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The Florida Nurses Political Action Committee, the political action committee of the Florida Nurses Association, announced its endorsement of Mike Weinstein for Senate District 4. “FNPAC, the political action committee of the Florida Nursing Association, has voted to endorse Mike Weinstein for the Florida Senate, District 4. The Florida Nurses Association is the largest statewide organization of Registered Nurses and the only umbrella organization that has among our members Registered Nurses at all stages and levels of their professional career,”…

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Erin Isaac, one-time communications director in Charlie Crist’s gubernatorial administration, has left another high-profile campaign position, this time parting ways with Linda McMahon’s US Senate campaign in Connecticut. While the campaign confirmed Isaac’s departure, it did not say why it has lost a member of its public affairs team so close to the Aug. 14 primary. Isaac’s departure does follow an increasing number of press accounts that McMahon’s campaign was “off script.” Previous to working on McMahon’s campaign, Isaac was involved in…

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Doctors in Florida dispense medications to workers-compensation patients at one of the highest rates in the country, according to a study released by a Massachusetts-based group. The study, by the Workers Compensation Research Institute, found that 62 percent of drug payments in Florida were for physician-dispensed medications, second-highest in the country behind Illinois. Also, it found that 45 percent of the drugs in the Florida workers-compensation system were dispensed by physicians, the second-highest rate behind California. The report looked at…

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With President Obama cutting short a visit to Florida at the end of this week because of the theater shooting in Colorado, and the nation pausing to mourn and contemplate yet another random massacre of innocent people, politics, at least in its basest form, was expected to go dark for a few days. But it likely will be back next week, with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney replacing Obama as the presidential candidate of the week in Florida. Romney heads…

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A morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. ***Campaign Contribution reports are in!  Go to www.purplepagesonline.com today for your free trial subscription and get access to Florida’s one-stop portal for consultants, lobbyists and political junkies to learn about each and every candidate running for the Florida Legislature.*** LATEST POLL: OBAMA LEADS ROMNEY IN FLORIDA; MACK LEADS NELSON A new Survey USA poll in Florida finds President Obama leading Mitt Romney by five points in the important battleground state, 48% to 43%. However, in the U.S. Senate…

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Speaker Designate Will Weatherford is hosting a fundraising reception today in Talllahassee to raise ‘hard -dollars’ for 20 incumbent members of the Florida House, including Reps. Janet Adkins, Michael Bileca, Jason Brodeur, Doug Broxson, Matt Caldwell, Marti Coley, Richard Corcoran, Chris Dorworth,  Clay Ford, Erik Fresen, Eddy Gonzalez, Ed Hooper, Peter Nehr, Jeanette Nuñez, Jose Oliva, Kathleen Passidomo, Doc Renuart, John Tobia, Carlos Trujillo and John Wood. The event begins at noon in the Plantation Room of The Governors Club.

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