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Email insights: Dennis Ross schools us on history, freedom in Hungary and America

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U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross is reaching out to those of Hungarian descent, as well as students of European history, in a new email celebrating the 167th anniversary of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution and War for Independence. The family of the Senior Deputy Majority Whip is of Hungarian descent, and the email offers Ross’ support for Hungary and its citizens as they honor their freedom. It also provides an opportunity for a quick lesson in European history. The Kingdom of Hungary, originally part…

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Personnel note: Floridian Partners adds former Deputy Insurance Commissioner Richard Koon to Tallahassee team

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Richard (Rich) Koon is joining Floridian Partners – bringing his 28 years of regulatory experience to the firm. As the former deputy insurance commissioner for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, he had direct oversight of all regulated property and casualty insurance contracts and rates, as well as financial oversight of insurers. Koon led the property and casualty division through some of the most challenging insurance markets in Florida’s history, leading efforts to restore Florida’s once fragile residential property market…

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Jeb Bush navigates Iowa’s corn ma(i)ze

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Jeb Bush‘s presidential pre-campaign may hit a snag in the languid corn fields of Iowa owing to his past support of alternative biofuels, according to John Ward of Yahoo! News. While he bent some during a stump speech in Des Moines, he was somewhat less than all ears when it came to the issue of subsidizing corn for energy purposes. That may cede some valuable ground in the caucus state to challengers like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, writes Ward: One challenge in…

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Athletic trainers, dietitians and newborn screening mandate up in House

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The House Health Quality Subcommittee will take up three regulatory bills as well as a measure to require newborns to be screened for a genetic disorder called Adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, or Monday. HB 541 changes the state’s laws regulating athletic trainers to require them to work under the direction of a medical, osteopathic or chiropractic physician. Current law requires that the trainers practice within a written protocol established with a supervising physician. A strike-all amendment has been drafted to HB…

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Kathy Castor works with immigration attorneys on DACA & DAPA

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Last week 14 states filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Obama administration, which is trying to counter a Texas judge’s preliminary injunction blocking the executive order on immigration Obama issued in November. Florida and 25 other Republican-led states have sued the administration over the order. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen‘s ruling last month put on hold key parts of Obama’s executive order that would temporarily remove the threat of deportation for some immigrants and give them permission to apply for work…

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Lawmakers consider giving dentists up to $100K to work in underserved areas

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House and Senate panels will take up legislation on Monday that would create “Dental Care Access Accounts” and provide up to $100k over five years to attract dentists to work in areas that lack access to dental care. The bills — HB 657 and SB 606 — would allow dentists who work at public health programs or who are committed to opening a private practice capable of serving at least 1,200 patients to qualify for the accounts. Under the bills…

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Constitutional amendment on solar power close to Florida Supreme Court review

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It’s only the middle of March, but Floridians for Solar Choice, the political action committee pushing to get a solar-energy initiative on the ballot in 2015,  are on the verge of having enough valid petition signatures to get a review by the Florida Supreme Court. The group submitted 66,493 valid petition signatures on Friday, just shy of the 68,314 needed to trigger court review. If approved, the measure would open up the business of selling electricity from solar energy to the public…

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