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Democratic lawmakers file incentive transparency bills
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Two Democratic lawmakers plan to push bills to force the state to provide more data on its use of economic incentives to entice companies to add jobs or re-locate in the Sunshine State. Rep. José Javier Rodríguez, D-Miami, filed HB 563... -
Scott team goes to bat defending its economic-incentives
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott's jobs team is going before House and Senate economic-development budget committees Wednesday to defend how it's spent tax-dollars, arguing its use of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax-incentives has helped lead... -
Abortion protest marks 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade
Opponents of abortion demonstrated in Washington on Friday, marking the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade that decriminalized abortion. The demonstration began in the cold at about noon, with perhaps hundreds of people...
Tags: Elections, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Arts and Culture, Christianity
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Trayvon Martin’s mom, Democrats push repeal of stand your ground
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Surrounded by House and Senate Democrats, the mother of Trayvon Martin told a crowd at the Capitol why lawmakers should repeal the state's stand your ground law. “As a parent, I wouldn't want you to stand in my shoes,” said... -
Defined by a Sandy sidestep
WASHINGTON -- The end-of-term reviews of John Boehner's House speakership are in, and they aren't pretty. "The conduct of the Republican leadership was disgraceful, it was indefensible and it was immoral." "There was a betrayal." "Disappointing...
Tags: Eric Cantor, Elections, Robert Dold, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Tom Reed
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Legislative bipartisanship may not last through the holidays
TALLAHASSEE — Drink up, wayward partisans. Florida lawmakers may be striking a bipartisan tone as of late, but there are too many points of ideological contention for this camaraderie to survive intact beyond the holidays. Democrats are clamoring...
Tags: Lobbying, Barack Obama, Laws, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Medicaid
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Gaetz: Counties to blame for election fallout?
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — New Senate President Don Gaetz wants to usher in ethics reform and greater health-care access, but he also pledged Tuesday to get to the bottom of this month's election fiasco — and he is pointing a finger at South Florida... -
New diverse faces, challenges, emerge in Tallahassee
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature's new class of legislators are taking the oath in Tallahassee today, and a host of challenges await them. All told, 44 new House members and 15 new senators are taking office, some new and some re-treads. In the... -
Lawmakers forcing economic-development accountability
TALLAHASSEE – Florida's economic-development strategy for years has been a taxpayer-financed piggy bank handing out big bucks to companies that made grand job-creation promises and were seldom held accountable for their flops. That's been...Tags: Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Government, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Democratic Party, Accounting and Auditing
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Sun Sentinel Election Results
Get the latest results for today's federal, state and county races.
President
5852 of 6088 precincts reporting
Barack Obama 49.9% 3,977,167
Mitt Romney 49.2% 3,924,092
Gary Johnson 0.5% 42,123
Jill Stein 0.1% 8,382
Roseanne Barr 0.1% 7,708...Tags: Cooper City, Local Government, Tom Rooney, Barack Obama, Mario Diaz-Balart
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Early voting events
Sun SentinelThe Rev. Al Sharpton, the MSNBC commentator, is scheduled to appear Saturday at rallies in communities with large black populations: Noon at the Lauderhill Mall, where there’s an early voting site, and 2 p.m. at the E. Pat Larkins Community Center,...Tags: Elections, Wilton Manors, Boynton Beach, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Voting
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Will the real Chris Smith please raise his hand?
If you believe in coincidences, I've got one for you. Voters in the Florida Senate District 31 race will see this choice on their ballots: Smithmyer, Christopher "Chris" (R) Smith, Christopher "Chris"(D) Wow, isn't that amazing? They're not similar....Tags: Elections, Florida Legislature, Government, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
Jan 29, 2013
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Jan 23, 2013
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Jan 25, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 16, 2013
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Jan 3, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Dec 1, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Nov 20, 2012
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Nov 20, 2012
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Nov 18, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Nov 6, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 26, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 4, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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