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Rick Scott budget official and others vying for PSC opening

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Those vying for an open seat on the Florida Public Service CommissionĀ (PSC)Ā range from seemingly unqualified to having decades of regulatory experience. One of the contenders isĀ Gov. Rick Scott‘s current deputy policy coordinator. Another comes recommended by a current state senator and a former University of Florida president. The stateā€™sĀ Office of Legislative Services on Thursday releasedĀ copies of applications for the position on the board, which regulates and sets rates for the state’s investor-owned utilities. Eleven people applied,Ā includingĀ Jeffrey S. Bragg, who most…

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Future Senate leadership lining up behind Kathleen Passidomo

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Kathleen Passidomo can add members of the Senateā€™s future leadership to her list of supporters. Senate Majority Leader Bill Galvano, Sen. Wilton Simpson, and House Majority Whip Jim Boyd are scheduled to host a fundraiser for Passidomoā€™s Senate District 28 bid on June 21 in Bradenton. Both Galvano, a Bradenton Republican, and Simpson, a Trilby Republican, are believed to be in line for the Senate presidency if Republicans keep the majority. Passidomo faces Rep. Matt Hudson, a Naples Republican, in…

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Rick Scott signs supervisor of elections pay raise; Dozier School for Boys bills into law

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The stateā€™s elections chiefs will have a little more cash in their pockets thanks to a bill signed into law on Wednesday. Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed 14 bills into law Wednesday, including a measure (SB 514) that gives the stateā€™s 67 supervisors of elections a pay raise. The bill was sponsored by Republicans Sen. Garrett Richter and Rep. Frank Artiles. The measure puts the elections officialsā€™ salaries in line with the base salaries of elected clerks and comptrollers, property…

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Legislature sends elections supervisors pay raise, Dozier School for Boys bills to Gov. Rick Scott

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As elections officials across the state are focused election day, Gov. Rick Scott is tasked with pondering giving them a pay raise. The Legislature on Tuesday sent Scott more than a dozen bills, including a proposal that would increase the base salaries of the stateā€™s 67 county elections chiefs. The bill (SB 514) puts elections supervisors in line with the base salaries used for elected clerks and comptrollers, property appraisers and tax collectors. Sen. Garrett Richter and Rep. Frank Artiles,…

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Rick Scott calls 2016 with Legislature ‘a very good Session’

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Gov. Rick Scott is declaring a legislative victory despite the fact that theĀ  Legislature shot down most of his top priorities during the 2016Ā  Session. Scott spent Monday on a five-city swing as part of his ā€œMillion, Billion Jobs Victory Tour.ā€ During stops in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Myers, the Naples Republican talked about job growth and tax cuts. He also thanked lawmakers for their hard work during the 2016 Legislative Session, which ended Friday. ā€œWe are headed in…

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Andy Gardiner still considering whether to bring up John Armstrong’s confirmation

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Donā€™t count out Surgeon General John Armstrong quite yet. Senate President Andy Gardiner said he is still debating whether the Senate will consider Armstrongā€™s confirmation. Gardiner said if the Senate were to take up Armstrongā€™s confirmation, it could come up on Thursday. But, Gardiner said, thatā€™s still a big if. ā€œIā€™m not sure weā€™re there yet,ā€ said Gardiner. ā€œWe are not whipping. For me, itā€™s more of a procedural (question). If we bring him up, whatā€™s the sense of the…

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Senate panel won’t reconsider controversial fracking proposal

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A bill to regulate fracking is most likely dead after the Senate sponsor said he did not want the Senate Appropriations committee to reconsider the measure. This past Thursday the Senate Appropriations panel voted 10-9 to reject the proposal (SB 318), but lawmakers swiftly made a motion to reconsider to keep the proposal on the agenda. The bill was slated for a hearing Tuesday, but instead Richter made a motion not to reconsider the measure. ā€œThis is a controversial subject.…

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