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• Tampa Bay Times: Beleaguered Finance chair for Fla GOP resigns

  From Tampa Bay Times Political Editor Adam C. Smith ...

  Dr. Akshay "A.K." Desai has resigned as finance chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, amid turmoil at his insurance company and allegations by the state of " a pattern of mismanagement" and illegal financial conduct at Desai's St. Petersburg-based Universal Health [...]

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• Federal investigation of Sen. Bob Menendez pal revolves around drug injected in patients' eyes

  A South Florida eye surgeon who’s a friend of a U.S. senator is under federal criminal investigation for billing Medicare millions of dollars to treat elderly patients for services they may not have needed, The Herald has learned.

  Federal agents began investigating Dr. Salomon Melgen last year, sources say, after investigators [...]

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• Rep. Ileana Ros Lehtinen's letter, an FBI-raided donor's port deal, and the Bob Menendez scandal

   At first glance, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s letter to the Dominican Republic’s ambassador to the United States looks like standard fare for a chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  
  “Recent reports that the illicit drug trade and the presence of drug cartels may shift towards the Dominican [...]

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• Full story: Miami-Dade delegation stays silent on Dolphins bill

  Earlier this week, the Miami Dolphins succeeded in getting a committee of lawmakers from across the state to vote for a taxpayer deal written exclusively for the team’s $400 million stadium renovation.

  “I’ve never done a bill that benefits one person, statutorily, so I have real concerns with that,” said Sen. [...]

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• Full story: Miami-Dade delegation stays silent on Dolphins bill

  Earlier this week, the Miami Dolphins succeeded in getting a committee of lawmakers from across the state to vote for a taxpayer deal written exclusively for the team’s $400 million stadium renovation.

  “I’ve never done a bill that benefits one person, statutorily, so I have real concerns with that,” said Sen. [...]

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• Crist under oath: wine fuzzed memory, denies knowing about Greer's compensation

  Perhaps it was the wine that made some Republicans forget details of events involving former party chairman Jim Greer. Or maybe it was Greer who drank the wine and was mis-remembering.

  Those suggestions were tossed around among lawyers as they put former Gov. Charlie Crist under oath last year to ask [...]

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• Public counsel asks high court to reject FPL's rate hike settlement as unlawful

  The lawyers representing the public in utility rate cases are asking the Florida Supreme Court to reject the decision by state utility regulators to allow Florida Power & Light to raise its rates through a settlement agreement opposed by the Office of Public Counsel.

  The one-page appeal was filed Thursday [...]

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• Charlie Crist's deposition in Greer case: Too much wine to remember?

  Perhaps it was the wine that made some Republicans forget details of events involving former party chairman Jim Greer. Or maybe it was Greer who drank the wine and was mis-remembering.

  Those suggestions were tossed around among lawyers as they put former Gov. Charlie Crist under oath last year to ask him about a [...]

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• Wildlife Federation sues Rick Scott and Cabinet over Everglades leases

  The Florida Wildlife Federation has sued Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet to stop its decision Jan. 23 to allow sugar and vegetable farmers to continue leasing state-owned land in the Everglades for another 30 years.  Download FWF Final Petition Stamped

  The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Wildlife Federation [...]

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• More job turnover at Florida jobs agency as top official leaves

  Another top official at Florida’s economic development agency has left, continuing an exodus of executives from the Department of Economic Opportunity, created by Gov. Rick Scott 18 months ago.

  Tom Beck, who was the Director of Community Development at the Department, has left DEO for the Department of Environmental Protection, DEO confirmed Thursday. He will [...]

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