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Seminole Tribe ad calls Rick Scott, lawmakers to “get it done” with new Compact

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The Seminole Tribe of Florida is taking to the airwaves with a new ad urging the public to pressure Gov. Rick Scott and state legislators to “get it done” and renew the gambling agreement known as the Seminole Compact. Signed in 2010, the Compact allows the Tribe to offer blackjack and other banked card games at seven Hard Rock Hotel & Casinos across the state. The provision ended July 31, with a 90-day grace period allowing for renegotiation and ā€œstructured…

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Seminole Tribe of Florida lobbies up with hire of Floridian Partners

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With its compact with the state of Florida expired and now in federal court to protect its multibillion dollar gambling interests, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has retained one of Tallahassee’s most prominent governmental affairs firms. Floridian Partners, the lobbying shop headed up byĀ Charlie Dudley, was inkedĀ  this week to represent the TribeĀ before theĀ Rick ScottĀ administration and the Florida Legislature. What’s particularly interesting about this registration is, until recently,Ā Floridian Partners had been signed with Las Vegas Sands, the gambling behemoth headed…

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Can Marco Rubio’s lean campaign keep up with Jeb Bush’s behemoth?

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Hundreds of donors to Jeb Bush‘s presidential campaign will gather later this month in Houston. They’ll shake hands with a pair of former presidents, and high-profile lieutenants of the former Florida governor will push them to write generous checks. This weekend in Las Vegas, dozens of donors met up with Marco Rubio. They ate fast-food hamburgers, shook hands with a celebrity pawn-shop owner and played flag football with the Florida senator. “I’d say he threw five interceptions, maybe three or…

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In race for Senate presidency, Joe Negron bounces back in September fundraising

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Clearwater Republican stateĀ Sen. Jack Latvala may have been the big winner in August fundraising, but Joe Negron bounced back in September, bringing in more than $500,000 through the committee supporting his bid for the Florida Senate presidency. The unofficial tally shows Treasure Coast Alliance with $515,050 in contributions and $13,409 in expenditures, leaving the Stuart Republican with about $1.62 million in the bank at the start of October. The haul came across 89 contributions, with 29 checks of $10,000 or…

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Las Vegas Sands calls it quits in Florida

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The Las Vegas Sands Corp. is giving up its efforts to get a destination casino resort in Florida, its Tallahassee lobbyist confirmed Tuesday afternoon. Nick Iarossi, the Sandsā€™ Florida lobbyist, said chairman Sheldon Adelson and other company headsĀ made the decision over the weekend. Iarossi said the company as of Monday has been cancelingĀ consulting contracts for public relations and lobbyingĀ ā€“ including his. ā€œI understand their perspective,ā€ Iarossi told FloridaPolitics.com. ā€œWeā€™ve been pushing this for six years with no success.ā€ The move…

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Will Marco Rubio be called on his inconsistent positions during GOP debate?

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As the first presidential debate approaches, staged by Fox News, 10 top-tier Republican candidates are sure to be asked at least a few tough questions. Hey, it could happen. One such hopeful is Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who could face grilling on his inconsistencies over a government crackdown on online gambling ā€“ and how it might connect to his relationship with Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire GOP donor. Rubio had been courting Adelson, the casino owner, who spent $100 million…

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Marco Rubio blasted for ‘currying favor’ of Sheldon Adelson with online gambling ban

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Republican presidential candidateĀ Mark RubioĀ is under attack by a Libertarian-leaning group for his support of a bill that could be used to expand the federal governmentā€™s powers to monitor the Internet. Campaign for Liberty, a political action group founded by former RepublicanĀ U.S. Rep.Ā Ron Paul, has launched an attack on the Florida senator, one of the original sponsors of theĀ Restoration of Americaā€™s Wire Act. The act seeks to roll back a December 2011 Department of Justice opinion holding that the Wire Act…

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