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• Federal government denies Scott's request for Hurricane Sandy relief

  For the second time in two months, the federal government has turned down an appeal by Gov. Rick Scott for disaster aid for a hurricane that clipped but didn't barrel into Florida.

  The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this week that it will not honor the governor's request for disaster [...]

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• Gov. Rick Scott's involvement persuading UF president Bernie Machen to stay now under review

  The accrediting organization for colleges and universities is looking into Gov. Rick Scott's involvement in the University of Florida's presidential search.

  Shortly after the Jan. 8 announcement that Scott had helped persuade UF President Bernie Machen to postpone retirement, a representative from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools told the Times/Herald it saw no cause [...]

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• Gov. Rick Scott's involvement in UF president decision under review

  The accrediting organization for colleges and universities is looking into Gov. Rick Scott's involvement in the University of Florida's presidential search.

  Shortly after the Jan. 8 announcement that Scott had helped persuade UF President Bernie Machen to postpone retirement, a representative from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools told the Times/Herald it saw no cause [...]

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• Senate files sweeping ethics reform package, deemed 'most significant' in decades

  Senate leaders filed a sweeping ethics reform package late Friday that attempts to close dozens of loopholes in state ethics laws from addressing voting conflicts and shutting down slush funds to halting the revolving door between legislators and lobbying.

  "This proposal will be the most significant ethics reform in 36 years [...]

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• Video: Marco Rubio on guns, immigration and why his plan isn't 'amnesty'

  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's latest immigration plan looks a lot like a President Obama plan, which looked a lot like a President George W. Bush plan. So while he whacks the president on guns in the video below, Rubio gives some measure of praise to the president for his' [...]
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• Don Gaetz supports background checks for gun buys, wants Jeb to run in '16

  The proud owner of a 16-gauge shotgun, Florida Senate President Don Gaetz said he supports requiring background checks for every gun purchase but does not expect the Legislature to address gun control in its legislative session.

  "Congress is going to take that up," he said. "Let them have that debate."

  He added: "I don’t know [...]

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• Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Rick Scott attend ceremony for new Miami-Dade commission chair

  Miami-Dade County turned up the pomp and circumstance Friday for the installation ceremony for new Commission Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa and Vice-Chairwoman Lynda Bell.

  Gov. Rick Scott made a pit stop, praising the city and county -- "everyone" wants to be here, he said -- and the two Republican women. He referred [...]

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• Gov. Rick Scott's staff ordered to testify in Carletha Cole trial

  From the Associated Press:

  Several current and former employees in the administration of Gov. Rick Scott are being ordered by a judge to testify in a sensational criminal case that centers on allegations of illegal taping.

  It is still unclear whether Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll will be forced to answer questions in [...]

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• Florida unemployment dips but state loses jobs

  From the Tampa Bay Times' Jeff Harrington:

  Florida posted mixed results on the job front in December, with its unemployment rate dipping slightly to a four-year low of 8 percent, though the number of jobs statewide also dropped, according to state figures released Friday morning.
  
  The state lost 15,300 jobs [...]

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• Fasano blasts lavish spending at Citizens, calls for resignations

  Citizens Property Insurance continues to be engulfed in controversy in the wake of a series of Herald/Times news reports detailing evidence of misconduct at the state’s largest insurance company. Now, a state Representative is calling for the “immediate resignation and replacement” of the company’s entire board.

  After an inspector general report detailed excessive travel spending [...]

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