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Cooling a hot issue, Fla. lawmakers pass voting-reform law

OK, OK, enough already. Tired of being the butt of late-night jes, the Florida Legislature on Friday passed an election overhaul bill that aims to cut out […]

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Fla. Democrats want another bite at the Medicaid apple

TALLAHASSEE – The battle s haven’t changed. With Florida state House Republicans holding firm against Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, Florida’s 2013 legislative session had barely ended when […]

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Fla. lawmakers wrap up session in a defensive stance

It is finished. For now at least. With a final flurry of laws that included election reform, streamlining regulations development and medical procedures, the Florida Legislature wrapped […]

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Fla. ‘Anti-Sharia bill’ officially dead

The effort to keep foreign laws out of Florida courts is over for the 2013 session. The controversial bill, popularly known as the “Anti-Sharia bill,” was sponsored […]

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Bill to ban texting while driving in Fla. heads to governor

In politics, sometimes close is close enough. A slightly watered-down version of an anti-texting while driving bill arrived at the Florida Senate on Thursday, but its sponsor […]

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Technicality kills ‘Anti-Sharia bill’ in Florida Senate?

The “Anti-Sharia” law came one vote short. After a long debate Thursday, opponents of a bill sponsored in the House by Rep. Larry Metz, R-Groveland, and Sen. […]

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Oh, the humanity: Sequestration spoils seniors’ poolside breakfasts

With its chairwoman in Tallahassee Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee must have Florida on its mind than usual. Here’s an unintentionally funny e blast from the […]

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Wasserman Schultz wags finger at GOP in Tally, lambastes Rick Scott

Debbie Wasserman Schultz knows how to win friends and influence people: Be insulting. Be snide. Be threatening. Who could resist? Not content with making a hash of […]

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Stalemate: Fla. GOP says Dems ‘grandstanding’ over single issue

TALLAHASSEE – Point made. Now, let’s get this session over with. That was the message Tuesday from two key Republicans about House Democrats’ decision to slow down […]

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Fla. House Dems stall session to protest Medicaid, GOP furious

TALLAHASSEE — The progressive party is slowing progress in the Florida Legislature. Florida House Democrats are protesting Republican resistance to federal funding for Obamacare Medicaid expansion by […]

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Pam Bondi recruits Fla. seniors at Tallahassee rally

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi appealed for help from the Sunshine State’s senior citizens Tuesday for help in stopping cyber-criminals trying to separate the elderly […]

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Senate tie shoots down ‘parent trigger’ again in Florida

TALLAHASSEE – When it comes to “parent trigger,” history repeats itself. A tie vote in the Florida Senate on Tuesday effectively killed a measure to give parents […]

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