http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Legislature 60 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:08:16 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1325051.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1325051.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Should Florida's electric companies be required to reward customers who install energy-efficient light bulbs, buy energy-saving appliances, replace inefficient windows or make other investments that save electricity? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1325301.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1325301.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST As an underdog U.S. Senate candidate courting the GOP's conservative wing, Marco Rubio takes a hard-line position against illegal immigration: no amnesty. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1322675.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1322675.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is emerging as the champion of activists fed up with Republicans who don't stay true to conservative principles. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321339.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Sen. Dan Gelber says the proposed anticorruption package he unveiled earlier this week is more vital than ever in light of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of possible fraud by the board that oversees the state pension fund. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321193.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321193.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Lawmakers converged on the state capital this week -- at a cost of some $100,000 in taxpayer money -- for a few days' worth of meetings to discuss legislation and policy matters in advance of the 2010 legislative session. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321201.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1321201.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A bank central to the federal fraud investigation into Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein was ordered by a Broward judge Friday to turn over records to the receiver for Rothstein's embattled law firm. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1319240.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1319240.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Facing a potentially bruising Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, Gov. Charlie Crist continues to run from any assertion that he is linked to President Barack Obama. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1319242.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1319242.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A Florida House committee investigating state Rep. Ray Sansom's conduct voted Thursday to move forward, dismissing requests by Sansom's lawyers for a delay until after his criminal trial. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317138.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317138.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST On Nov. 5, 2008, Ray Sansom pulled up a chair before a swarm of reporters and effectively began his term as speaker of the Florida House, exulting in Republican success at the polls the night before and staring down a $2 billion budget deficit. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317137.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317137.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Consensus is building in the Florida Legislature to make the Public Service Commission operate more like judges by banning commissioners and their staff from communicating directly with the utilities they regulate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317135.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1317135.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The National Rifle Association is pushing legislation to ban adoption agencies from asking potential parents if they have guns and ammunition in the home. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314878.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314878.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Responding to criticism over inactivity on 4,400 state complaints against debt collectors, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum proposed separate measures Tuesday to reign in abusive tactics. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314879.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314879.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST TALLAHASSEE - Attorney General Bill McCollum filed suit Tuesday against two leading Internet travel firms, accusing Expedia and Orbitz of cheating the state and local governments out of millions of dollars in sales tax revenues from online hotel bookings. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314881.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314881.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Florida's restrictions on where sex offenders can live might be both ineffective and endangering the public, a legislative analyst said Tuesday.<p/> Marti Harkness, a criminal-justice analyst, told the House Public Safety & Domestic Security Committee that studies from Florida, Minnesota and Colorado showed almost no link between a sex offender's residency and the crime he committed. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314886.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1314886.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Casting herself as a ``fresh face'' not connected to what she calls a troubled Republican establishment, state Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland jumped into the race for governor Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1313125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1313125.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Independent voters are more likely to side with Republicans than with Democrats on issues facing Floridians, according to a poll conducted for The Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1309207.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1309207.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Hoping to close a loophole that has helped make South Florida the hub of black-market prescription painkillers, two Democratic state lawmakers are proposing legislation to ban convicted felons from holding an ownership stake in pain clinics distributing narcotics. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1309088.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1309088.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Florida voters want offshore oil drilling, oppose a ``public option'' for health insurance and overwhelmingly support a gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe, according to a new Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1303469.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1303469.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Handing Gov. Charlie Crist a win, state utility regulators voted Tuesday to delay decisions on large rate increases sought by Progress Energy and Florida Power & Light. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1300086.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1300086.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Under fire from state auditors, the Florida Parole Commission wants more money to reduce an extensive backlog of former felons seeking to regain their civil rights.