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Senator announces details of voting rights hearing, invites Scott to testify
Gov. Rick Scott (center) with Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park (left) and Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island (Pic via flgov.com) Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has announced...
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Graham urges opposition to lawmaker’s reclaimed water bill
Former Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla. (Pic by Harrison Diamond, via Wikimedia Commons) During this morning’s inaugural meeting of the Everglades Legislative Caucus, former Sen. Bob Graham spoke out against a...
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New report documents the scourge of wage theft in Florida
Workers who were stiffed out of wages at a Broward County construction project last year (Pic by Marcos Restrepo) A study released Thursday shows that wage theft — employers stiffing workers out of...
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One Miramar address, dozens of companies, millions in campaign donations
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Orlando, Fla. (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) The story sounds familiar. One address. A handful of employees. Millions in campaign dollars. In suburban...
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Live-blogging the Senate’s field hearing on new voting restrictions (Update:...
We’re live-blogging this afternoon’s U.S. Senate field hearing on the new voting restrictions approved by state legislatures around the country — including Florida’s — last year. Send me an email with...
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Scott, GOP legislators, business organizations to promote charter schools at...
Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Business and political leaders will participate this Wednesday in the Florida Coalition of Public School Options’ second annual “School Choice Day” in Tallahassee,...
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Reclaimed water bill passes state Senate
State Rep. Dana Young, R-Tampa (Pic by Meredith Geddings, via myfloridahouse.gov) A once-controversial bill that would ban all five state water management districts from forcing cities and utilities to...
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Florida restaurants ordered to pay wages owed to almost 150 workers
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis (Pic via dol.gov) Two Florida restaurant companies will have to pay back wages to almost 150 workers, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced Monday....
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Tampa rape crisis center issues open invitation to Gov. Scott
Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) In response to Gov. Rick Scott’s line item veto stripping funding for 30 rape crisis centers around the state, a Tampa Bay center issued an open invitation to Scott...
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TV stations around the state highlight loss of funding for local rape crisis...
Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) This week, in one of my last stories here at The Florida Independent, I wrote about Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to veto $1.5 million from the state’s $70 billion...
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