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• Sen. Chris Smith files 'Stand Your Ground' legislation

  Senate Minority Leader Chris Smith is making good on his promise to propose substantial changes to  the state's self-defense law, known as "Stand Your Ground."

  Among other things, Senate Bill 136 would eliminate provisions that allow people found to be the aggressor in altercations to later claim "Stand Your Ground." It [...]

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• Charlie Crist trashes Rick Scott in Sen. hearing for vote suppression, turning FL into a ‘late-night TV joke”

  Former Gov. Charlie Crist bashed Gov. Rick Scott twice by name during a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday for signing an election law that helped suppress the vote and turn Florida into a “late-night TV joke.”
  
  Crist’s Senate Judiciary Committee testimony came just hours after the release of a [...]

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• New Broward sheriff hires Lisa Castillo as chief of staff

  Lisa Castillo, wife of Pembroke Pines City Commissioner and former Broward House CEO Angelo Castillo, will serve as the  new Broward Sheriff Scott Israel's chief of staff. Israel, a Democrat, beat Republican Sheriff Al  Lamberti in November and will be sworn in  Jan. 8.

  The transition team released a list of [...]

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• Miami-Dade commissioners shrink Jackson board

  The board that governs the public Jackson Health System will soon shrink, following a decision Tuesday by the Miami-Dade County Commission.

  The Public Health Trust will be reduced to seven members, from 17, in May. The smaller trust will be the same size as the Financial Recovery Board that has been [...]

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• Scott proposes elections changes on CNN but still won’t touch gun policy

  Gov. Rick Scott appeared on CNN’s Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien this morning, where he frustrated the morning show host by refusing to give any specifics on policy shifts he could support in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., massacre.

  It was in the final four minutes of the seven-minute long [...]

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• Q Poll: Rick Scott's ratings are "just plain awful," Charlie Crist most-popular possible challenger

  From a press release:

  Florida voters disapprove 45 – 36 percent of the job Gov. Rick Scott is doing, continuing his almost two-year run of negative scores, and, as he enters the second half of his term, voters say 52 – 30 percent that he does not deserve a second four-year [...]

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• Rubio pal Nelson Diaz fights off Ron Paul-ites to win Miami-Dade GOP chair

  Nelson Diaz, a member of Sen. Marco Rubio's inner-circle, was narrowly elected to lead the embattled Miami-Dade GOP on Tuesday night, narrowly beating longtime Republican executive committee member Emiliano Antunez.

  Diaz, who otherwise might have walked into the post, barely won thanks to a spirited effort by Republicans inspired by former [...]

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• Bill Nelson's touching eulogy about "my friend, our friend, Danny Inouye"

  Florida Sen. Bill Nelson's seeming silence about the death of Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye was surprising yesterday, but he was travelling and didn't just want to send out a written statement. So Nelson took to the floor today and gave quite a eulogy.

  The text:

  Mr. President, I want to speak about [...]

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• Miami-Dade commissioner proposes six gun-control measures for U.S., Florida lawmakers

  Miami-Dade commissioners decided not to vote Tuesday on a late addition Commissioner Barbara Jordan made to the board meeting: six gun-control proposals, following last week’s mass shooting in Connecticut.

  Jordan, a Democrat in a non-partisan post, sponsored six resolutions urging Congress and the Florida Legislature to take a variety of steps, [...]

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• Pam Bondi says case against Carletha Cole depends on reporter's testimony

  The state's case against Carletha Cole, a former aide to Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, may hinge on the testimony of Florida Times-Union reporter Matt Dixon, the Associated Press reported today. Cole is accused of illegally taping a conversation with Carroll's chief of staff and the state swants Dixon to say [...]

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