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Joe Negron’s Lake Okeechobee plan undergoing another revision

Published on April 4, 2017 in Statewide by Michael Moline

The reservoir system that Senate President Joe Negron hopes to build south of Lake Okeechobee is about to get smaller but deeper. Negron announced plans Tuesday to possibly scale back the project’s acreage while still storing between 100 billion and 120 billion gallons of water by increasing the reservoirs’ depth to 14 feet. “An amendment has been filed to sort of address where we are,” Negron told reporters. SB 10, sponsored by Sen. Rob Bradley, will be heard Wednesday at…

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House, Senate release details of their workers’ compensation legislation

Published on March 3, 2017 in Statewide by Michael Moline

The Senate released its version of a workers’ compensation fix Friday, and the measure would lift limits on attorney fees in some cases and require insurance companies to file their own rates, rather than let a ratings agency do the job for them. The House released a draft, labeled “for discussion at a workshop March 7,” that also would allow higher attorney fees and allow insurers to compete on rates. Although SB 1582 would eliminate the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s role in proposing…

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February poised to be busy month for fundraising for lawmakers seeking re-election

Published on February 6, 2017 in Statewide by Staff Reports

February will be a busy month for state lawmakers hoping to raise a few bucks for their next campaign before the start of the 2017 Legislative Session. Several candidates will be holding campaign fundraisers in Tallahassee during back-to-back-to-back committee weeks this month. House Majority, the campaign arm of the Florida GOP, will host fundraisers for nine House Republicans, all of which are running for re-election, in the next few weeks. On Feb. 15, there is a fundraiser for Reps. Heather Fitzenhagen, MaryLynn Magar, Kathleen…

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