The Florida House Criminal Justice Subcommittee on Wednesday unanimously approved two bills, one that broadens the scope of existing state laws which prohibit adults from hosting parties where alcohol is given to minors, and another which effectively prohibits citizens from protesting at funerals.
Saying they would never repeat such a sweetheart deal as the Miami Marlins received in 2009, Miami-Dade County commissioners agreed to lobby state legislators to increase the hotel bed tax by 1 percent. That would help pay for $400 million in improvements to the Miami Dolphins' home.
Saying the Dolphins opened up their books to them, unlike dealings with the Marlins, commissioners voted to advance for now the public-private partnership for Sun Life Stadium on Wednesday.
The website 24/7 Wall Street has come out with its list of the best and worst run cities in America.
Dont look in the list of top 20 cities best run -- topped by Plano, Texas, and Madison, Wis. -- for an entry from Florida.
Fiscal management, including strong general obligation debt ratings from Moodys, were key for those getting high marks from the Delaware-based fiscal news website.
However, the Sunshine State does have the honor of three cities gracing the 20 worst run: Orlando, 10; Hialeah, 5; and Miami, 2.
Many Florida businesses may still be due a piece of the BP spill settlement, Patrick Juneau, the court-appointed claims administrator for the Deepwater Horizon Claims Center, told the Florida Cabinet on Wednesday.
We have already sent out $1.7 billion, Juneau said.
There is not much subjectivity in what were asking for, if you give us what were asking for. If you fall within the definition of that claim, we will process your claim and see that you get paid.But you have to give us the essential documentation,
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Gov. Rick Scott will seek an across-the-board pay raise for Floridas public school teachers due to cost about $480 million, he said following the state Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
He declined to break the figure into percentages or say how much of a per-teacher increase he will ask legislators for, saying he will discuss further details when he appears at Ocoee Middle School in Central Florida later today.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has released a statement on the National Human Trafficking Awareness Month Resolution presented during Wednesday morning's governor and Cabinet meeting:
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As Florida's state representatives and senators continue to debate just how the Sunshine State will implement several provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, "Obamacare"), The James Madison Institute (JMI), a free-market think tank based in Tallahassee, today released its latest policy brief, "Floridas Best Medicaid Option Under the PPACA: Expand the Reforms, Not the Rolls."
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While the Florida Senate majority office is busy trying to lure golfer Phil Mickelson to Florida via Twitter, they could add the comments of a notorious Jupiter Island resident to the sales pitch.
Fellow golfer Tiger Woods told reporters at a press conference Tuesday at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, Calif., that he moved from the Golden State to the Sunshine State in 1996 in search of better tax rates.
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The states new education czar highlighted the need to prepare technologically savvy students and advised everyone to get behind the new Common Core education standards that are being crafted for Floridas schools.
Appearing before the Senate Committee on Education, Commissioner of Education Tony Bennett said Florida must be able to prepare students to meet an expected cultural divide on technology.
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