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Crist Signs Guns-At-Work Bill Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
TALLAHASSEE During hunting season in Oklahoma, workers at a rural paper mill often stashed guns in the backs of their pickups.

Governor Rejects Increase Of Cigarette Tax Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
A plan to increase Florida's cigarette tax by $1 a pack and use the $1.1 billion in proceeds to fund state health care programs won approval from a Senate committee on Tuesday.

Rouson Wins District 55 Seat Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
Voters elected Democrat Darryl Rouson to serve state House District 55 in an election Tuesday that drew 3.4 percent of registered voters.

Polls Open For District 55 Seat Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:29:00 EDT
ST. PETERSBURG - Voters in state House District 55 are going to the polls today in a special general election between March's Democratic primary winner, Darryl Rouson, and a write-in candidate.

McCain Proposes Gasoline, College Tuition Tax Breaks Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:43:00 EDT
PITTSBURGH - John McCain wants the federal government to free people from paying gasoline taxes this summer and ensure that college students can secure loans this fall, a pair of proposals aimed at stemming pain from the country's troubled economy.

Budget Commission Rejects Government Spending Caps Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
A state commission decided on Monday against asking voters to cap government spending.

Murtha says McCain too old to be president
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday that Republican Sen. John McCain is too old to be president. Murtha is 75, four years older than McCain. He says they are nearly the same age, and the rigors and stress of running the country is too much for guys their age....

Obama reassures Jewish leaders on Hamas, Wright
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday criticized former President Carter for meeting with leaders of the Islamic terrorist group Hamas as he tried to reassure Jewish voters that his candidacy isn't a threat to them or U.S. support for Israel....

British prime minister to meet with presidential candidates
WASHINGTON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday it's feasible to reduce the number of allied troops in Iraq, a view he's expected to share when he sees the three presidential candidates, at least two of whom are inclined to agree....

Clinton picks up union endorsement
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won the endorsement of a union representing plasterers and cement masons in the construction industry....

McCain's economic plan samples from Dems and GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For a candidate who initially said economics wasn't his best subject, Republican John McCain has been busy playing catch-up. He's borrowed from the triangulation play book of the Clinton presidency by splitting differences and incorporating opposing views into his program....

Nutz to You Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:33:24 -0400
Sen. Carey Baker's bid to ban what he termed "obscene" attachments from vehicles took a detour Wednesday amid opposition from Volusia County senators. Baker was looking to allow law enforcement to impose $60 fines for displaying anatomically correct decorations off...

Florida House votes to break up the salvia divinorum party Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:31:08 -0400
By Josh Hafenbrack, Tallahassee Bureau Users of the drug salvia divinorum beware: it could be outlawed soon in Florida. The Florida House voted today to ban the drug, a plant native to Mexico that has become a trendy hallucinogen. The...

Christian Coalition kicks off anti-gay marriage campaign Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:10:17 -0400
The Florida Christian Coalition will use the bucolic background of The Villages Thursday to christen its campaign to pass Amendment 2, the constitutional question on the November ballot that would ban same-sex marriage. Former legislator and current Coalition President Dennis...

Vero Beach woman gets claims bill passed -- quickly Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:03:20 -0400
A Vero Beach woman severely injured when a state worker crashed into her in 1999 won a settlement of $4 million from the Florida Legislature Wednesday. Laura Laporte was awarded $5.5 million by a jury for the injuries after a...

Webster Abortion Bill Facing Tight Senate Vote Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:49:35 -0400
Elected to the Legislature 28 years ago and in his last regular session, Winter Garden Sen. Daniel Webster may be facing one of his tightest votes soon over his bid to require women seeking an abortion to first undergo an...

Business Groups Take Another Shot at Guns-At-Work Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:43:45 -0400
As promised, Florida business groups aren't waiting long to challenge the guns-at-work legislation just signed into law by Gov. Charlie Crist. The Florida Chamber of Commerce and the state's Retail Federation said Wednesday they are seeking an injunction in U.S....

Senate passes sweeping insurance reform bill Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:39:53 -0400
Julie Patel of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel just filed this report: The Florida Senate passed a sweeping property insurance bill today that supporters call a "homeowners' bill of rights." The bill, approved by a 32 to 7 margin, would change...

Crist: Lethal Injections To Renew Soon Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:24:51 -0400
With the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of lethal injection Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Crist said the state will soon renew executions. "The moratorium is off as it relates to the death penalty," Crist said, although he conceded that the...

Rouson, the dual TBRC member and legislator, takes office Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:17:52 -0400
Darryl Rouson, a Democrat from St. Petersburg and member of the state's taxation panel, was just sworn in as a member of the Florida House of Representatives. He stood at the well of the House chamber with his family and...

Crist Gets Insurance Boost From Senate Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:54:04 -0400
The Florida Senate unanimously approved Gov. Charlie Crist's health insurance proposal Wednesday, but the measure continues to be a hard sell in the state House. With no debate, the Senate gave Crist a boost by advancing the measure on a...

House Passes Health Insurance Bill Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:15:00 EDT
TALLAHASSEE - The House early Saturday passed a massive plan to make bare-bones health insurance available that wouldn't cover all illnesses, but also wouldn't cost as much.

Partisan Fight Keeps Fla. Lawmakers Up All Night Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:20:00 EDT
TALLAHASSEE - Lawmaking ground to a near standstill in the Florida Legislature on Friday - and into early Saturday - after angry Democrats and Republicans began one-upping each other in a contest of wills that resulted in bills being read into the night.

State To Ease Class-Size Measure Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
On Friday, the House and the Senate voted unanimously to give school districts facing deep budget cuts a temporary reprieve from strict class-size standards that are set to take effect next school year.

