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Updated: Florida House Speaker Sansom resigns college job
January 5, 2009
House Speaker Ray Sansom is resigning his $110,000-a-year job at Northwest Florida State College, he said to open the Legislature's special session this morning.
Crist proposes cutting $50M from Florida's universities
January 5, 2009
Gov. Charlie Crist didn't hack higher education as severely as some officials feared in his proposed budget. But many say cuts — no matter how deep — will be painful.
Florida's budget outcome is hazy
January 4, 2009
On the eve of an emergency session called to deal with Florida's $2.3 billion sea of red ink, an issue that has long divided the Legislature is boiling to the top.
Florida lawmakers ready to balance budget
January 4, 2009
Big Bend lawmakers come to the Capitol on Monday determined to take on more systemic changes to state spending ready to balance the budget.
Crist cuts spare social services
January 3, 2009
Budget proposals from Gov. Charlie Crist take aim mostly at administrative cuts and not services for social-service departments as the Legislature begins deliberations to close a $2.3 billion funding gap.
Special session swamps 'Gator Caucus' during BCS championship
January 3, 2009
The sacrifice of public service could be especially tough on at least 54 Florida lawmakers during this week's special budget-cutting session.
State workers' jobs safe for now, Crist says
January 1, 2009
When state government starts tightening its belt, government employees always get apprehensive about their jobs.
Florida Legislature officially sets special session to discuss $2.3 billion budget shortfall
December 30, 2008
It's official -- the Legislature will meet in special session starting Monday to true up the state's budget and the more than $2 billion shortfall.
Florida Supreme Court grants new trial in murder case
December 30, 2008
Willie Nowell, sentenced to death for the murder of Michelle Gill and her unborn child in a 2002 Palm Bay shooting, will get a new trial.
Florida Legislature will hold special session to talk budget in January
December 30, 2008
It's official.
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Ethics complaint filed against Sansom (12/30)
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Bill Cotterell: In tough budget times, expect no mercy for OPS
December 26, 2008
With the state budget in even greater trouble that usual, thousands of state government employees must have held down their holiday spending in anticipation of hard times.
Speaking truth to power isn't the best strategy
December 25, 2008
In the last hours of the last day of the last legislative session that Johnnie Byrd was speaker of the Florida House, some lobbyists ran out to a costume store and bought some sheep masks.
Bill Cotterell: Somebody needs to pull for state workers
December 12, 2008
If you mention "homer" to a sports writer, you'd better be talking about baseball, because the term can also refer to rooting for the home team, which good reporters pride themselves in avoiding.
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