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• FBI raid more about Medicare fraud than Sen. Bob Menendez.

  The high-profile federal raid on a South Florida ophthalmologist’s office was more about potential Medicare fraud than about U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a longtime friend of Dr. Salomon Melgen.

  Joining FBI agents on the two-day raid at the doctor’s West Palm Beach eye center: a team of investigators from [...]

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• Weatherford unveils campaign finance plan: no CCEs and $10,000 limits

  Florida House leaders unveiled what they believe will be behavior-changing campaign finance reform Wednesday, phasing out candidate-controlled political committees and ushering in stricter reporting deadlines, more contribution accountability and campaign contribution caps of $10,000 per election.

   “It’s a way to start the conversation,’’ said House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, who has made reforming what [...]

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• Scott recommending that state civil service workers get bonuses

  School teachers aren’t the only ones Gov. Rick Scott wants to pay more.

  When Scott unveils his $74 billion budget on Thursday – the highest dollar figure in state history – it will include bonuses of $1,200 for each of the state’s civil service employees in non-supervisory roles.

  The chief negotiator [...]

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• Weatherford opens door to revising nuclear cost recovery law

  House Speaker Will Weatherford told reporters on Wednesday that he is open to revising the the 2006 law that allowed Florida Power & Light and Progress Energy of Florida to collect money for nuclear power plants before building them.

  Speaker to reporters at the annual pre-session gathering for reporters and editors [...]

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• Florida universities a lock to get $300 million restored, Brogan says

  Florida University System Chancellor Frank Brogan said he’s been assured by Gov. Rick Scott’s office and legislative leaders that the $300 million eliminated from the state system last year will be restored this year.

  “We asked for our $300 million back and we have that commitment,” Brogan said during a 30-minute [...]

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• Florida universities could get $300 million restored, Brogan says

  Florida University System Chancellor Frank Brogan said he’s been assured by Gov. Rick Scott’s office and legislative leaders that the $300 million eliminated from the state system last year will be restored this year.

   "This year we have asked for the restoration of the $300 million that was cut last year," [...]

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• After FBI raid on South FL eye doc office, NJ Sen. Bob Menendez maintains innocence

  From a press release:

  WASHINGTON – The following statement was release by the Office of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez today.

  “Dr. Melgen has been a friend and political supporter of Senator Menendez for many years. Senator Menendez has traveled on Dr. Melgen’s plane on three occasions, all of which have been [...]

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• Marco Rubio to RedState's "Erick:" Current law "is no way to run a nation of immigrants.”

  After pitching the Gang of Eight's immigration plan in virtually every conservative forum, it's not much of a surprise that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is responding in a lengthy post to the criticisms of RedState's Erick Erickson.

  It underscores how, despite Rubio's talk about how the unions are a big threat [...]

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• Weatherford and Gaetz say legislature will take lead on Medicaid expansion decision

  Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford told a gathering of reporters and editors Wednesday that they aren’t waiting on Gov. Rick Scott to steer them on the controversial issue of whether to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

  "We'll know early in the session,'' Weatherford told reporters after he and [...]

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• House Democratic leader blasts decade of GOP governance, pushes for Medicaid expansion

  Rep. Perry Thurston, the House Democratic leader, said voters in Florida are not impressed with Republican-led governance, and said even GOP leaders are beginning to feel the same way.

  In a 30-minute talk that covered issues ranging from Florida’s elections debacle to implementing federal healthcare to investing in education, Thurston blamed his Republican counterparts for problems [...]

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