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• Gambling interests convene meeting, but future of expanded games remains murky

  The expansion of casino gambling in Florida will not be on the agenda when the state Legislature convenes next week, but discussion about the industry’s future here is heating up once again.

  A group of Wall Street analysts on Tuesday at the Florida Gaming Congress agreed it’s not a question of [...]

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• PolitiFact reviews Adam Putnam's claim about Medicaid and jobs

  In an about-face, Gov. Rick Scott announcedthat he would support a massive Medicaid expansion, providing health care coverage to an additional million Floridians thanks to billions of federal dollars. Back in 2010, the Republican governor ran on a platform of calling Obamacare a "job-killer."
  
  Scott’s decision led to criticism [...]

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• Eye on White House, Marco Rubio has "first date" with Wall Street-funding elite

  Politico:

  NEW YORK — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is moving swiftly behind the scenes to lock down some of Wall Street’s biggest donors ahead of the 2016 presidential race.

  In recent weeks, the rising GOP star and possible 2016 hopeful has quietly met with some of the most powerful GOP backers in [...]

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• GOP Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen signs pro-gay marriage brief

  Gay South Florida:

  From U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, one of about 75 leading Republicans now supporting marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples:

  
  Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2013/02/ros-lehtinen-on-gay-marriage-ban-were-calling-on-the-supreme-court-to-correct-this-injustice.html#storylink=cpy

  “I have joined many other Republicans in signing a legal brief demonstrating that the right to marry should be constitutionally supported for all [...]

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• Pam Bondi criticizes 'surrender' on Medicaid expansion

  From the News Service of Florida:

  A chorus of opposition is starting to take hold in the Florida Cabinet to Gov. Rick Scott’s stunning support for expanding Medicaid, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying she objects to the idea.

  “I am opposed to this dramatic expansion of Medicaid, because of the ultimate [...]

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• Marco Rubio holds out hope for 'Obamacare' repeal

  As more Republican governors say expanding Medicaid is the right decision for their states, count U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio among those who disagree. Today New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie became the eight GOP governor to say he would support accepting federal dollars to reduce the number of uninsured people in [...]

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• Another day, another Medicaid expansion poll

  The Times/Herald has obtained yet another poll gauging Floridians' support of Medicaid expansion, this time conducted by left-leaning Public Policy Polling.

  According to PPP, 62 percent of 551 Florida voters polled support Medicaid expansion. This result is similar to two other polls conducted on behalf of non-profit groups urging the state to [...]

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• Black eye for Florida's biz incentive program as Miami company fails

  A Miami-Dade company that received a large tax incentive deal from the state of Florida folded last week, casting another black eye on the state’s job recruitment incentives program.

  Banah International Group, a sugar company, was approved for a “qualified target industry” tax credit worth $437,000.

  Adding insult to injury: News that Banah’s chairman had been [...]

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• Biz group releases Citizens Insurance map, hoping to get lawmakers to act

  Hoping to convince lawmakers to make significant reforms on the politically thorny issue of property insurance, a business group has released an interactive map showing legislators how many of their constituents are covered by Citizens Property Insurance.

  The idea is to get lawmakers to realize that, in most cases, the majority of their constituents get [...]

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• Federal court rejects Florida's welfare drug-testing appeal

  A federal appeals court upheld the temporary ban on Florida’s drug-testing for welfare recipients Tuesday, saying that a lawsuit against the state had a good chance of succeeding.

  The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta sided with a lower court decision, stating that Florida failed to show that the drug testing plan was [...]

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