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• 2013 Legislature

  Lawmakers take on ‘unsatisfactory’ teachers

  A piece of the controversial ‘trigger bill’ is added to legislation that would hold charter schools more accountable for their finances and management.

• LEGISLATURE

  Senate says no to maternity unit at Miami Children’s Hospital

  Senate moves ahead with plan to allow trauma centers to be built in rural counties.
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  LEGISLATURE 2013 |

  Time running out for Dolphins stadium bill

  As the Legislature enters its final day, The Miami Dolphins still do not have a deal on a taxpayer-supported stadium upgrade.
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  FLORIDA SUPREME COURT

  Florida court clamps down on cops searching through cellphones

  Florida justices, in a ruling hailed by civil libertarians, just made it harder for police to seize your cellphone and shuffle through the contents.

• LEGISLATURE

  Lawmakers tighten guidelines on nuclear advance fees

  Utilities must be able to demonstrate they can complete construction of a nuclear power plant. If they can’t, they won’t be allowed to collect advance money.
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  LEGISLATURE 2013

  Gov. Rick Scott vetoes alimony bill; OK’s campaign finance, ethics bills

  Facing a midnight deadline, Gov. Rick Scott acted minutes after the Legislature passed the second of his two session priorities — a three-year sales tax exemption on manufacturing equipment purchases.

• LEGISLATURE 2013

  With no deal on Medicaid expansion, Democrats continue into Day 2 of protest, stalling tactics on House floor in Tallahassee

  Democrats in the Florida House continued to use procedural tactics to slow down the legislative process Wednesday, part of a protest against the Legislature’s non-action on healthcare reform.

• LEGISLATURE 2013

  Lawmakers may change, but budget tricks stay the same

  In Tallahassee, a flurry of deals were struck behind closed doors and at late night meetings on policy and spending decisions affecting millions of dollars.

• LEGISLATURE 2013

  Bill extending foster care to age 21 goes to Gov. Rick Scott for signature

  The Florida House passed a bill Wednesday giving young adults in state custody the option of remaining until age 21 – three years longer than in current law – to reduce their chances of ending up homeless, jobless or in jail.
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  REDISTRICTING

  Group sought to protect Wasserman Schultz’s congressional seat, emails show

  The emails between the leaders and consultants of what’s known as the Fair Districts Coalition became a central piece of evidence in the Republican-led Legislature’s legal defense of the congressional districts it drew in 2012.

• LEGISLATURE

  What killed Florida’s plan to reform health care?

  Despite assurances early on that it was a priority, the Legislature just can’t come to an agreement on statewide health care expansion.

• SUN LIFE STADIUM DEBATE

  Dolphins may concede state dollars in stadium fight

  The stadium bill that passed the Senate this week dropped a provision that would let the Dolphins get state money for a renovation starting this summer. The change could cost the Dolphins $3 million a year from Florida.

• Legislature 2013

  Teacher pay raises placed on fast track

  After an outcry from educators, Florida lawmakers decided to speed up the release of teacher pay raises.

• PolitiFact Florida

  Will Sun Life Stadium renovation ‘create more than 4,000 new local jobs?’

  PolitiFact Florida found the claim by “Friends of Miami First” in a mailer to be Half True because it was largely based on a 2010 study.

• LEGISLATURE 2013

  Lawmakers end subsidized tutoring program

  A last-ditch effort by South Florida lawmakers to keep millions of dollars flowing to private tutoring companies suffered a resounding defeat on Wednesday, giving Florida school districts control over $100 million in federal education money for the first time in a decade.

• LEGISLATURE 2013

  Florida House grinds to a halt over healthcare feud

  Protesting the House’s resistance to accept federal healthcare money, Democrats invoked a rare rule to demand that every bill be read in its entirety.

• POLITICS

  Sen. Marco Rubio talks immigration at Pasco Republican gathering

  Speaking to 600 diehard Pasco Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio on Tuesday night cast the sensitive work of immigration reform as a national security issue that can’t be ignored.

• LEGISLATURE 2013

  Florida House rejects attempts to repeal nuclear fees

  The Florida House on Tuesday rejected attempts to repeal a controversial state law that allows utility companies to charge customers for nuclear power plant development in advance of construction.

• Legislature 2013

  Senate kills parent trigger bill in dramatic 20-20 vote

  In a surprise vote, the Florida Senate killed a proposal that would let parents demand changes at failing public schools. Critics said it would have opened the door to school privatization.
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  Sun Life Stadium

  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell lobbies lawmakers in Tallahassee to back Dolphins stadium renovation bill

  As early voting began Monday in Miami-Dade, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross in Tallahassee to lobby the Florida Legislature to approve a bill supporting the team’s plan for a subsidized renovation of Sun Life Stadium.

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