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One of the most dramatic Florida stories playing out through much of the 2012 legislative session was last years signature reform of the state employee retirement system.
This is my nomination for the best political story of the year sofar.
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WASHINGTON -- Two policies of the Obama administration illustrate an axiom: As government expands, its lawfulness contracts.
The attorney generals office has announced the law firms that will serve as co-counsel for the states claims lawsuit in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon spill: Nix Patterson & Roach LLP; Harrison, Rivard, Duncan & Buzzett; Fowler White Boggs PA; and Harrison Sale McCloy.
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As the Florida Legislature faced the last hours of the session on Friday, Gov. Rick Scott released his weekly radio address and praised lawmakers for adding $1 billion to education in the budget they would be voting on later that day.
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Assailed by Muslim groups and quashed by Senate President Mike Haridopolos, an "anti-Sharia" law bill died in the Florida Legislature on Friday.
Senate Bill 1360 would have restricted state courts from considering foreign laws in most cases. Authored by Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, the bill was identical to HB 1209, whicheasily passed the House 92-24.
But Hays' bill became ensnared in a late-breaking political controversy when proponents distributed fliers and a pamphlet decrying the alleged intrusion of Islamic law into America's courts.
Incoming Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, has been leading redistricting in the Florida Senate and he weighed in on Friday afternoon on a state Supreme Court decision that found that eight of the 40 Senate seats his committee drew up did not pass constitutional muster.
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Assailed by Muslim groups and shelved by Senate President Mike Haridopolos, an "anti-Sharia" law bill lay near death at the Florida Legislature Friday.
Senate Bill 1360 would have restricted state courts from considering foreign laws in most cases. Authored by Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, the bill was identical to HB 1209, whicheasily passed the House 92-24.
But Hays' bill became ensnared in a late-breaking political controversy when proponents distributed flamboyant fliers and a pamphlet decrying the alleged intrusion of Islamic law into America's courts.
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Immigration and invasive pests topped a lengthy list of concerns of Florida farm leaders on Friday.
Meeting in West Palm Beach with U.S. Reps. Allen West, R-Plantation, and Jack Kingston, R-Ga., agricultural representatives called for a guest-worker program to ensure timely and cost-effective crop harvesting.
"We have to close the border first. National security is the No. 1 issue and we need to return sanity to Washington, D.C.," said Rick Roth, owner of Roth Farms.
Here's something cute:
Remember the bill that would impose a cap on how much workers' comp doctors could charge their patients for repackaged drugs they dispense? That bogus bill originating with the insurance industry was supposed to save the state money. When a growing number of senators didn't buy the trumped-up savings as advertised, the bill got scooped into a House bill. Anything to try to save it.
But listen to this:
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