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• POLITICS

  Gov. Rick Scott signs 4 bills, vetoes 3 others

  The bills Scott signed dealt with alcoholic beverages, timeshares, insurance policies on mobile homes and changes to highway safety laws.
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  MIAMI | MAYORAL CAMPAIGN

  Police raid Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez’s mayoral campaign in absentee ballot fraud investigation

  Detectives searched the home of the operations director for Commissioner Francis Suarez’s mayoral campaign. Suarez said he is confident ‘everything was done legally.’

• POLITICS

  Gov. Rick Scott's office quiet as report names top educator as LG candidate

  The Orlando Sentinel reports that Gov. Rick Scott is considering Orange County Schools Superintendent Barbara Jenkins for the job as his lieutenant governor.

• IMMIGRATION DEBATE

  Poll: 71 percent of Fla. voters back immigration reform

  The poll results could be a big boost to Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential presidential candidate in 2016.

• NATIONAL SECURITY

  Florida lawmakers split on NSA surveillance controversy

  The mixed reaction among Florida lawmakers reflects public opinion and the overall response on Capitol Hill.
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  POLITICS

  Mailer links mystery candidate to Rep. Joe Garcia camp

  U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia’s opponent in 2010 used the same vendor for campaign mailings, and had personal and business ties to Garcia’s former campaign manager.
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  POLITICS

  President Barack Obama is coming to Miami Beach, and you’re paying part of the bill

  Miami area taxpayers are not reimbursed for the cost of providing security for presidential visits.

• In My Opinion

  Fabiola Santiago: Some say ‘sí,’ Sen. Marco Rubio says yes

  In what should go down as one of the most bizarre days in recent U.S. Senate history, Marco Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, a Cuban-American, introduced Tuesday an amendment to the immigration reform bill requiring English proficiency of all citizenship candidates.
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  Elections

  Rep. Joe Garcia’s disgraced chief of staff has longstanding ties to the Miami congressman

  Jeffrey Garcia made his name as a hard-nosed political operative in South Florida congressional races.

• Politics

  Marc Caputo: Gov. Rick Scott hopes pen is mightier than past

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• Tallahassee

  PolitiFact Florida: Has Gov. Rick Scott cut taxes 24 times?

  ‘We cut taxes 24 times,’ Gov. Rick Scott said. PolitiFact Florida rates the claim ‘Half True.’

• MIAMI | MAYORAL RACE

  Early fundraising edge by Suarez in Miami mayoral battle forces Regalado to attack

  Five months before the vote, Commissioner Francis Suarez’s $1 million bankroll has forced Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado into attack mode.
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  Tallahassee

  Other states resent Scott’s job poaching

  Gov. Rick Scott is writing to corporate execs in California, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota and Connecticut — which have Democratic governors — hoping to attract the companies to Florida, while tearing down the economies in those states.

• Miami Beach

  Miami Beach mayor to run for City Commission

  Term limits prevent Matti Herrera Bower for running for mayor again, but she can run for another City Commission seat.

• TALLAHASSEE

  Gov. Scott to decide on signing, vetoing bills affecting consumers

  The bills deal with evictions, foreclosures, loan rates, protections for car buyers and requiring paid sick leave.
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  Immigration

  Rubio balancing act leads some to doubt commitment to bill

  The Florida senator, a leader of the effort to reform U.S. immigration laws, says adjustments must be made to ensure that the measure passes.

• Elections

  Lawyer of convicted Garcia rival wants FBI investigation of mystery 2010 candidate

  Amid the elections scandal plaguing U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia’s campaign, a lawyer for a now-convicted rival wants the FBI to investigate another mystery candidate with suspect finances.

• Tallahassee

  Gov. Scott trades up on new plane

  Gov. Rick Scott, who pays for his own plane, is upgrading to a 12-passenger twin-engine jet.

• In My Opinion

  Fred Grimm: Surprise! Both parties cheated in Joe Garcia’s district

  We’re calling the game off down in District 26. Suspending the democratic process. Citizens of District 26 will have to get by without a voice in the U.S. House of Representatives until they can come up with congressional candidates not inclined to subvert elections.
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  LOBBYING

  Florida lawmakers-turned-lobbyists fuel revolving door of politics

  A steady number of former Florida lawmakers are finding jobs in the lucrative influence business, adding to nearly 340 members of Congress who have breezed through the revolving door in the past 15 years.

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