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PSC Commissioner Lisa Edgar survives confirmation fight
TALLAHASSEE -- Public Service Commissioner Lisa Edgar survived an unexpected confirmation fight in the Florida Senate by a 26-13 vote. Edgar, who has was first appointed to the commission in 2005, was reappointed by Gov. Rick Scott in 2012. But many...Tags: Anitere Flores, Executive Branch, Rick Scott, Government, Tampa
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Florida's shame: the Florida House
The legislative session ended Friday with state lawmakers scurrying out of Tallahassee with the one thing 3.8 million of their fellow Floridians lack — decent health care. Poor constituent service? You betcha. Missed opportunity? Huge. One out...
Tags: Joe Negron, Health Insurance, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Rick Scott, Government
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Was texting while driving bill worth the fight?
For at least four years, the members of the Florida Legislature who have some sense – and the number is small – have tried to get a no-texting-while-driving bill passed. And every year it failed. I guess too many our esteemed...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Abortion
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Tax-cut vote shows might trumps right
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida House of Representatives embarrassed itself this week by ramming through a tax-cut that turns one of Gov. Rick Scott's top legislative priorities into potential litigation fodder. The last thing the governor and...Tags: Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Political Fundraising, Government, Rick Scott
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Kingsley Guy: Why do we believe worst in politicians?
The term "ethics reform" in government is a misnomer. Ethics don't need reforming, but human behavior sometimes does. The Florida Legislature has been occupying its time this session with so-called ethics reform. Palm Beach and Broward County...Tags: Ethics, Finance, Broward County, Economy, Business and Finance, Government
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Rick Outzen: "Parent trigger" rightfully shot down
The Florida Senate proved its value on Tuesday by not approving SB 0862, the Parent Empowerment in Education Act — better known as the "Parent Trigger" bill. The tie vote — 20-20, the same tally as last year – effectively killed the...Tags: Lobbying, Michelle Rhee, Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, Jack Latvala, Charlie Dean
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Eric Barron: Education bill puts FSU, UF near top
Gov. Rick Scott's signing of the Career and Professional Education Act effectively positions Florida State University and the University of Florida for pre-eminent status, and puts FSU on the fast track to move into the top 25 in the national rankings...Tags: Conservation, Florida State University, Education, Executive Branch, Government
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Group's vice president, a county commissioner, helps secure county grant
With expenses to cover and the start of a monthlong series of events just eight days away, the vice president of the Community Access Center in Miramar knew just where to turn for cash: Broward County taxpayers. He brought a roster of backers to the...
Tags: Finance, Broward County, Lauderhill, Economy, Business and Finance, Culture
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Accuracy, not speed, in executions
Keep in mind that Florida has had more death-row inmates exonerated than any state in the country — a total of 24 since 1979. That's 24 innocent people who weren't executed, a stunning number that suggests a need for change in the ultimate power...
Tags: Death Penalty, Executive Branch, Broward County, Punishment, Government
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Major bills await Florida Legislature's final day
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature used its next-to-last day Thursday to pass a watered-down texting-while-driving ban, a plan to slim down the state-run Citizens Property Insurance and legislation that strips local governments of the power to...
Tags: Dan Marino, John Thrasher, Lobbying, Government, Rick Scott
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Conflicted over feral cats, the Legislature knows drama
It's true. Most of us just don't understand the Florida Legislature, but that's because we're looking at it all wrong. Instead of viewing state government as a far distant place stuck in south Georgia, where it's easy to get buffalloed by the legalese,...Tags: Conservation, National Government, Government, Key Largo, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program)
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Former death row inmate urges governor to reject Timely Justice bill
If he could talk to Gov. Rick Scott, Seth Penalver would have one simple question. "Would you kill me?" Penalver, 40, was acquitted late last year on three counts of first-degree murder, the end of an 18-year saga that brought him from Broward...
Tags: Punishment, Broward County, Government, Rick Scott, Murder
May 3, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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May 3, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 5, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 5, 2013
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May 5, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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Apr 12, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Apr 30, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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