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Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook)

Buchanan introduces bill ‘to crack down’ on pill mills

By | 03.04.11 | 5:59 pm

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, today announced a piece of legislation “to crack down” on Florida’s pill mills. If enacted, the law will “double the penalties and triple the fines for drug violators” and use assets seized to fund prescription drug databases in states like Florida. According to a press release, it will also “reclassify one of the most abused and deadly narcotics to make it more difficult to obtain.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi (Pic via Facebook)

Bondi slams Feinberg over oil spill claims promises not kept

By | 02.18.11 | 9:33 am

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said this morning that oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg has failed to keep his promises of increasing transparency, paying claims promptly and sending more staff to the Gulf Coast to handle claims.

Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg (Pic via Wikipedia)

Justice Department to Feinberg: Pay oil spill claims faster, and reconsider who’s eligible

By | 02.07.11 | 8:15 am

In a letter to oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg, the U.S. Department of Justice called on the Gulf Coast Claims Facility to release more cash to oil spill victims.

President Barack Obama in Jacksonville (Pic via Wikimedia Commons)

Florida judge rules federal health care reform unconstitutional

By | 01.31.11 | 3:02 pm

A Florida judge has ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, a victory for the 26 states that joined in a suit challenging the law in federal court.

Former Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson at his 2003 inauguration (Pic via Facebook)

Former Ag. Commissioner Bronson: EPA water standards a ‘bureaucratic nightmare’

By | 01.13.11 | 1:23 pm

Former Commissioner of Agriculture Charles Bronson labeled new EPA rules that limit the amount of waste allowed to be dumped in Florida’s waterways a “bureaucratic nightmare” during a conference held at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting.

The future of Florida, Inc.: Gov. Rick Scott’s policy agenda

By | 01.04.11 | 9:37 am

On the day Rick Scott became Florida’s chief executive, the Independent’s Travis Pillow laid out what to expect from the Sunshine State’s new governor.

A chart showing the high number of Florida officials convicted between 1998 and 2007 (Pic via Statewide Grand Jury on Public Corruption)

Grand jury recommends Florida public corruption crackdown measures

By | 12.30.10 | 8:46 am

The Statewide Grand Jury on Public Corruption released its first report (.pdf) late Wednesday, urging lawmakers preparing for the upcoming legislative session to consider a number of measures that could curtail corruption deemed “pervasive at all levels of government” and hold accountable those public officials who “flagrantly abuse their positions,” yet escape reprimand.

State Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island (Pic via senatormike.com)

McCollum, Bondi, Haridopolos chime in on Va. health care ruling ahead of Thursday hearing

By | 12.14.10 | 11:49 am

Three high-profile Republican supporters of a lawsuit in Florida challenging the legality of the new federal health care law issued statements following a Virginia judge’s ruling yesterday that determined the individual mandate requiring citizens to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional.

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum (Pic by Cooper Levey-Baker)

New York Times: Va. decision on health care reform could marginalize Fla. lawsuit

By | 12.13.10 | 12:54 pm

A Virginia judge today ruled that the federal health care reform’s mandate that Americans acquire health insurance is unconstitutional, conflicting with rulings in two other lawsuits challenging the law, according to The New York Times. The decision could also affect the anti-reform lawsuit filed by Attorney General Bill McCollum in a Pensacola court, a case that is scheduled to continue with oral arguments this Thursday.

State Rep. William Snyder, R-Stuart (Pic by Maredith Geddings)

State Rep. Snyder on his Arizona-style immigration bill: ‘It’s a work in progress’

By | 12.10.10 | 2:26 pm

In 2011, the Republican-controlled Florida legislature will discuss a measure announced in August by state Rep. William Snyder, R-Stuart, that mimics Arizona’s S.B. 1070 immigration enforcement law. In a new interview, though, Snyder indicates that the law could change significantly between now and when it’s voted on.

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