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Florida

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  • Jay Brady
  • March 4, 2011
Business Bills To Watch

Among the hundreds of bills, here are five that can improve Florida's business climate and one that can add a burden to companies' hiring.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • February 25, 2011
New Economy Budget

Legislators take a stab at Gov. Rick Scott's two-year 'jobs budget' that cuts spending, begins the end of the corporate income tax, and sends $2 billion back to taxpayers to spur growth.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • February 25, 2011
Track-shun

An effort by legislators to bypass Gov. Scott's rejection of high-speed rail seems to be unraveling as financially challenged local governments try to take it on.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • February 18, 2011
Pension Bomb

Government employee pension plans are a time bomb for cities and counties on the Gulf Coast. The recession has lit the fuse.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • February 18, 2011
Government Digest: Feb. 18

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • February 11, 2011
Sticker Shock

Employers are still struggling with the last big increase in unemployment compensation taxes. Now, legislators try to figure out how to soften an even bigger blow that could threaten economic recovery.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • February 11, 2011
Government Digest: Feb. 11

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • February 4, 2011
Insurance Resurrection

Last year's property insurance reform bill gets new life with a more conservative Legislature and pro-business governor.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • February 4, 2011
Government Digest: Feb. 4 - Feb. 10

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • January 28, 2011
Line in the Sand

Illegal immigration continues to be a drain on local governments. Florida and many other states are pushing reforms in the absence of an adequate federal response.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • January 28, 2011
Government Digest: Jan. 28 - Feb. 3

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Jay Brady
  • January 21, 2011
Retool Time

Economic development and regulatory reform transition teams offer Gov. Rick Scott dramatic ideas to shift Florida into a new economy.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • January 21, 2011
Government Digest: Jan. 21 - Jan. 27

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • January 14, 2011
New Faces to the Right

When the election music stopped, there were 26 new and not-so-new politicians in state and county seats. Six marched to the right side of the aisle. None went left.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • January 14, 2011
The classic backfire

Democrats pushed hard for amendments to make political districts small and compact, thinking they were losing because of gerrymandering. It could blow up on them.

  • Florida
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