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Florida overhauls death penalty in bid to resume executions

Published on March 4, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Gary Fineout

With executions halted and the prosecution of some murder cases in limbo, the Florida Legislature overhauled the state’s death penalty law Thursday in response to a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that the current sentencing law is unconstitutional. Legislators sent to Gov. Rick Scott a bill that would require that at least 10 out of 12 jurors recommend execution in order for it be carried out. Florida previously only required that a majority of jurors recommend a death sentence.…

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Effort to appease pari-mutuels is killing Seminole Compact

Published on March 1, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

If the Seminole Compact and related legislation don’t pass this session, lawmakers will have no one to blame but themselves, the tribe’s Tallahassee-based attorney said Tuesday. Barry Richard, who represents the Seminole Tribe of Florida, blamed the apparent Tuesday morning collapse of the 2016 gambling bills on lawmakers bending over backward to appease the state’s dog and horse racing concerns. “The issue hanging us up is what happens to the pari-mutuels,” he told FloridaPolitics.com in a phone interview. State Sen. Tom Lee,…

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Senate committee passes series of cost-saving health care proposals

Published on February 25, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved Thursday several bills with some cost-saving measures for health providers. The bills now head to the Senate floor. LobbyTools is reporting on SB 1686, sponsored by Fernandina Beach Republican Sen. Aaron Bean, which will allow Florida’s health care practitioners to provide telehealth services. The bill creates a task force under the Agency for Health Care Administration to study ways to implement telehealth. An amendment allows representatives of long-term-care services to become part of the task force. SB 152,…

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Stand Your Ground bill dies in Judiciary panel

Published on February 25, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

Capping two days of ‘will he or won’t he’ guessing, House Judiciary Chairman Charles McBurney on Thursday did not call up a bill that would change the state’s Stand Your Ground law. Thursday’s meeting was the committee’s last get-together for the 2016 Legislative Session. When asked why, the Jacksonville Republican told reporters, “I had concerns from the members, I had concerns from certain groups, I had concerns from victims and victim groups, so we kind of put the pause button on the…

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Stand Your Ground bill still in legislative limbo

Published on February 24, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

There were still no definite answers Wednesday on whether the House will consider a Senate-approved change to the state’s Stand Your Ground law. The Senate bill, backed by state Sen. Rob Bradley, “shifts the burden of proof from the defendant to the prosecution” in pretrial hearings on whether a use of force was justifiable, according to a staff analysis. Those hearings determine whether a defendant can claim self-defense at trial. The House version died in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee in November…

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Gun safety advocates still don’t like Senate bill loosening Stand Your Ground laws

Published on February 22, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Friday marks the fourth anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old African-American youth shot by George Zimmerman during a neighborhood watch in Sanford. This week, the House Judiciary Committee is likely to take up SB 344, which attempts to loosen the state’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense laws. The bill is from Orange Park Republican Sen. Rob Bradley, a former prosecutor. In a rare procedural move, which caught several opponents by surprise, Bradley’s bill is set to bypass the…

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Senate panel OKs Seminole Compact, gambling bill

Published on February 17, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

The proposed $3 billion gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida got a boost Wednesday when a key Senate panel approved it and another related gambling measure. The Senate Regulated Industries Committee, which oversees gambling in Florida, approved both measures (SB 7072, SB 7074) with four senators opposed: Republicans Aaron Bean of Fernandina Beach, Anitere Flores of Miami, Kelli Stargel of Lakeland, and Democrat Gwen Margolis of Miami. Tribe Chairman James E. Billie “and other leaders of the Seminole Tribe of…

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Florida overhauls death penalty in bid to resume executions

Effort to appease pari-mutuels is killing Seminole Compact

Senate committee passes series of cost-saving health care proposals

Stand Your Ground bill dies in Judiciary panel

Stand Your Ground bill still in legislative limbo

Gun safety advocates still don’t like Senate bill loosening Stand Your Ground laws

Senate panel OKs Seminole Compact, gambling bill

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