Lawmakers Stuck In House As Bills Read Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
Partisan rancor boiled over in the state House on Friday, creating a siegelike atmosphere with lawmakers locked in the chamber and forced to listen to word-by-word readings of bills that dragged into the early morning.

I-75 Earmark Prompts Senate To Order Investigation Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:40:00 EDT
WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Thursday to direct the Justice Department to probe how a Florida road project made its way into a 2005 highway spending bill after the House and Senate voted on what lawmakers thought was the final version of the bill.

Storms Grilled On Evolution Bill Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
She was asked again and again, but some state senators weren't satisfied with the answer from Sen. Ronda Storms, the author of a bill some say would allow public school teachers to include creationism or intelligent design in their lesson plan.

Rough Road Ahead For Gas Tax Holiday Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
Small business owner Philip Maurici's gas costs have soared by more than 60 percent since 2003.

Anti-Gay Marriage Drive Starts Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
Backers of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage formally launched their campaign with a statewide series of news conferences Thursday announcing a new name and local campaign leaders.

Insurers Want Fewer Rules To Lower Costs Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
Lawmakers and Gov. Charlie Crist are trying to find a way to get coverage for more of the nearly 4 million Floridians without health insurance, but how successful they are may depend on how much leeway they're willing to give insurance companies to craft low-cost plans.

State Health Care To Take Bigger Hit Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
After proposing about $1.1 billion in cuts to Medicaid and other health care programs, House members were stunned to learn Thursday that they are going to have to slash another $83 million.

Potential Gas Savings Breakdown Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
$3.38Average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded. $3.23Cost of a gallon if state taxes subtracted.

Senate Bill Reins In Property Insurers Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
The Florida Senate approved a bill Wednesday that imposes a host of new mandates on Florida's property insurers, including new standards for setting rates and paying claims.

There's Bipartisan Opposition To Abortion Ultrasound Bill Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
A group of Republican senators who helped kill legislation in 2005 to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case may stand with Democrats again this year to oppose a controversial abortion bill.

McCain Plans Tampa Campaign Fundraiser With Gov. Crist Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT
John McCain will visit Tampa at the end of this month, his first since Florida's Jan. 29 primary, to hold two fundraisers and a public campaign event concerning health care.

Obama, Clinton strike homestretch in bid for nomination
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Finally for the Democrats, the homestretch....

Mich. Democrats fill 1st round of national convention spots
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan Democrats met Saturday to choose their first round of national convention delegates, even though the state has been stripped of its delegates by the Democratic National Committee....

Obama, Clinton woo coal vote in upcoming primaries
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are walking a delicate line as they promise to aggressively tackle global warming while trying to assure voters that they continue to believe in the future of coal....

Young voters shun third-party candidates
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Third-party candidates may find themselves out in the cold as they try to court young voters this year....

Clinton, Obama complain about complaining
RADNOR, Pa. (AP) -- Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are complaining about which candidate is the biggest complainer....

Clinton says '08 campaign has broken barriers
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton put aside her differences with her Democratic presidential rival Friday night, saying both she and Barack Obama have been inspirations for every American child to believe he or she can be president....

Analysis: Time, delegate math working against Clinton
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Time is running out on Hillary Rodham Clinton, the long-ago front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination who now trails Barack Obama in delegates, states won and popular votes....

McCain reports $405,409 in earnings for 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain has a Senate salary, a Navy pension, monthly Social Security income, book royalties, and a wealthy wife....

House: If It's All Night, Maybe It's Not All Right Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:15:09 -0400
After a marathon, 16-hour floor session, bleary-eyed lawmakers slumped off the House floor early Saturday morning amid bitter words from Democratic and Republican leaders. Democrats touched off the hostilities more than half-a-day earlier when they put the House into a...

An Obit on the House's long day Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:43:24 -0400
They sat mostly silent, eyes forward, mouths shut. It wasn't a sulking kindergarten class, but the Florida House of Representatives. On Friday, Republicans and Democrats -- normally collegial, if occasionally testy -- engaged in a daylong version of a schoolyard...

Health Insurance Bill Okayed: House Rests Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:37:44 -0400
The House ended a 16-hour floor session early Saturday morning with a 70-39 vote approving a measure extending health insurance to Florida's 3.8 million uninsured -- but it combines both a proposal advanced by Gov. Charlie Crist and a dueling...

Just Read Florida: House Bill Reading Spans 398 pages; 12 Hours, 18 minutes Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:04:24 -0400
For the record: According to the House Clerk's Office, it took 12 hours and 18 minutes to read Friday's lineup of bills, spanning 398 pages. The full reading began at 11:28 a.m. Friday and the reading of the last bill...

Last Scheduled Bill Read Chipmunk Style Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:38:49 -0400
At 1:05 a.m. Saturday, the House began reading in full the last scheduled bill of the night. But this reading came with a twist. Roughly 13 1/2 hours into reading the full text of bills in a marathon stall tactic...

Gelber Gives Peace a Chance Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:20:53 -0400
House Minority Leader Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, tendered a peace offering to House Speaker Marco Rubio, R-West Miami. So far, it hasn't worked. Gelber's letter: Speaker Rubio, As session continues this evening, I wanted to share with you where we...

Not Col. Mustard; It was Gibson With the Blackberry Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:58:52 -0400
The Blackberry caper was cracked late Friday night at the Capitol. No, don't blame Col. Mustard in the Library. It was Rep. Hugh Gibson, R-The Villages, who was caught red-handed with House Majority Leader Adam Hasner's Blackberry tucked not-so-discretely under...

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