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Rivera in race for Congress, DLP wait-and-see
House budget chief David Rivera is abandoning his state Senate run and jumping into the race for Congress to replace U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, who’s switching seats. Rivera, a Miami Republican close...
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House, Senate leaders demand balanced federal budget
After taking billions of dollars in federal economic stimulus money to balance the state budget last year, Senate President Jeff Atwater and House Speaker Larry Cretul along with other GOP lawmakers...
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Session opening day pageantry begins
The Florida Senate will kick off the 60-day 2010 legislative session at about 9 a.m. setting off a day of pageantry culminating with Gov. Charlie Crist’s prime-time state-of-the-state speech this...
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And they’re off…2010 legislative session begins
The 60-day 2010 legislative session began with the usual pageantry as Senators, their families, Gov. Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet and the Florida Supreme Court crowded into the Senate chambers...
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Atwater bashes Congressional spending, lays out goals
Senate President Jeff Atwater launched his opening day remarks with an attack on his federal counterparts for wanton spending, then laid out a pro-business agenda for the 2010 session and a push to...
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UPDATE: Crist signs unemployment compensation tax deferment
Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law a tax break for businesses ten minutes before he began his state-of-the-state speech this evening. The measure (HB 7033) will delay about $1.8 billion in unemployment...
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Speaker’s priority – 911 call exemption bill – lacks Senate sponsor
A bill that’s one of House Speaker Larry Cretul’s priorities that would make 911 call tapes secret is on the fast-track in his chamber but lacks a Senate sponsor. Cretul is pushing the measure on...
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Critics accuse lawmakers of hiding behind bad economy to bust up unions
Hundreds of thousands of Florida workers – including teachers and cops – say they are under assault by lawmakers using the state’s flopping finances as a way to bust up the unions. Measures that would...
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UPDATE: Negron children’s services deal sour pill for some
UPDATE: Sen. Joe Negron successfully attached the children’s services agreement to a bill dealing with early childhood education this afternoon but the Senate didn’t take a final vote on the bill (SB...
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GOP White House wannabes headed to Tally
The Capitol will soon be the stumping ground for GOP White House hopefuls, according to Senate President Mike Haridopolos, who called the Sunshine State “the most important state in the presidential...
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