March 28, 2024

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| 1/5/2016

All bets off on passage of gambling deal?

It's a sure bet lawmakers won't sign off on a $3 billion agreement with the Seminole Tribe that Gov. Rick Scott handed over last month. Whether the Legislature will pass any gambling deal --- in what is certain to be one of the most heavily lobbied issues of the session that begins Jan. 12 --- remains a huge question. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]

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Brian Ballard

Brian Ballard's firm represented Walmart in its bid to sell liquor in its stores, which sabatoged efforts by another client last year. [Photo: Colin Hackley]

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Big lobbying firms in Florida wear multiple hats

Lobbying firms with many clients can sometimes find themselves on both sides of an issue. Brian Ballard of Ballard Partners, a Tallahassee-based lobbying firm, says he and his partners take any potential conflicts of interest very seriously. Access full story.

Lottery has kicked in $29 billion to state's education funding pot

The Florida Lottery announced on Monday that it has now contributed a total of $29 billion to the state’s education trust fund since selling its first ticket in 1988. The good news follows a troubled year for the agency, which runs the second largest-selling lottery in the country, behind New York, in terms of sales and net revenue. [Source: Florida Politics]

What's new at Florida's cruise ports in 2016?

Out with the old and in with the new. That's the theme for the Florida cruise port shuffle in 2016 as new builds make their way to the Sunshine State. PortMiami, Port Everglades and Port Canaveral will all benefit as newer and larger ships arrive this year. [Source: Miami Herald]

FIU supports growing community of military veterans, minorities interested in farming business

Florida has large numbers of minority and new farmers. The most recent USDA Agricultural Census identified more than 10,000 operators as having farmed for less than 10 years, of which more than 4,000 are Hispanic and roughly 750 are women. [Source: FIU News]

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Jacksonville Naval Air Station halfway through overhaul
Florida's oldest naval air base is marking the halfway point of a $52 million overhaul. A reopening with new runways is scheduled June 26 at Jacksonville Naval Air Station.

› Telecom headquarters could bring 375 jobs to Fort Lauderdale
A telecommunications corporate headquarters that could bring 375 jobs to Fort Lauderdale will be considered for a state and local incentives package of $1.9 million.

› U.S. natural gas market kills Port Manatee pipeline project
A liquid natural gas pipeline project that could have brought more than $30 million in cash and assets to Port Manatee has burned out in a market awash with homegrown natural gas.

› Human simulation at a budget price
What makes the newly developed IVIR mannequin different from the thousands of human patient simulators that have gone before it is that it provides realism at a more affordable price.

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