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• Trauma study's key recommendation: moratorium on new centers

  Florida Surgeon General John Armstrong wouldn't say whether or not he's ready to support any of the "key recommendations" from a committee of national experts that studied the state's trauma system. And he particularly avoided saying whether or not he would support imposing a moratorium on establishing new trauma centers or granting [...]

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• Miami mayoral candidate to hold Tallahassee fundraiser

  Money and support are rolling in for Miami mayoral candidate Francis Suarez.

  On Wednesday, Suarez heads to Tallahassee for a 6 p.m. fundraising event at Clyde's and Costello's.

  The host committee includes six Republican state representatives from Miami-Dade: Frank Artiles, Michael Bileca, Jose Felix Diaz, Manny Diaz Jr., Jose Oliva and Carlos Trujillo, [...]

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• Soto plans amendment to stop 'revolving door' of investigators to companies under investigation

  Remember the tweet that roared -- the one that prompted Attorney General Pam Bondi to appear at a Senate committee meeting? The issue will return. State Sen. Darren Soto has filed an amendment to the Senate ethics reform package to be voted on in the Senate Community Affairs Committee [...]

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• Alex Sink: Florida's new male-centric business brand is 'terrible'

  Former CFO Alex Sink is weighing in on the state’s new proposal to rebrand itself for business, calling it “terrible” and joining a growing list of critics who are slamming the orange-tie imagery as sexist.

  Here’s what Sink posted on Facebook this afternoon:

  Did you see this? [bit.ly] What a terrible way to brand our [...]

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• Jackson Health System, Kendall Regional battle over trauma, in Miami-Dade and Tallahassee

  Kendall Regional Medical Center lost one battle in the trauma wars Tuesday at the Miami-Dade County Commission, but has launched a new attack in Tallahassee, asking state regulators to reject a Jackson Health System request that Kendall maintains would force it to close its trauma center.

  With about 100 supporters packing [...]

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• House Republicans open up new line of attack on Scott's teacher pay plan

  Despite calling Gov. Rick Scott’s proposed $74.2 billion budget “thoughtful” and “fiscally sound”, Florida House Appropriations Chair Seth McKeel said the varying ways it provides raises among different groups of employees is raising concerns of fairness.

  Scott is recommending giving each teacher a $2,500 across-the-board pay increase. For non-supervisory state workers, [...]

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• In reversal, Miami-Dade commissioners back reinstating 14 early-voting days -- not just nine

  Miami-Dade commissioners did an about-face Tuesday and decided to ask the state for two full weeks of early voting days in future elections — five more days than the board had requested in December.

  The latest reversal on voting came after Gov. Rick Scott’s administration called for 14 days of early [...]

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• Rev. Richard P. Dunn is not impressed

  Upon learning that five pastors endorsed his opponent Tuesday, the Rev. Richard P. Dunn II took a cue from Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney.

  “Five pastors? That’s it?” said Dunn, a candidate for the District 5 seat on the Miami City Commission. “I’m not impressed.” (Maroney was famously unimpressed by her silver medal [...]

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• Dolphins get unanimous support for stadium tax deal in first Senate hearing

  The Miami Dolphins started off the legislative season 1-and-0 in their attempt to get lawmakers to approve a multi-million dollar deal to upgrade its 25-year-old stadium.

  Lawmakers in the Florida Senate Commerce Committee gave unanimous support to a bill that would clear the way for higher hotel bed taxes and a new sales tax [...]

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• Former Sen. Menendez aide might benefit from company of FBI-investigated donor

  A former aide to Sen. Bob Menendez might benefit from a major Dominican Republic port contract, advocated by the powerful Democrat, that's tied to a South Florida donor whose offices were raided last week by the FBI.

  The one-time aide, Pedro Pablo Permuy, told the New York Times in this [...]

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