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Michael Putney
Michael Putney is the political and governmental reporter for Miami's ABC affiliate, WPLG-Channel 10, where he also hosts This Week in South Florida with Michael Putney. A native New Yorker, he is a graduate of the University of Missouri. He worked as a reporter for the Dow Jones weekly The National Observer, was a writer for Time Inc. and came to Miami in 1977 to work for The Miami Herald. He joined WTVJ in 1981 and in 1989 moved to WPLG. He has won numerous awards in his career, including two Emmys for reporting and commentary.

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JACKSON HEALTH TRUST

Jackson bond issue will be a tough sell

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The Jackson Health System, plagued by years of multimillion-dollar budget deficits, is barely back in the black and already asking taxpayers for $830 million bucks. This is problematic.

  • LeBron James huddles with Shane Battier, Chris Bosh, Mario Chalmers and Dwyane Wade, with few seconds left in Game 7 of the FInals.

    MIAMI HEAT

    Miami Heat: Bringing us together

    Let us now praise famous men — starting with the ones who play for the Heat. LeBron, Dwyane, Chris (we’re well past the need for last names) and all the rest, along with owner Micky, President Pat, Coach Spo and his staff.

  • Gov. Scott greets Kemley Nieva at Alonzo and Tracy Mourning High School, where he signed legislation to ban texting while driving.

    RICK SCOTT

    Michael Putney: Rick Scott makeover too forced

    Rick Scott ran for governor as a nonpolitician and self-styled political outsider. He threatened to make the Tallahassee establishment pols quake in their boots and weep in their drinks. There would be a new sheriff in town.

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    FLORIDA

    Michael Putney: Death penalty politics in Florida

    I recently met Florida death penalty exonerees 23 and 24. They are, respectively, Herman Lindsey of Pompano Beach and Seth Penalver of Fort Lauderdale. They’re not choir boys, but they’re not murderers, either. And they were on the list to be killed by the state. Photo Gallery Available

  • Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has kept low profile as he seeks tax money to renovate SunLife Stadium.

    STADIUM RENOVATION

    Let’s make a Dolphins stadium deal — or not

    Yes, OK, alright already, we get it. The SunLife stadium deal is not the Marlins Stadium deal. Almost nothing alike.

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