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AARP cancels Florida sweepstakes, blames new state gambling law
Miami HeraldSorry, 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, the group says, of a new state law cracking down on...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Rick Scott, Judges, Lifestyle and Leisure, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Amicable legislature passes record budget, election reform, on final day
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Legislature ended its 2013 session Friday by passing an elections do-over and the largest budget in state history. Lawmakers sent Gov. Rick Scott an elections reform package in response to the national scorn Florida...Tags: National Government, Ethics, Rick Scott, Values, Finance
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Lawmakers end session without passing stadium subsidies
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, Orlando soccer boosters and a cadre of other...
Tags: Soccer, Rick Scott, Finance, Voting, Barack Obama
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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: Jack Latvala, Rick Scott, Voting, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), David Simmons
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Scott signs campaign finance, ethics reforms but vetoes alimony bill
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 support their "filet mignon" lifestyles. The...
Tags: Ethics, Finance, Rick Scott, Religion and Belief, Values
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Ramba: Campaign-finance reform will just shuffle paper work
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- 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 the slush funds lawmakers have used to wine and dine....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Regional Authority, Rick Scott, Finance
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Rare legislative accord has led to session wins
Miami HeraldSenate 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 young enough to be Gaetz's son, calls the 65-year-old "a wonderful partner...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Religion and Belief, Finance, General Practitioners, Health Insurance
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Time running short for health care compromise
TALLAHASSEE – As the Legislature heads to the final days of the 2013 session, hope is fading fast for a deal to expand health care to about 1 million of the state's poorest citizens. If no compromise is reached, roughly two-thirds of those people...Tags: Private Health Care, Poverty, Rick Scott, Joe Negron, Parties and Movements
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'Don't stop believing' moves the Senate to kill the loud stereo bill
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Legislature might be done trying to kill the music. The Senate killed a bill Friday (SB 634) that would make it a crime for people to play music in their vehicles that can be heard more than 25 feet away. The bill is a...Tags: Florida Legislature, Crime, Law and Justice, Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Politics
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Bill to shutter Internet cafes, adult arcades goes to the gov
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – South Florida senior arcades are likely going out of business. Lawmakers sent a measure to Gov. Rick Scott Thursday that would outlaw Internet cafes, senior arcades and maquinitas. “There is nothing in this bill that is going... -
Senate panel votes unanimously to shut down Internet cafes
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Despite pleas from senior citizens and arcade owners, a Florida Senate panel voted unanimously Tuesday to shutter Internet cafes, adult arcades and South Florida maquinitas. “We do not allow gambling in the state of Florida... -
Arcades, Internet cafe bill sent to gov in 36-4 Senate vote
TALLAHASSEE – South Florida senior arcades are likely going out of business. Lawmakers sent a measure to Gov. Rick Scott Thursday that would outlaw Internet cafes, senior arcades and maquinitas. "There is nothing in this bill that is going to...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Charity, Government, Rick Scott, Executive Branch
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