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#5 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Bill Galvano

Published on March 23, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch

Bradenton Republican Bill Galvano remains the Florida Senate’s majority leader until later this year. As the Senate’s redistricting chief, Galvano took up the task last summer after Senate leaders opted to give up defending its maps. They conceded that it had violated the state Constitution when it had drawn new congressional and state Senate boundaries in 2011. In December, the mild-mannered Galvano defended a proposed map that the Senate presented to a Leon County judge. The judge, however, sided against…

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House, Senate Republicans to hold fundraiser at Universal Orlando

Published on March 16, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster

How do you celebrate the end of a Legislative Session? If you’re Florida House and Senate Republicans, you do it with a fundraiser at Universal Orlando. Republican leaders will hold a fundraiser at Universal Orlando on April 9 and 10. The event, first reported by POLITICO Florida reporter Matt Dixon, will benefit the House and Senate Majority Committees, which oversee legislative campaigns. Among those listed as headliners is Rep. Chris Sprowls, the Pinellas County Republican who may be the House…

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Last-minute budget move would grant Miami firm health sector monopoly

Published on March 2, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch

An amendment put forward by Sen. Bill Galvano would turn over the state’s budget for medically complex children to one company: Miami-based Caregiver Services, Inc. The proviso language would allow the Agency for Health Care Administration to contract with a provider service network offering specialty plans that cover children who are eligible for the state’s Medicaid program. Though seemingly innocent, the amendment relies on Florida statutes that lack the competitive procurement, accountability and quality of care requirements that Florida’s current Medicaid managed care plans are held to, effectively allowing Caregiver…

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Republican committees post 6-figure hauls in first days of 2016

Published on February 8, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Drew Wilson

Lawmakers could only raise money for the first 11 days of the year, but that didn’t stop some of the top Republicans in Legislature the posting six-figure hauls to start the year. Campaign and committee finance reports aren’t due until Wednesday, though Sen. Bill Galvano’s political committee, Innovate Florida, leads early filers after posting $216,000 raised in January. That haul came across in just 31 contributions, including three checks for $25,000 from the Florida Medical Association PAC, optometry group OD-EYEPAC,…

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Former lawmaker Ed Hooper filing to succeed Jack Latvala in state Senate

Published on January 19, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch

Before the Republican leadership in the Florida Senate coronates John Legg as Jack Latvala‘s successor, it might want to check with former state Rep. Ed Hooper. On Tuesday, Hooper told FloridaPolitics.com that he has mailed his paperwork to the Florida Division of Elections making him a candidate for Latvala’s north Pinellas seat, which will be up for grabs in 2018. “It just upset me … that a deal had been cut for a lifelong Pasco guy,” Hooper told FloridaPolitics.com. The…

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Florida Chamber: Capitol Days focus on issues important to business community

Published on January 13, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster

Florida Chamber of Commerce members are taking over Tallahassee. The 2016 Florida Chamber’s Capitol Days kicks off Wednesday. The two-day event is meant to give the business community a chance to interact with lawmakers and advocate for issues that are important to them. Edie Ousley, the chamber’s vice president of public affairs, said the annual event offers the business community a chance “to talk about issues concerning job creators throughout Florida.” “We’ll focus on business climate issues,” said Ousley, who…

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State of the State: Bill Galvano “surprised” at no mention of Seminole Compact

Published on January 12, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

Senate Republican Leader Bill Galvano on Tuesday said he was “surprised” that Gov. Rick Scott made no mention of a new deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida that would allow them to keep offering blackjack at their casinos. “It is what it is,” he said. “I think everybody involved in the process around that issue is skeptical we’ll be able to get it through.” The new deal could drive hundreds of millions of dollars into the state treasury, money…

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Bill Galvano - page 13

#5 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Bill Galvano

House, Senate Republicans to hold fundraiser at Universal Orlando

Last-minute budget move would grant Miami firm health sector monopoly

Republican committees post 6-figure hauls in first days of 2016

Former lawmaker Ed Hooper filing to succeed Jack Latvala in state Senate

Florida Chamber: Capitol Days focus on issues important to business community

State of the State: Bill Galvano “surprised” at no mention of Seminole Compact

Bill Galvano - page 13

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