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  • A look at Harry Sargeant: 'The most powerful person no one knows'

    Former Gov. Charlie Crist calls him a "great patriot." Congressional investigators call him "a war profiteer" who walked away with an extra $200 million while providing fuel to American troops in Iraq.

    At Florida State University, he is something of a hero — contributing more than a million dollars [...]

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  • Legislators move closer to Medicaid expansion decision

    Monday could be the day when House and Senate committees studying the health care law make a recommendation on whether the state should accept federal dollars to expand Medicaid. The committees will meet jointly in the morning then have separate meetings later that day, the last before the session officially [...]

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  • Sen. Bill Nelson: dock lawmakers' pay if fed workers get furloughed

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    From a press release:

    TAMPA – U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) will announce here tomorrow that he and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) are filing legislation aimed at having members of Congress’ paychecks docked the same percentage as any federal worker furloughed as a result of sequestration.

    “No one should get [...]

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  • Gov. Rick Scott touts tax cut for manufacturers

    Gov. Rick Scott talked up tax cuts for manufacturers at a St. Petersburg tech maker Thursday, touting his top legislative priority as a key to creating jobs.

    Part of Scott’s $74.2 billion budget plan, the proposal would exclude the state’s 17,000 manufacturing firms from paying sales taxes on equipment.

    Manufacturers are now [...]

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  • African-American leaders push for greater changes in voter reform efforts

    Representatives of several groups, including clergy, student and civil rights organizations, say election reform bills under consideration in the Legislature don't go far enough to fix an election process that was marred by long lines, confusion and controversy in the fall.

    “We have a process where a 102-year-old woman is standing [...]

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  • Weatherford: New thinking, not new money, for Florida Polytechnic

    Recent statements made by House Speaker Will Weatherford about Florida Polytechnic University had us wondering whether he regretted his vote last year in favor of establishing the new school. He said today that he stands by his decision to support then-Senate budget chief JD Alexander's push for the university.

    "I voted for'" [...]

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  • Defeated state rep uses unused campaign cash to pay girlfriend

    Days after he lost his bid for re-election last fall, former Rep. Peter Nehr of Palm Harbor used leftover campaign money to pay his live-in girlfriend $22,000 for "consulting," records show.

    Nehr made three post-election payments to girlfriend Kim Marie, a 47-year-old acupuncturist, listing them as "consulting, editing and fundraising" expenses [...]

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  • Defeated state rep spends unused campaign cash to pay girlfriend

    Days after he lost his bid for re-election last fall, former Rep. Peter Nehr of Palm Harbor used leftover campaign money to pay his live-in girlfriend $22,000 for "consulting," records show.

    Nehr made three post-election payments to girlfriend Kim Marie, a 47-year-old acupuncturist, listing them as "consulting, editing and fundraising" expenses [...]

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  • Florida House release new app, Weatherford brushes off 2014 rumors

    The Florida House of Representatives released a new mobile app that House Speaker Will Weatherford said will “set a national standard.”

    The app, reported by the Herald/Times yesterday, will allow users to track the legislative process on their mobile devices, with features like live streaming from the Capitol in Tallahassee and tracking of bills.

    “This is the way [...]

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  • Flubbed Putnam tweet sends followers to anti-Rick Scott poll

    Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, a vocal critic of Gov. Rick Scott's Medicaid expansion reversal, wrote an op-ed for the Orlando Sentinel today about Florida's agriculture industry.

    The tweet encouraging his followers to read the op-ed won't do much to quiet rumors that he may challenge Scott's 2014 re-election bid. The [...]

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