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• Government Inc.: Cashing in on contracts grows faster than the oversight

  Even for Tallahassee standards, the scene was notable: lobbyist Brian Ballard dining with a nursing home executive, Gov. Rick Scott and a top aide at a pricey restaurant just blocks from the Capitol.

  That Ballard’s clout could command a private dinner with the governor for a client speaks to the influential [...]

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• Taxpayer-financed tutors have criminal records, conflicted interests and bribe kids

  When Yolanda Axson wasn’t watching, a pot of hot water spilled into a crib at her daycare in Orlando, scalding a 4-month-old boy.

  She served probation for felony child neglect and then, barred from child care, found a less-regulated line of work. She started a company to earn tax dollars [...]

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• In drive to ban red light cameras, Campbell pleads ignorance of

  Opponents for red light cameras could have found a better advocate for their cause than Rep. Daphne Campbell, D-Miami.

  On Thursday, Campbell’s HB 4011  outlawing red light cameras will be heard at the House’s Economic Affairs Committee at 9 a.m. 

  What’s the matter with Campbell sponsoring a bill that many Floridians would cheer?

  A Honda [...]

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• Miami-Dade commission chairwoman to host watch party for Marco Rubio's State of the Union response

  The city of West Miami and Miami-Dade Commission Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa will host a watch party Tuesday -- not for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, but for Sen. Marco Rubio's Republican response.

  Rubio came up in politics as a West Miami city commissioner when Sosa, his political [...]

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• UPDATED Miami-Dade commission chairwoman to host watch party for Marco Rubio's State of the Union response

  The city of West Miami and Miami-Dade Commission Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa will host a watch party Tuesday -- not for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, but for Sen. Marco Rubio's Republican response.

  UPDATE: Sosa's office said Saturday that the event is, in fact, to watch both the [...]

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• Committee recommends FSU relocate embattled film program from West Palm to Tallahassee

  It’s only been up and running for a year, but the Board of Governors is poised to order a move for Florida State University’s animation and digital arts program. A special committee voted today to recommend that the nascent program be relocated from West Palm Beach to Tallahassee to join with the rest [...]

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• In another attack on Marco Rubio, Univision worker takes partisan Facebook whacks at "loser" Republican

  A top assistant to an Univision news boss trashed Sen. Marco Rubio on the Facebook page of the Republican's aide, raising new questions about possible pro-Democratic, anti-Rubio bias inside the powerful Spanish-language network's Doral headquarters.

  The latest incident began Wednesday night after Rubio's spokesman, Alex Burgos, announced the high-profile Florida [...]

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• Florida developer Jay Odom to enter plea in federal campaign finance case

  Panhandle developer Jay Odom will appear in federal court next week to enter a plea to federal campaign finance violations.

  U.S. District Judge Lacey Collier has scheduled a hearing at 11 a.m. Tuesday to allow Odom to enter a plea. He faces a maximum five-year prison sentence to charges that he laundered $23,000 in contributions [...]

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• Fasano to shudder his political committee, give cash to charity

  TALLAHASSEE — As a show of support to campaign finance reform efforts in the Legislature, Rep. Mike Fasano announced Friday that he’s disbanding his political committee and will donate the unspent campaign cash to charity.

  “With the elections reforms that are being talked about, there is no longer a need for these committees,” said Fasano, [...]

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• Fasano to shutter his political committee, give cash to charity

  TALLAHASSEE — As a show of support to campaign finance reform efforts in the Legislature, Rep. Mike Fasano announced Friday that he’s disbanding his political committee and will donate the unspent campaign cash to charity.

  “With the elections reforms that are being talked about, there is no longer a need for these committees,” said Fasano, [...]

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