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Candidate calls for full disclosure
February 8, 2010
A Republican candidate for governor challenged both major contenders for her party's chairmanship to disclose all of the Florida GOP's finances, including credit-card bills of party officers.
 

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Offshore drilling opponents to join hands in protest Saturday 
February 8, 2010
Black-clad opponents of offshore oil drilling hope to mount the biggest protest in Florida history by joining hands along the coastline Saturday.

Dockery calls for Republican Party of Florida 'to come clean' on expenditures  
February 8, 2010
Declaring that "it's time to come clean," state Sen. Paula Dockery today called on candidates for her party's chairmanship to endorse full disclosure of the Florida Republican Party's troubled finances.

Court recommends formal reprimand for Dempsey's campaign errors 
February 5, 2010
Leon County Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey was called on the carpet by the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday for improperly using the word "re-elect" in a YouTube campaign posting and padding her legal resume.

Unemployment-tax hikes may be delayed 
February 4, 2010
The race is on to head off massive unemployment-tax hikes that threaten most Florida businesses at the end of April.

Rubio wins Big Bend GOP straw poll 
February 4, 2010
Former House Speaker Marco Rubio scored an easy victory over Gov. Charlie Crist in a straw ballot of Big Bend Republicans on Wednesday.

Florida Supreme Court orders reprimand of Judge Dempsey over campaign misconduct 
February 4, 2010
Leon County Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey was called on the carpet by the Florida Supreme Court today for improperly using the word "re-elect" in a 2008 campaign Internet posting and padding her legal resume.

Rubio claims edge over Crist with Capital City Republican Club 
February 3, 2010
Republican Marco Rubio scored another straw-ballot victory today at a luncheon of the politically savvy Capital City Republican Club.

Do-over on class size proposed 
February 3, 2010
TALLAHASSEE — Florida voters would get a chance to "right size the class size" next November, under a constitutional amendment endorsed Tuesday by two legislative leaders and a wide array of education administrators, teachers and parents.

Legislation seeks to head off major unemployment-tax hikes  
February 3, 2010
The race is on to head off massive unemployment-tax hikes that threaten most Florida businesses at the end of April.

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Bill Cotterell: A full-time Legislature? 
February 7, 2010
State Sen. Mike Bennett and state Rep. Dwayne Taylor have introduced a bill requiring the state's expert policy analysts to do a study of having a full-time Legislature.

Bill Cotterell: Expect anything in Florida politics 
February 3, 2010
The rumors, informed (or not) speculation, blue-sky imaginings and carefully hedged predictions have begun, regarding Gov. Charlie Crist's political future.

Bill Cotterell: FDLE shows the way to savings 
February 1, 2010
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement recently gave a Senate committee a list of cost-cutting ideas that, if adopted throughout Florida government, would radically change state employment.


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