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		<title>J.D. Alexander rides again to save Polk County arts center</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Rufty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Remember former Sen. J.D. Alexander, the Lake Wales Republican who almost single-handedly created Florida Polytechnic University by use of his power as Senate Appropriations chair? Alexander has been out of the Senate for almost five years, but it would appear that the old power cell is still charged and ready to zap when needed. Polk County Commissioner George Lindsey recently praised Alexander saying he was the main reason that budget cuts that would have shut PSC’s JD Alexander Center in&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Polk GOP Commissioner warns Republican incumbents may face strong challenges</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Rufty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Republican Legislators could find themselves challenged for election next year &#8230; by Republican candidates, Polk County Commissioner George Lindsey, a Lakeland Republican, confirmed Wednesday. In an interview before his address to the Polk Tiger Bay members, Lindsey said what he described as legislators’ attacks on home rule and local government, has many even in the Republican Party talking about trying to remove incumbents in the 2018 elections. “The chatter (across the state) is voluminous,” Lindsey said. “I don’t know if&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Associated Industries releases 2017 Voting Record report</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/aif-releases-2017-voting-record-report/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff Reports]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 06:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amy Mercado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Diamond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brewster Bevis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clovis Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colleen Burton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denise Grimsley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Simmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Broxson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Steube]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Fant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Brandes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kamia Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Asencio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shevrin Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Feeney]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The voting record report is out. Associated Industries of Florida released its 2017 Voting Record report. Published for more than four decades, the annual report is considered one of the definitive legislative scorecards for the business community. This year, the organization calculated more than 208,966 votes on 1,955 bills with 848 legislators. “This session, AIF faced a variety of tough issues on behalf of Florida’s business community, including opposing any measure that would have made it more expensive for businesses&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alimony legislation dead for 2017, sponsor says</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 21:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Statewide]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2017 Legislative Session]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alimony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colleen Burton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Good news for opponents of this year&#8217;s alimony overhaul, and bad news for its supporters: The bills are dead for the year. Sen. Kathleen Passidomo, the Naples Republican who&#8217;s carrying the Senate version (SB 412), on Wednesday said the chair of its first committee of reference has refused to hear the bill. Rene Garcia chairs the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs. &#8220;Chairman Garcia determined that he was not interested in hearing it and I respect that decision,&#8221;  Passidomo said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think leadership&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2017 Legislative Session preview: Alimony rears its head</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2017 11:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Get ready for a rumble: Lawmakers will again tackle the sticky issue of alimony in the 2017 Legislative Session. Companion bills filed in the House and Senate aim to overhaul state alimony law to toughen the standards by which alimony is granted and changed. That’s despite unsuccessful tries in the last few years. Neither bill had a hearing in the committee weeks leading up to this year’s session, which begins Tuesday. Given its history, the effort promises to be one&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alimony reform bill filed for 2017</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Rosica]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[State Rep. Colleen Burton will try again to overhaul the state&#8217;s alimony law, filing a bill on Wednesday. The Lakeland Republican still aims to toughen the standards by which alimony is granted and changed, after last year&#8217;s measure was vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott. &#8220;I believe it is the right thing to do,&#8221; Burton said in a phone interview. &#8220;It costs families a lot of money to go through a process that has no starting point. This gives judges a starting point, the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dozens of state lawmakers file to run for re-election in 2018</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/dozens-state-lawmakers-file-run-re-election-2018/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Byron Donalds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colleen Burton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dane Eagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Gainer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jayer Williamson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Passidomo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lauren Book]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[They haven’t been sworn into office yet, but that isn’t stopping a few newly elected state lawmakers from thinking about 2018. State elections records show about more than two dozen members of the state House and Senate filed have filed to run for re-election. Many of those lawmakers are incumbents who faced little-to-no opposition this cycle, while others just came off hard-fought battles to secure their spot in the Florida Legislature. Incoming Reps. Jayer Williamson and Byron Donalds are among&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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