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2013/05/24 07:50
2013/05/24 07:50
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TALLAHASSEE - Each year during The Players Championship, Northeast Florida residents look to make a few extra dollars renting their houses out to visitors, golfers and members of the...
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2013/05/18 21:36
2013/05/18 21:36
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TALLAHASSEE _ The biggest battles on the education front in the 2013 legislative session already have been fought and largely decided: Educators will get $480 million in pay raises, though not...
2013/05/17 22:34
2013/05/17 22:34
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Sorry, grandma and grandpa. The AARP is blocking Florida residents from participating in its Perfect Path to Retirement $50,000 Giveaway and its forthcoming Grandparents Day Photo Contest because,...
2013/05/12 04:11
2013/05/12 04:11
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State lawmakers recommended more than $27 million for cultural and historic preservation groups in the $74.5 billion budget they sent Thursday to Gov. Rick Scott for his review — and possible vetoes....
2013/05/10 09:50
2013/05/10 09:50
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TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday that a lawsuit alleging politics helped shape the state’s redistricting process should get its day in court. An attorney representing...
2013/05/08 02:50
2013/05/08 02:50
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From health care policy to campaign finance reform, First Coast lawmakers played a prominent role in the recently completed legislative session. Unlike in some recent sessions, regional lawmakers...
2013/05/06 23:50
2013/05/06 23:50
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Gov. Rick Scott was dropping statistics and praising teachers who he said earned the pay raises recently approved as part of the state budget during a stop Monday at Nease High School in St. Johns...
2013/05/06 22:50
2013/05/06 22:50
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Reggie Gaffney’s five-year, sometimes rocky tenure on the Jacksonville Port Authority board has ended because the Senate never confirmed his reappointment by Gov. Rick Scott. But it’s not clear what...
2013/05/05 04:40
2013/05/05 04:40
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TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Legislature's hard work is over and Gov. Rick Scott's is just beginning. Scott, who promised as a candidate to shrink government, will soon receive a $74.5 billion budget...
2013/05/04 00:50
2013/05/04 00:50
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Tallahassee | The last two legislation sessions have seen the Capitol devolve into chaos moving into the final days. In 2011, lawmakers were hashing out differences over large pieces of legislation...
2013/05/03 23:34
2013/05/03 23:34
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TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Legislature ended its 2013 session Friday by passing an elections do-over and the largest budget in state history, but without delivering tax subsidies to the Miami Dolphins,...
2013/05/03 23:34
2013/05/03 23:34
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Legislative leaders said they would continue to talk about the issue, and Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, said he intends to keep a special committee dealing with the new health care law...
2013/05/02 22:50
2013/05/02 22:50
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On a 114-0 vote, the House Thursday sent a bill to Gov. Rick Scott carrying language that would do away with a 2012 law that has angered St. Johns County officials. On the last day of the 2012...
2013/05/02 01:34
2013/05/02 01:34
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TALLAHASSEE -- Lawmakers are likely to return home this week without an agreement on meaningful health care reform, despite the early endorsement of Gov. Rick Scott and the pleas of businesses and...
2013/05/02 00:33
2013/05/02 00:33
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TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill late Wednesday that would inject more cash into elections as part of a broader reform that eliminates some political slush funds politicians have used to...
2013/05/01 22:34
2013/05/01 22:34
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TALLAHASSEE -- Legislative leaders promised to make transparency in spending a priority but when it came time to finish their $74.5 billion budget, it was hard to break old habits. A flurry of deals...
2013/05/01 18:03
2013/05/01 18:03
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TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott will have to decide today whether to sign a sweeping campaign-finance bill that jacks up the contribution limits for statewide candidates from $500 to $3,000 and bans...
2013/05/01 13:58
2013/05/01 13:58
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With the 2013 legislative session scheduled to conclude Friday, a proposed bill that would eliminate property taxes on military-contracted homes occupied by military members or defense workers doesn't...
2013/04/30 02:08
2013/04/30 02:08
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Senate has passed a bill that would give parents a greater say in shaping the education plans for their special-needs children. The measure (SB 1108) cleared the...
2013/04/29 12:40
2013/04/29 12:40
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TALLAHASSEE -- Senate President Don Gaetz often introduces House Speaker Will Weatherford, as the “taller, smarter, better-looking version of the Weatherford-Gaetz” duo. Weatherford, who at 33 is...