Republican Party of FloridaChairman Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, revealed in a statement that former RPOF Chairman Jim Greer is the subject of a criminal investigation.
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As senators set to the task of refining a proposed $68.6 billion budget, Sen. Joe Negron, R-Palm City, and two of the Senate's leading Republicans surprised the floor with a proposal to make the state Medicaid program more closely resemble private insurance.
Senators Negron, Don Gaetz, R-Destin, and Mike Haridopolos,R-Melbourne, slipped in a proviso that would require residents with higher incomes to pay deductibles or supplement Medicaid with private insurance and allow the Legislature to change eligibility requirements for certain optional programs.
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No surprise on this one but state CFO Alex Sink, the frontrunner to be the Democratic gubenatorial nominee, just announced via news release that she opposes SB 6, the teacherperformance pay bill being sponsored by Sen. John Thrahser, R-St. Augustine.
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While Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum challenges the legality of the new federal health-care law in the courts, the state's two leading health-care associations are split on the program's medical and fiscal impact.
Is the Crist campaign desperate, or just cranky?
Campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg called me at 6:50 this morning to complain about Sunshine State News' latest story mentioning her boss's name. Seems she wanted more than the governor's verbatim quotes from the "Fox News Sunday" debate with Marco Rubio.
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A letter from a high school junior calls the idea "beyond ridiculous." A pleading voicemail message tells legislators that students "want to have our teachers for next year."
Children have been flooding Republican senators with phone calls and handwritten letters, urging them to defeat an effort that would institute performance pay for Florida teachers.
Age: 47
Residence: Eustis
Time in the Legislature: 10 years
Political Affiliation: Republican
Spouse: Lori
Children: Leighton, Caroline, Reagan
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Just like my father. He owned A.W. Peterson Gun Shop and I used to work there. He's passed, but I still own and operate the shop. Its the oldest gun shop in the United States and has been open for 50 years.
What do you consider your biggest political achievement?
THE CAPITOL, TALLAHASSEE, March 30, 2010..... Despite initial projections that the university system could take major hits in next year's budget, university officials are relatively happy to see that they will likely see a budget between $3.41 billion and $3.5 billion, about on par with last year's.
While Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio's battle for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination is grabbing headlines, other Florida primary fights are also shaping up. Four Democrats have already announced plans to run for commissioner of agriculture.
