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Rick Scott offers some health-care advice to Barack Obama in POLITICO op-ed

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for POLITICO advising President Barack Obama that he should remodel the health exchange and allow low-income people to establish individual savings accounts if the Supreme Court of the United States rules in King v. Burwell that tax subsidies on the federal exchange are illegal. Florida did not establish its own health exchange and there are 1.6 million Floridians using the health exchange to purchase Obamacare plans, according to federal data. That data also indicates that…

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#13 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Kevin Beckner

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The Hillsborough County commissioner is halfway through his second and final term on the BOCC, and some political analysts are already pondering where he’ll attempt to land next in his political future. There were rumors a few years ago that he would run for chief financial officer in 2014, but his decision not to go for it was probably a wise one during that decisively Republican midterm cycle. 2014 was also a banner year for Hillsborough County when it came to joining…

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High court takes up major fight over health law subsidies

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The Supreme Court convened Wednesday to hear arguments in a major test of President Barack Obama‘s health overhaul that threatens insurance coverage for millions of people. The justices will try to determine whether the law makes people in all 50 states eligible for federal tax subsidies to cut the cost of insurance premiums. Or does it limit tax credits only to people who live in states that created their own health insurance marketplaces? A ruling that limits where subsidies are…

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Tampa public works employee caught making dozens of unauthorized trips in city truck on city time

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Via Adam Walser of WFTS-TV: He was fired after the City of Tampa caught him visiting restaurants, stores and even more in his city truck on city time. But now a Tampa Public Works employee is speaking out, saying he was not the only city worker wasting taxpayers’ money. “I was never told I couldn’t get the truck and ride around,” Mark Williams said. Williams was fired by Tampa Public Works last week. For nearly 15 years, he set up…

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Equality Florida asks for support killing an anti-trans bathroom bill

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The group Equality Florida is asking supporters to email their state representatives urging them to vote no on an anti-transgender bill making its way through committees on this first full day of session. The single-sex public facilities bill would require individuals to use only restrooms for the sex in which they were assigned at birth. The bill includes public restrooms, even those in private businesses. Business owners opposing the law would not be able to make exceptions and breaking it…

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Tug of war: Obama, Congress at odds over who’s in control

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Since Republicans took control of Congress two months ago, an elaborate tug of war has broken out between GOP lawmakers and President Barack Obama over who calls the shots on major issues for the next two years. On some fronts, Obama has held his ground, watching near-gleefully as Republicans bungled early attempts to legislate and put their own internal disputes on vivid display. But lawmakers are challenging his authority on foreign policy, threatening to gum up major trade and climate…

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Welcome sign sends Miami Beach visitors wrong message

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A sign welcoming tourists to Miami Beach briefly offered a confusing message. The flashing, portable sign along the Julia Tuttle Causeway on Tuesday read: “Welcome visitors! Prohibited.” It was supposed to flash this message on three different screens: “Welcome visitors! Prohibited on the beach: glass, metal, alcohol and Styrofoam.” By Tuesday evening, city officials had apologized for the error and the sign was removed to be corrected. City spokeswoman Nannette Rodriguez told the Miami Herald that Miami Beach certainly welcomes visitors.…

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