tragically, his death came eight years to the day the [...]

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• Broward set to mail 83,000 absentee ballots

  Let the primary voting begin: on Tuesday, Broward will start delivering more than 83,000 absentee ballots for the Aug. 14 primary. The ballots will be loaded into a postal service truck at the county's Voting Equipment Center in Lauderhill at 11 a.m. A Broward Sheriff's deputy will follow the truck to the [...]

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