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Dolphins, Orlando stadium dreams going down on Legislature's final day
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Backers of a sweeping sports stadium package were working furiously Friday to convince the Florida House to pass tax-breaks for the Miami Dolphins, Orlando soccer boosters, Daytona International Speedway and others. Central Florida Sens....Tags: Andy Gardiner, Elections, Joe Negron, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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House sends governor the Orange-inspired sick-leave bill
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- The Florida House sent Gov. Rick Scott a sick-leave bill which would block local governments from enacting sick-leave policies like the one slated for a public vote in Orange County. The compromise language passed 76-41 by the House...Tags: Elections, Politics, Local Government, Rick Scott, Career and Workplace
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House punts on Orange County sick-time bill
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- House Majority Leader Steve Precourt is refusing to go along with a Senate deal on a local government sick-leave bill, casting some doubt on whether the Orange County-inspired measure can pass the Legislature by Friday. Precourt, R-...Tags: Elections, Local Government, Parties and Movements, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Simmons cuts a deal on Citizens Property Insurance reform
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Sen. David Simmons said he's cut deal with the House to pass a slimmed down Citizens Property Insurance bill that will mirror the House's less aggressive version -- in exchange for revisiting next year the problems with "wind-only" policies...Tags: Altamonte Springs, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Politics, Insurance
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Senate kills parent trigger
The contentious "parent trigger" bill failed again in the Florida Senate, dying Tuesday on a tie vote just as it did in 2012. The bill aimed to give parents more say in the fate of a struggling school, allowing them, by petition, to select a...Tags: Altamonte Springs, Elections, Politics, Florida Legislature
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Saunders: exempt Orange County from Precourt's sick time preemption bill
State. Rep. Joe Saunders, D-Orlando, has offered up an amendment to exempt Orange County from a bill that would block local governments from adopting mandatory paid sick time benefits for workers. The so-called pre-emption bill is sponsored by House...
Tags: Politics, Local Government, Amusement and Theme Parks, Orange County (Florida)
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Weatherford, Thurston trade jabs, gird for a long week
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- The Florida House's top Republican and Democrat made it clear Tuesday night that the slow procedural slog forced over a fight on Medicaid reform will continue through the end of session this week. Before Tuesday's session ended, House...Tags: Elections, Politics, Parties and Movements, Health Insurance, Medicaid
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Tax cuts, stadium deals, insurance reform, expressway changes all come down to session's final week
TALLAHASSEE — The last week of Florida's legislative session will settle fights on taxes, stadium subsidies from Orlando to South Florida, and the fading push from Gov. Rick Scott to win $2,500 pay raises for teachers and tax breaks for businesses....
Tags: Andy Gardiner, Alan Hays, Local Government, Politics, Rick Scott
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Senate passes scaled back 'sick-time' bill that leaves out House's 'living wage' preemption
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate passed a response to Orange County's sick-pay battle Friday — a measure that would prevent local governments from adopting leave policies until after a state study. The bill (HB 655) cleared the Senate 25-13,...Tags: Employees, Eleanor Sobel, Gainesville, Elections, Politics
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Could a PIP special session be in the works?
TALLAHASSEE -- Could a special session on no-fault auto insurance be in the works? Maybe. Senate Banking and Insurance Chairman David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, told the Sun-Sentinel that should an appeals court strike down reforms the state made...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Altamonte Springs, Massage Therapy, Career and Workplace, Insurance
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Senate waters down Orange-inspired sick-leave bill, removes 'living wage' preemption
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- In response to Orange County's legal fight over sick-time, the Senate is ditching a connected legislative push to nullify "living wage" laws on the books in several cities and counties. Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, pushed an...Tags: Employees, Gainesville, Elections, Politics, Local Government
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Senate opts not to 'take the enchilada to the house' with Citizens bill
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Senate passed a bill to further restrict the diet of the state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp Thursday, but not before decrying its policyholders as benefiting from "welfare for the wealthy." Sen. David Simmons' bill, SB...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Charlie Dean, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Alan Hays, Politics
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