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Lawmakers Call for Probe of BP Funds as Official Dies

May 6, 2012 - 6:00pm

A pair of Panhandle lawmakers are calling for state law enforcement officials to investigate the use of funding meant to help communities recover from the BP oil spill after an Okaloosa County official accused of misusing tourism dollars died Friday of a suspected drug overdose in Alabama.

In a letter to Gov. Rick Scott, Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, asked for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to join in the local investigation of the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council.

Education Contract Again Hung Up in DOAH

May 6, 2012 - 6:00pm

A second attempt by the Department of Education to acquire testing items as part of a Race to the Top grant award has sparked a new legal battle among the agency and three of the companies involved in the bidding.

At stake: A contract potentially worth tens of millions of dollars that is already the subject of one bid challenge, prompting the department's second attempt.

Prosecutors Charge 13 in FAMU Hazing Death

May 2, 2012 - 6:00pm

Thirteen people have been charged in the hazing death of Robert Champion, the drum major for Florida A&M University's "Marching 100," whose death shook the university and led to the suspension of the iconic band.

Eleven individuals were each charged with a single count of hazing resulting in death, a third-degree felony, and two counts of hazing, a first-degree misdemeanor, according to information released by the office of State Attorney Lawson Lamar. Two more people were each charged with a single count of hazing.

Rick Scott Drops 10 from Advisory Panel Posts; Political Payback Charged

April 23, 2012 - 6:00pm

Pinellas County Clerk of Court Ken Burke's dream appointment was to the board of trustees for his alma mater, St. Petersburg College.

When Jeb Bush finally won the governor's mansion for Republicans, Burke hoped for and got a nod to serve on the board.

For 13 years, he helped make decisions for the school as a member of the governing panel. A paragraph of Burke's biography on the Web is devoted to his place on the board.

Senate Argues for Its New Redistricting Map

Some Senators Facing Tough Political Choices

March 22, 2012 - 7:00pm

With the new Senate maps expected to easily pass the House next week, lawmakers in the upper chamber and potential candidates for those seats are beginning to evaluate their electoral futures.

For a few, the decisions are where and whether to run for another term. And at least one legislative leader is already openly pondering whether to serve out the four-year term he would be awarded by the literal bounce of the ping-pong ball.

Weekly Roundup: Overtaken by Life, Death, in Real World

March 22, 2012 - 7:00pm

This was supposed to be a week focused on the drawing of political lines.

Instead, Florida was forced this week to think about the definition of other lines -- the line between self-defense and murder, and the racial lines that evidently still divide who can consider themselves safe on a walk back from the store.

Redistricting Amendments Filed on Eve of Vote

Lawmakers Lay Out Plans for Redistricting Session

March 10, 2012 - 6:00pm

Shortly after the curtain came down on the 2012 regular legislative session, lawmakers were already considering the contours of the redistricting session that will begin Wednesday.

And they already have some ideas about the scope of the changes to the Senate plan, the only one struck down by the Florida Supreme Court, and the role of the House in recasting the lines to the court's liking. Both will be limited.

Florida High Court to Hear Redistricting Case Wednesday

February 27, 2012 - 6:00pm

The Florida Supreme Court hears oral arguments Wednesday morning in what could be a landmark redistricting case, after a series of shifting coalitions triggered a week and half of topsy-turvy decisions.

Justices are preparing to hear a redistricting case for the first time since voters adopted the anti-gerrymandering Fair Districts amendments in November 2010. So far, the court has seemed divided on when and whether to accept motions beyond an initial filing deadline -- and how deep the justices have to pore over the result of the once-a-decade process.

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