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FDLE Investigation Into Justices Over, Fight Not

Posted: 11:04 AM An investigation into the filing of qualifying papers for three Supreme Court justices has been closed, but the controversy about the trio's place on this fall's ballot is likely to continue.

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Judge Upholds Political Committee Rules

Updated: 6:46 PM A libertarian legal group said that it would appeal a ruling that let stand many of the state's regulations on groups of individuals who campaign for or against ballot initiatives.

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Supreme Court Strikes Public Adjuster Provision

Posted: 10:26 AM A provision in a 2008 law restricting the ability of public insurance adjusters to contact homeowners immediately after a storm was struck down Thursday by a unanimous Florida Supreme Court.

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Call For Federal Voter Registration Act

Posted: 2:26 PM Hundreds of thousands of Florida ex-felons who have completed their sentences still can't vote, a prohibition that is hindering their re-entry into society, a group of voting rights advocates said as they urged Congress to step in.

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Fundraising Organizations Offer Few Clues on Leadership Race

Posted: 1:54 PM With little more than a month to go before Senate primaries in a handful of key districts across the state, the fundraising organizations tied to different sides of a Republican leadership battle are offering a few scant hints about which side might be able to count on which lawmakers for support.

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Gov. Scott Defends Obamacare Statements on Radio Shows

Updated: 10:09 AM Continuing a national media blitz against last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, Gov. Rick Scott fielded some penetrating questions from radio hosts about statements he's made since the high court ruled.

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Gov. Scott's Decision on 'Obamacare' Draws Critics

Posted: 10:44 AM With Gov. Rick Scott vowing that Florida won't expand its health care system for the poor because it will hurt the state's effort to create jobs, his opponents and other advocates charged that the opposite might be true.

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Judge Bars Enforcement of 'Docs vs. Glocks' Law

Posted: 10:09 AM Saying it was based on anecdotal information and unfounded conjecture, a federal judge has barred enforcement of a 2011 state law that restricted doctors from asking patients about guns in their houses.

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Administrative Challenge to Voting Rules Filed

Posted: 9:51 AM Sen. Arthenia Joyner and a pair of voting-rights organizations have filed an administrative challenge to the state's decision to push ahead with a new elections law in 62 of Florida's 67 counties.

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Election 2012: Senate District 39 Has Familiar Faces

Posted: 9:22 AM The battle in a traditional minority access state Senate district pits a family heir apparent against former colleagues including a prominent white candidate from the Florida Keys who is hoping a split vote will work in his favor.

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Scott: Florida Will Opt Out of Parts of Health Care Law

Posted: 9:17 AM Florida will opt out of spending about $2 billion more to expand Medicaid, and won't build insurance exchanges, another optional part of the federal health care law, Gov. Rick Scott's office said.

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Business Groups on Supreme Court Vote: It Ain't Over

Posted: 11:39 AM Business groups and health care providers were quick to express concern and outright disappointment Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court upheld major portions of the federal health care package, known by opponents as Obamacare.

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Innocence Commission: System Underfunded

Posted: 11:24 AM While calling for more training, some rules changes involving trial procedure and recording of certain statements, the majority of recommendations from a court panel studying wrongful convictions boil down to one thing: more money.

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Florida Looks to Medicaid Expansion Part of Obamacare Ruling

Updated: 8:21 PM While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Congress was within its taxing power when it required Americans to buy health insurance, the sharply divided court also said that if Florida and other states don't want to dramatically expand Medicaid, there's not much Washington can do about it.

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State Working to Settle Voter Registration Suit

Posted: 9:25 AM The state and the opponents of a suspended voter registration law are moving toward a settlement in a lawsuit over the new rules, both sides said Thursday, even as a group of voters is trying to brush aside the state's legal strategy and pursue an appeal.

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VIDEO: Florida AG Pam Bondi Reacts to Obamacare Ruling

Updated: 2:34 PM Florida was the instigator of the lawsuit upheld at the U-S Supreme Court on the Affordable Healthcare Act this morning. Minutes after the court's decision was released, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said she was shocked by the ruling.

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Scott: Health Care Law Has to be Ended Somehow

Posted: 8:34 AM Gov. Rick Scott said that if the Supreme Court doesn't throw out the federal health care law this week then the effort to repeal needs to start again, for economic reasons.

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Tallahassee City Manager Releases Proposed FY2013 Budget

Posted: 11:04 AM City Manager Anita Favors Thompson releases her recommended $686 million fiscal year 2013 operating budget for review by the Tallahassee City Commission. The proposed budget represents a $24.7 million decrease from the current year budget, due primarily to a decrease in fuel expenses for City utilities

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