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• State report: Crashes down at intersections with red-light cameras

  Crashes are down across Florida at intersections equipped with red-light cameras, according to a new state report.

  A report of accidents compiled by the state from 73 different law enforcement agencies found that more than half of Florida agencies, 41, say accidents are less frequent at intersections using red-light camera technology. [...]

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• New ‘faster foreclosure’ bill filed

  A “faster foreclosures” proposal that faced sharp consumer outcry and protest last year has resurfaced in a more moderate form this year, with a new bill filed by Rep. Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, Thursday.

  The bill, HB 87, offers a slew of changes to the civil procedure governing foreclosures in Florida—the state with the highest foreclosure [...]

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• State, vendor OK deal to privatize S. Fla. inmate care

  Gov. Rick Scott's administration announced Thursday the state has signed a contract with a Pennsylvania based company, Wexford Health Sources, to outsource all medical care to more than 15,000 inmates in several South Florida prisons.

  The Department of Corrections said it signed a deal to pay Wexford about $48 million a year, with [...]

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• Gun interest soars in Florida as 800k people request required background checks

  Nearly 800,000 people requested background checks so they could buy guns in Florida in 2012 — far more than in any recent year.

  Statistics from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement show 797,970 background checks were requested last year — nearly 200,000 more than were requested in 2011 and more than [...]

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• Two new staffers head to Marco Rubio's DC office

  Sen. Marco Rubio on Thursday will announce two staff additions: Alberto Martinez as deputy chief of staff, and Brooke Sammon as deputy press secretary.

  The move brings a trusted operative closer in the fold and expands Rubio's press shop as he claims a bigger share of the national spotlight.

  Martinez, 33 and a Miami native, has [...]

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• Miami-Dade commission names new committees

  In her first move as incoming chairwoman of the Miami-Dade commission, Rebeca Sosa expanded the number of board committees and named commissioners to head them.

  In a memo issued Wednesday, Sosa set eight committees, up from six, to handle the business of the county's 25 departments, including Miami International Airport and [...]

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• Annual Report from DEO lists 2012 highlights, 2013 goals

  Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity has released its annual report for 2012, its first full year of operation.

  DEO, the job-creation agency created by Gov. Rick Scott in 2011, oversees much of the state’s economic development and workforce training initiatives.

  Its annual report lists the highlights of Florida’s economy last year—falling unemployment, increased tourism and growing migration into [...]

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• Fiscal cliff deal leaves $6.5 billion-dollar tax hike for Floridians

  Congress may have kept the nation from going over the fiscal cliff, but it failed to avert a multi-billion dollar hit to Florida’s struggling economy.

  The decision to let the 2010 deduction in the Social Security payroll tax expire will cost Floridians an estimated $6.5 billion, said Sean Snaith, director for [...]

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• Five Florida Republicans join majority in the House to pass fiscal cliff deal

  The U.S. House just passed the fiscal cliff deal, 257-167.

  Florida Republicans voting yes: Mario Diaz-Balart, Bill Young, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ander Crenshaw, Vern Buchanan.

  Every Florida Democrat voted yes.

  Reaction:

  NO

  Rep. Dennis Ross: “This proposal does nothing to address our biggest problem, which is the out-of-control spending that runs rampant in Washington. I am hopeful that in the coming months of [...]

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• Rubio was among the eight GOP votes to reject fiscal cliff deal

  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was one of eight senators to vote the deal to resolve the "fiscal cliff."

  Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson voted yes. The deal, which raises taxes on individuals making $400,000 and more, passed 89-8. (details here) In the House, another 2016 hopeful, Rep. Paul Ryan, supported the plan. Here's Rubio's [...]

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