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Preemption of Paid Leave Clears First Committee

MANDATORY PAID LEAVE CLEARS FIRST COMMITTEE The Florida House’s Local and Federal Affairs Committee met this evening to debate State Representative Steven Precourt’s (R-Orlando) paid leave preemptive measure, House Bill Read More

Rep. Darryl Rouson to be next House Democratic leader

February 20, 2013, Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau – TALLAHASSEE — In dramatic fashion, Rep. Darryl Rouson of St. Petersburg narrowly won a caucus vote Wednesday night to be leader of Read More

Legislature invites firms to conduct gambling study

February 20, 2013, Gray Rohrer, The Florida Current – The Florida Legislature released the parameters for the study of the state’s gambling economy and laws Wednesday and invited firms to Read More

FHP not enforcing law that could hurt tourism industry

February 22, 2013, By Margaret Kavanagh, FLORIDA — A new law that went into effect January 1 could hurt tourism in our state, an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of Read More

Beach smoking ban bill clears first test

February 21, 2012, written by John Kennedy, Post On Politics – An effort to give cities and counties authority to limit smoking at beaches and parks cleared its first legislative Read More

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