Florida is being forced to send millions of dollars peeled off the top of its vendor contracts to Washington beginning in 2012 -- a federal "cash grab" some state lawmakers are questioning because the funds are earmaked to support the goverment's ongoing stimulus prorgam.
Is there a shell game afoot on stimulus money?
A reliable source, speaking on background, told Sunshine State News that Florida budgeteers may be considering ways to use federal stimulus dollars to pad state reserves.
A bill that could spare emergency room doctors and other emergency medical care providers from healthcare lawsuits passed the Senate Health Regulation Committee in quick order Thursday.
Senate Bill 1474, sponsored by Sen. John Thrasher, R-Jacksonville, Chair of the Republican Party of Florida, passed 5-2.
WASHINGTON -- So the yearlong production, set to close after Massachusetts' devastatingly negative Jan. 19 review, saw the curtain raised one last time. Obamacare lives.
After 34 speeches, three sharp electoral rebukes (Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts) and a seven-hour seminar, the president announced Wednesday his determination to make one last push to pass his health care reform.
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A constitutional amendment that gives schools a little wiggle room on meeting class-size requirements passed through the Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means just before noon today. Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Destin, got his proposal passed with a 15-8 vote, with all Republicans and one Democrat voting for it.
A 2002 constitutional amendment set the limits at 18 per class in kindergarten through third grade, 22 fourth through middle, and 25 in high schools.
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Playing to populist, Tea Party roots, Republican gubernatorial candidate Paula Dockery endorsed a trio of state's rights bills today.
The state senator from Lakeland issued a statement, declaring, I am proud to announce my support today for three legislative efforts that I have co-sponsored to fight the federal governments attempts to turn the 50 sovereign states into puppet states.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry cruised to victory this week in securing the Republican nomination for a third term. Garnering an outright majority -- 51 percent -- in a three-way race that featured popular U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Perry provided more fuel for the anti-Washington mood that prevails across the country.
Perry's success also stands in stark contrast to the diminishing fortunes of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.
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Florida Crystals executives, in Tallahassee Wednesday for Palm Beach County Days, said they have been seeking a settlement with the Department of Community Affairs to continue the company's Inland Logistics Center south of Lake Okeechobee.
