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Michael Moline is a former assistant managing editor of The National Law Journal and managing editor of the San Francisco Daily Journal. Previously, he reported on politics and the courts in Tallahassee for United Press International. He is a graduate of Florida State University, where he served as editor of the Florida Flambeau. His familyā€™s roots in Jackson County date back many generations.

Former lawmakers Reggie Fullwood, Dwight Bullard fined for campaign violations

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The Florida Elections Commission found Tuesday that former state Rep.Ā Reggie FullwoodĀ had committed 17 violations of Floridaā€™s campaign financial disclosure rules and fined him $1,000 on each count ā€” a total of $17,000. The caseĀ involved failure to disclose more than $17,000 in contributions to Fullwoodā€™s 2014 campaign, and to disclose contributions worth more than $13,000. Additionally, his bank records showed $2,600 in expenditures not reflected in his campaign documents, according to the commissionā€™s legal staff. The commission voted unanimously on its…

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Safety net hospital executives travel to Washington in search of money

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Representatives of hospitals that provide a lot of charity care in Florida were headed to Washington Monday to urge federal health care officials and members of Congress to give them more money and freedom to spend it. Tony Carvalho, president of theĀ Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, said members hope theĀ TrumpĀ administration will prove friendlier than former PresidentĀ Obama, who trimmed Washingtonā€™sĀ Low Income PoolĀ financing for charity care from $2.2 billion to $608 million during the past three years. That harmed ā€œhospitalsā€™ ability…

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Senator seeks probe into whether lobbyist Lisa Miller posed as ‘concerned citizen’ during call

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Sen. Kevin RaderĀ is askingĀ Gov. Rick Scott to investigate whether Tallahassee lobbyist Lisa Miller posed as a “concerned citizen” to mislead participants in a conference call with a company that rates Florida insurers. “I know you understand that matters such as these must be completely in the sunshine and all principals must play by the rules. This is crucial to the integrity and transparency of the insurance market,” Rader wrote in a letter to Scott dated Thursday. “The citizens of our…

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House panel would allow interest payments on noneconomic verdicts

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Insurance interests are up in arms about a House committeeā€™s approval of a bill that would allow plaintiffs to recover prejudgment interest on noneconomic claims, including pain and suffering. HB 469 says that plaintiffs who prevail in lawsuits could collect interest ā€” at a rate now set a 4.9 percent, but varying with inflation ā€” from the date of a loss. They could collect against attorney fees and costs, too. Exiting law provides for prejudgment interest on economic claims only,…

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House panel votes to raise the bar for proposed constitutional amendments

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A lively debate on governing principles broke out Thursday as a House committee voted unanimously to ask the voters to raise the threshold for amending the Florida Constitution. HJR 321Ā would require approval by 66 2/3 percent of the voters to change the stateā€™s foundational document. At present, that requires 60 percent approval. SponsorĀ Rick Roth, a freshman Republican from Loxahatchee, acknowledge his proposal would make it harder to change Floridaā€™s basic law. ā€œI watch politics very closely, and have for 30…

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Higher education budget chair favors vocational training as voting begins

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The House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee OKā€™d eight member requests for state funds Wednesday, including programs boosting technical training for people not headed to college and a veterinary lab at the University of Florida. As did chairmen of other budget panels reviewing member projects (seeĀ hereĀ andĀ here),Ā Larry AhernĀ of the higher ed panel warned members that their votes merely rendered the projects eligible for inclusion in the House version of the appropriations act. It did not guarantee them a place in that bill.…

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House won’t change nursing home reimbursement formula this year

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The House won’t pursue a proposal to change the way the state reimburses nursing homes caring for Medicaid patients ā€” at least, not this year. They think the program is not quite cooked yet. “Although we like the idea of a prospective payment system … perhaps the calculations that were done in that study don’t meet all the needs,”Ā Jason Brodeur, chairman of the Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, told members Wednesday. He referred to aĀ planĀ by Navigant Consulting Inc., under which the…

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