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• ACLU opposes proposal to reinstate opening prayer at Miami-Dade commission meetings

  The ACLU of Florida on Wednesday formally opposed a proposal to reinstate opening prayers at Miami-Dade Commission meetings.

  The proposal, by Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz, is scheduled for a final vote Tuesday.

  In a letter to commissioners, ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon and John de Leon, president of the [...]

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• Advisory group begins examining what went wrong in Miami-Dade elections

  For an advisory group convened to find a cure for what ails Miami-Dade’s election system, Wednesday marked the first step toward a diagnosis.

  The symptoms are common knowledge by now: Long lines during early voting and on Election Day. Slow counting following a surge in absentee ballots.

  But what caused the illness, [...]

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• Miami-Dade ethics board rebukes two city of Miami commissioners

  The county ethics commission dinged Miami Commissioner Frank Carollo this week for phoning the police chief after Carollo was pulled over.

  The grievance against Carollo said that he called Miami Police Chief Manuel Orosa during a traffic stop in Coconut Grove in August. Carollo was pulled over after attempting to drive [...]

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• Bondi says 'Obamacare' already having negative effect on businesses

  Other Republican leaders in Florida may have softened their tone on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but not Attorney General Pam Bondi. Addressing business leaders at the Florida Chamber's Annual Insurance Summit via video, Bondi said the Supreme Court ruling in June allowed an unjust law to [...]

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• Six appeals filed in 'Taj Mahal' case

  The Florida Supreme Court has assigned the 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach to hear appeals in a squabble over an unpaid $357,000 bill for framed photos ordered for the new 1st District Court of Appeal building in Tallahassee.

  Six interlocutory appeals have been filed in a heavily lawyered [...]

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• Average PIP savings under new car insurance law: 2.5 percent

  On the last day of the legislative session this year, Florida lawmakers said they wanted guarantees from insurance companies that PIP premiums would go down by 10 percent in 2013. Right now, it's looking like the savings under the new no-fault car insurance law will be about one-fourth of that.

  HB [...]

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• Scott finds support for toll roads

  To make way for a proposed network of sprawling toll roads, Florida transportation officials are considering reserving tracts of remote timberlands, cattle ranches and phosphate mines from some of the state's largest landowners.

  According to a memo released this week by the Florida Department of Transportation, five companies who own a [...]

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• Gaetz announces committee assignments, pushes bipartisanship

  The committee assignments are out for the Florida Senate, and Sen. President Don Gaetz said he worked across the aisle to ensure fairness and effectiveness during a time when the Senate has a large new freshman class.

  “The Senate is blessed to have Senators whose talents reflect the experience and abilities of the Floridians each Senator [...]

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• Florida says no to public input on license tags

  Florida will not accept license tags offered by public relations professional Kevin Cate, or by anyone else.

  The state will stick with one of the four choices up for a vote at vote4floridatag.com.

  Cate criticized the tags designed by the department and offered his own. At the very least, [...]

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