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Richard Corcoran welcomes new House members

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Please, Florida House members, no big flower arrangements. Speaker-designate Richard Corcoran welcomed new and returning members of the Florida House on Wednesday, in advance of the Nov. 22 organization session. “Each political party conference will meet on Monday, Nov. 21,” he said in a memo. “You will receive information regarding this event from your respective partisan office.” The House’s Organization Session will convene the next day at 11 a.m. Here’s the rest of the memo, edited for publication: The purpose of the…

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A rundown of the real winners and losers from Florida’s general election

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Yesterday’s slate of general elections in Florida certainly provided a list of winners and losers, and I’m not just talking about the candidates. Here is my list of the real winners and losers coming out of Tuesday. Winners Rick Scott — The Naples Republican was an early backer of the president-elect, comparing Trump’s rise to his own 2010 gubernatorial run and even penning an op-ed way back in January that Trump captured “the frustration of many Americans.” No doubt he’s taking notes for his own rumored 2018…

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Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists asks for seat at the table to talk about changes to House rules

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Change is coming, but the state’s lobbying association wants to offer some input before new House rules are finalized. David Mica, the chairman of the Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists, sent a letter Monday to House Speaker Designate Richard Corcoran asking weigh in on the House rules before they are released. “There have been several news reports which suggest that part of the new House Rules will include provisions related to how House members interact with lobbyists,” said Mica in…

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Incoming Speaker Richard Corcoran to propose dramatic changes to House appropriations process

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House members hoping to get money in the 2017-18 budget will be asked to file a bill for every appropriations request they make. That change is one of several to be coming down the pike as part of new House rules, according to sources close to incoming Speaker Richard Corcoran, who will announce the new rules to members on Nov. 10. Corcoran has spent months rewriting the rules, which many expect will take a take a tough stance on special interests within the capital.…

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Primary elections did little to unscramble House Speaker race

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August’s primary elections did not produce a breakthrough for any of the contenders in the behind-the-scenes, internecine scrum to one day lead the Florida House of Representatives. Instead, the race to be House Speaker in 2022-24 has settled in for a long slog which may not be decided until, at the earliest, 2018. And, according to a handful of the insiders who truly understand how a leadership race works, the eventual winner may not even be one of the current leading…

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Personnel note: Crystal Sircy heads to Orlando EDC

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Crystal Sircy, the chief operating officer of Enterprise Florida (EFI), the state’s public-private economic development agency, is leaving to join the Orlando Economic Development Commission as its new executive vice president. Sircy, who has been with EFI since 1997, announced her resignation in an email to “stakeholders” last Thursday that was provided to FloridaPolitics.com on Monday. “I am so proud of the work we have done together to expand and diversify the state’s economy through job creation,” she said. “I am honored…

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Richard Corcoran flails Florida Supreme Court’s death ruling

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Florida House Speaker-designate Richard Corcoran denounced a Florida Supreme Court ruling Friday requiring unanimous jury votes to impose the death penalty. “Today’s ruling in Hurst v. Florida is just the latest example of the Florida Supreme Court’s ongoing effort to subvert the will of the people as expressed by their elected representatives,” Corcoran said in a written statement. “This decision is indicative of a court that comes to a conclusion, then seeks a judicial pathway, however tortured, to achieve its…

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