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• Senate seeks to cut auto tag fees -- at insurers' expense

  The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to roll back some of the controversial increases in car and truck registration fees in 2009. But this potential win for motorists would come at the expense of the powerful insurance industry, one of the Capitol's most influential lobbies.

  By a 19-0 vote, the committee [...]

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• On eve of Obama visit, Scott seeks feds' port money

  On the eve of President Barack Obama's scheduled visit to Port Miami on Friday, Gov. Rick Scott criticized the president for being "late to the party" on seaport improvements. The governor said the state is awaiting tens of millions of dollars in promised federal money for improvements in Miami and Jacksonville.

  In [...]

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• UPDATED On eve of Obama visit, Scott seeks feds' port money

  On the eve of President Barack Obama's scheduled visit to Port Miami on Friday, Gov. Rick Scott criticized the president for being "late to the party" on seaport improvements. The governor said the state is awaiting tens of millions of dollars in promised federal money for improvements in Miami and Jacksonville.

  In [...]

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• Teachers' union to lawmakers: Back off FRS

  
  Leaders of the state teachers' union held a press conference Thursday morning to blast proposed changes to the Florida Retirement System.

  Standing beside a basket of colorful plastic Easter eggs, Florida Education Association President Andy Ford and Vice President Joanne McCall said the pension proposals would deprive teachers of [...]

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• UPDATED Teachers' union to lawmakers: Back off FRS

  
  Leaders of the state teachers' union held a press conference Thursday morning to blast proposed changes to the Florida Retirement System.

  Standing beside a basket of colorful plastic Easter eggs, Florida Education Association President Andy Ford and Vice President Joanne McCall said the pension proposals would deprive teachers of [...]

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• Bill to outlaw bongs advances in Florida House

  From AP:

  The long pipes commonly associated with marijuana smoking may soon take a hit in Florida.

  Legislation aimed at prohibiting the sale of glass and other pipes, commonly called "bongs," sailed through the House Business and Professional Regulation subcommittee on Wednesday.

  The measure is sponsored by Rep. Darryl Rouson, a self-described former [...]

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• Fred Grimm column: Kids in isolation get shrug from Florida lawmakers

  From Miami Herald columnist Fred Grimm:

  Reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been subjecting scores of immigrant detainees to solitary confinement, many of them for 23 hours a day, some for stretches of 75 days or more, brought a quick, angry response in Washington.

  Senator Charles E. Schumer, chairman of the [...]

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• Five Things To Know for Thursday's Legislative Session

  TALLAHASSEE Lawmakers, lobbyists and laymen have a busy day Thursday before they leave town for the Easter holiday. Here are five things to watch in the Capitol and beyond:

   

  The Florida Education Association, the state teachers' union, will hold an 8:30 a.m. news conference to discuss how changes to the Florida Retirement System would [...]

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• Digital Domain CEO hits back at damning IG report, blames Scott-Crist politics

  Digital Domain debacle, take two.

  The former CEO of Digital Domain is hitting back with an alternative script after an Inspector General report slammed the process that helped the now-defunct Port St. Lucie film studio get $20 million in taxpayer grants. 

  John Textor said the claim by Gov. Rick Scott and Enterprise Florida that the [...]

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• Polytechnic will fight to remain a standalone university

  The state's newest university is having to convince lawmakers that it deserves to remain that way.

  House Speaker Will Weatherford continues to suggest that Florida Polytechnic University may be better off as a branch of another school instead of the state's 12th public university. Lawmakers who control education funding have [...]

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