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Government/Politics & Law
BALD Clout
While the region's 38 lawmakers comprise 25% of the state Legislature, they have rarely coordinated their various agendas, limiting the group's overall effectiveness.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Bringing Business
It's OK to use public funds to attract businesses or help existing businesses grow, according to a recent survey.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Mansion Steps
Gov. Jeb Bush and wife Columba have a last dance at the Governor's Mansion. Charlie Crist will step into the Governor's Mansion next year.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Tax Examiners
If only there were a magic elixir to create cheaper government and lower taxes at the same time that we have better roads and schools, economic development and uncluttered beaches, healthcare for everybody and a thriving natural environment.
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Published on 12/1/2006
One for the Record Books
$217-million verdict aside, most med-mal cases are unsuccessful, says one expert.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Wire Transfer Tapping
U.S. anti-money laundering laws are already so complex and so intense that the Florida International Bankers Association blames the laws for a severe contraction in the industry statewide.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Spending Snapshots
A look at the varying tax rates in several of Florida's cities and counties.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Fixes?
A look at some possible approaches to attaining an equitable property tax structure in Florida.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Making Tracks
Two pending deals between the state and CSX will reshape freight and commuter transportation in central Florida. Did everybody get a good deal?
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Published on 12/1/2006
Premium Solutions
On a plane trip some years ago, I sat next to an insurance company executive who gave me an interesting, if abbreviated, perspective on his business.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Costly Victory
Waging the most expensive and contentious re-election campaign in Florida this year, state Sen. Alex Villalobos, R-Miami, defeated school board member Frank Bolaños in a Republican primary.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Working on Commission
Steve Seibert's job is different from just about anybody else's in state government: As executive director of the Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida, the former secretary of the Florida Department of Community Affairs has to see that Florida 50
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Published on 11/1/2006
Fighting for Voters' Rights
National Bar Association President Linnes Finney plans to focus his attention on making sure elections are fair.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Campus News
Law school briefs: Applications down at UF; Three Florida law school among top 10 for Hispanics; FSU grads tops; St. Thomas improving.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Icon: Carrie Meek
I made very good grades, and I was an athlete -- mostly basketball and track and field. During those days, women's sports did not have the kind of atmosphere that it has now. It was pretty much frowned upon outside of African-American universities.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Recharging Florida Forever
Rising land prices and a flat budget have eroded the state's leading conservation program.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Gaetz Headed to Senate; Childers to Prison
Okaloosa County Schools Superintendent Don Gaetz takes a seat in the Florida Senate. Former state Sen. W.D. Childers goes to prison.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Early Moves
Former mayoral candidate Mike Weinstein is likely to challenge Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton in 2007.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Under Fire
After two black firefighters found hangmen's nooses on their gear in February, Mayor John Peyton requested an investigation.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Price of Growth
Facing growth that could double the county's population in the next 20 years, Putnam County and the school board are considering whether to enact impact fees for new developments.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Privacy Payday
A $50-million class-action settlement could be just the beginning of big payouts by companies that ran afoul of the federal Driver Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) by buying drivers' license records from the state of Florida.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Sore Point
Mike Eidson, a veteran south florida product-liability attorney, wishes that when Floridians thought about trial lawyers, they'd think about guys like his friend Gary Pajcic of Jacksonville.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Prophet Without Honor?
Leon County's test of its electronic voting machines angered the manufacturer and state officials - then California did a similar test.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Plastic - and Paper?
New electronic voting machines aren't perfect, and some people around Florida haven't given up on requiring a paper trail as part of the voting process.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Restructuring
The state's effort to help African-American entrepreneurs has suffered from paltry funding and a breakdown of accountability by the organizations set up to loan the money.
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Published on 10/1/2006
