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Mitch Perry Report for 4.3.15 — Does the Florida House agree there’s too much ‘damn testing’ going on?

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Happy Passover/Good Friday to everyone. I don’t think about it often, but a quasi-holiday like today makes me sympathetic to all those in media land who have to produce a full television or radio broadcast on a day that doesn’t portend to contain a lot of news, at least not domestically. When I was producing an hour-long radio broadcast, this would be a trying time, when you’d load up getting folks who would answer the phone to give commentary on the week’s…

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Tom Lee defends budget, says health care is a priority

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It didn’t take long for House Appropriation Chairman Richard Corcoran‘s speech to be heard down the halls in the Florida Senate. As the chamber finished its work on Wednesday and recess for the Easter holiday Senate President Andy Gardiner told senators that the chamber wasn’t going to “rant and rave” but would focus its efforts instead on finding a way to plug a potential $2.2 billion shortfall in the budget if the Low Income Pool were to be eliminated and…

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The week ahead at the Florida Capitol

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This week at the Florida Capitol battle lines will be formally drawn for the 2015 state budget debate. Both the House and Senate will hold floor sessions to discuss their respective budgets. Each chamber could approve a state spending plan for next year by week’s end, and given that they are presently separated by $4.2 billion the two are poised to deliver to the other a bureaucratic slap-across- the-face challenge to a duel. The differences in the spending plans can…

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The week that was in Florida politics – March 27

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This week at the state capitol ended with House Republicans taking Democrats to school. There were four education bills on the agenda for a Friday session advocated by the GOP. All easily passed since Republicans outnumber Democrats 2 – 1 in the Florida House. Thursday, Democrats argued against mandating school districts share construction and renovation money with charter schools and the lifting of penalties for failing to comply with the class size amendment. Friday the proposals, along with bonus money…

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The day that was at the Florida Capitol — March 26

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This day at the Florida Capitol the House Regulatory Affairs Committee held a four-hour workshop on gambling. Surprisingly, there was something comforting and familiar about spending a morning with a room full of Brooks Brothers suits. A historic review of the Tribal-State Gaming Compact and an overview of the legal relationship between the state and the Tribe may sound like a yawner. And the Department of Business Professional Regulation Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering presenting an overview may sound like a…

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No supplemental Medicaid dollars? Then no tax breaks or member projects, says Senate budget chief

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Budget chief state Sen. Tom Lee said on Wednesday that tax cuts and member projects will be put on hold in the Senate until there is some resolution of whether Florida will receive additional Medicaid supplemental dollars to help pay hospitals, federally qualified health centers and Medicaid HMOs. After a marathon seven-plus-hour meeting where the committee tackled everything from Medicaid expansion, to land-buying, to education reforms, Lee said in a press availability with reporters that the $800 million in tax…

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The day that was at the Florida Capitol — March 25

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Wednesday at the state Capitol we learned when the House and Senate begin talking to each other about a state budget what the focus of the discussion will be. We’ve watched the respective leaders draw lines in the sand. And we’ve seen the positions harden. And now, as we approach the mid-point of the 10-week legislative session it’s clear that the major difference between the House’s $76.2 billion proposed budget and the Senate’s $80.4 billion spending plan rest on an…

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