GAMING
AARP cancels Florida sweepstakes, blames new state gambling law
A new state law cracking down on gambling prompted the nation’s retirees association to eliminate its contests.
STATE BUDGET
Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike
Gov. Rick Scott, who lobbied against a tuition hike, will veto a proposed 3 percent tuition hike. He also plans to help public hospitals, like Jackson Memorial.
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POLITICS
Analysts: Supermajority not needed on tax cut vote
Legislative analysts flip-flopped on whether lawmakers’ vote on Gov. Rick Scott’s manufacturing equipment tax cut was valid.
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POLITICS
Gov. Rick Scott’s choice: to veto or not to veto?
Gov. Rick Scott, who campaigned on a pledge to shrink the size of government, has until next week to decide how to trim the largest budget in state history, $74.5 billion.
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In My Opinion
Fred Grimm: Boondoggle? Hey, it’s for the kids
Tallahassee has long resonated with talk about our precious, precious school children. Except lately the allusion has become quite literal.
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Tallahassee
Florida lawmakers pay peanuts for health insurance
The state House quietly kept members’ health insurance rates low. How low? Less than 9 bucks a month.
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Legislature 2013
Fight over money for tutoring went down to the wire
South Florida lawmakers led the charge to give millions of dollars to private tutoring firms, even after re...
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Legislature 2013
Pet projects may face Governor Rick Scott’s veto pen
From alligator marketing to rowing centers, the state budget has millions of dollars aimed at lawmakers...
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Politifact Florida
An attack on Gov. Scott that doesn’t add up
Florida’s Democratic chairman attacked Gov. Scott over his teacher pay promise. Unfortunately, her m...
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Education
Bill would allow online vendors better access to public school funding
Though the vote garnered little attention from outside observers, Republicans hailed it as among the year&#...
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Legislature 2013
Agency puzzled over windfall for springs
Lawmakers approved spending $10 million to protect the state’s springs, but the Department of Enviro...
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Tallahassee
Governor expected to veto tuition hike
State universities say they aren’t counting on extra money the Legislature approved.
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GAY RIGHTS
David Richardson, Florida’s first openly gay lawmaker, to be honored by SAVE Dade
Gay-rights group SAVE Dade will honor Florida’s first openly gay legislator and two straight political...
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News analysis
Miami-Dade mayor sees no voter ‘animosity’ toward him over Dolphins deal
Mayor Carlos Gimenez said he is not worried about potential political fallout from the subsidized Sun Life ...
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2013 Legislature
Despite differences, Miami-Dade lawmakers delivered
Miami-Dade lawmakers came together to win money for local projects and block property insurance rate hikes.
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Cancer treatment bill awaits Scott’s signature
Among the healthcare-related achievements of the legislative session that ended last week: passage of the C...
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Courts
Federal appeals court: Florida law prohibiting hiring of companies tied to Cuba is unconstitutional
A three-judge panel affirmed an earlier ruling by a federal judge in Miami blocking the law from taking eff...
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