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2013/05/16 21:49
2013/05/16 21:49
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The federal Hardest Hit Fund is doling out $1 billion dollars in aid to struggling homeowners across Florida, but its rules do not block people with criminal pasts from cashing in. 9 Investigates...
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2013/05/16 21:03
2013/05/16 21:03
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In local public-affairs programming this weekend: Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Wells talks to "Political Connections" at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday on Central Florida News. He...
2013/05/10 14:31
2013/05/10 14:31
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With tens of thousands of foreclosure cases clogged in the state's courts, the Florida Supreme Court is signing off on a plan to use lawyers -- and not judges -- to handle them. The court on Thursday...
2013/05/04 02:19
2013/05/04 02:19
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With the drop of a handkerchief, Florida lawmakers closed-out the annual 60-day legislative session on time Friday. A number of important issues were tackled on the last day of the session, but one...
2013/05/03 15:48
2013/05/03 15:48
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida lawmakers have sent Gov. Rick Scott a bill meant to speed up the residential mortgage foreclosure process. The bill (HB 87) cleared the Senate on a 26-13 vote on...
2013/05/03 00:34
2013/05/03 00:34
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TALLAHASSEE -- Two days after the Florida Senate killed the parent trigger bill, one of the proposal’s more controversial provisions found new life in the Florida House. The language, which would...
2013/05/02 22:14
2013/05/02 22:14
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Weeki Wachee, FL -- As the current legislative session comes to a close, a bill to help protect Florida's natural springs doesn't even get a hearing. But state Sen. Darren Soto, author of the measure...
2013/05/01 23:04
2013/05/01 23:04
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Central Florida's Econlockhatchee River has been designated an Outstanding Florida Water, making it "worthy of special protection" under state law. Do state lawmakers even care? A bill up for...
2013/05/01 00:14
2013/05/01 00:14
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The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - More than a year after reaching a major settlement with some of the nation's leading lenders, Florida is finally spelling out how $200 million of that...
2013/04/30 19:34
2013/04/30 19:34
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For the second straight year, the Florida Senate on Tuesday defeated a bill aimed at giving parents a voice in charting a turnaround plan for failing public schools. The measure...
2013/04/29 20:27
2013/04/29 20:27
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Florida legislators approve measure to speed up executions TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - The Florida Senate sent Governor Rick Scott a package of capital-punishment reforms on Monday designed to...
2013/04/26 17:29
2013/04/26 17:29
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Senate has defeated an amendment to a capital punishment bill that would have required Florida juries to recommend death sentences by no less than a 10-2...
2013/04/25 22:33
2013/04/25 22:33
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TALLAHASSEE -- Legislative budget-writers are shifting more of Florida's national mortgage settlement dollars into programs targeting the homeless, low-income college students, and foreclosure-clogged...
2013/04/25 22:04
2013/04/25 22:04
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With only a week to go in this year's Legislative session, you have a lot at stake. We're talking about bills that affect everything from your wallet to your health. Let's run through some of...
2013/04/25 04:39
2013/04/25 04:39
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TALLAHASSEE -- Shamed by a series of ethics and campaign finance abuses, Florida lawmakers sent the governor a bill Wednesday to eliminates political slush funds and impose new ethics rules for...
2013/04/24 21:05
2013/04/24 21:05
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Campaign contributions for legislative candidates will double from five hundred to a thousand dollars under legislation moving like a freight train. Statewide candidates will see limits go from five...
2013/04/20 18:33
2013/04/20 18:33
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Florida's largest political party has a problem. Although registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in Florida by 500,000, and President Barack Obama has carried the Sunshine State in the past two...