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Thursday Morning Reads: Casino changes, prison plans & Obama to visit
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — To recap yesterday, capitol watchers saw the Senate introduce new prison privatization bills, the governor nominate a new Secretary of State and Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, file amendments to his casino bill. To catch up on that and... -
Senate to move ahead with prison privatization plan
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – A Senate panel opened the door Wednesday to give the Senate a second shot at privatizing 29 prisons in South Florida and eliminate some of the obstacles that led a Tallahassee judge to reject a similar plan this summer. The Senate... -
Fasano clashes with Haridopolos over privatization
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Outspoken Senate Criminal Justice Appropriations Chair Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, just released a public letter he sent to Senate President Mike Haridopolos questioning the president's moves in an effort to privatize 29 prisons in... -
Haridopolos says he listened, will give prison plan another hearing
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Only a day after Senate President Mike Haridopolos' office decided that a prison privatization plan would get only one full legislative hearing, it is backtracking and saying it will now also get a full vetting before the influential... -
Senate panel OK’s prison plan
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Senate Rules Committee passed a controversial prison privatization plan Monday afternoon by a 10–4 vote over the objection of correctional workers from across the state. The plan would hand over the operations of 29... -
Senate backs off of biz case change in privatization effort
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Sen. JD Alexander, R-Lake Wales, is backing off a proposal that would eliminate the need for the state to analyze both the benefits and pitfalls prior to the state privatizing or outsourcing an agency mission, such as prisons.... -
Teamsters ask for cost-benefit analysis of privatization
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — As the Senate Budget Committee takes up legislation related to prison privatization, the Teamsters have put out a press release asking for the Legislature to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of its plan to privatize an 18-county... -
Senate prison privatization moves forward
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Over the protests of corrections workers and with minimal public testimony, the Senate Budget Committee voted Wednesday to send to the floor the most sweeping prison privatization plan in the country. The committee met for two hours... -
Nurses sue DOC over healthcare privatization
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Florida Nurses Association has filed a lawsuit challenging the state's ability to privatize healthcare services in the state's prison system. The suit alleges that the Legislature illegally made the change by putting the language... -
Private prisons are a hard bargain to quantify
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Florida's Republican-dominated Legislature is fast-tracking the most sweeping prison privatization plan in the country. Lawmakers had to respond after a circuit judge last summer dared to declare their last attempt had... -
Watch prison privatization presser
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelFrom the News Service of Florida Here's a look at a press conference opponents to prison privatization held this afternoon prior to Senate floor discussion on the issue.... -
Prison privatization bill divides GOP Senate
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — A prison privatization bill pushed by Senate leadership may be in trouble, with Senate President Mike Haridopolos cutting off debate Tuesday and not saying when the bill would come up for a final vote. The proposal would privatize 28...
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