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

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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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Richard Corcoran rolls out leadership team, announces committee chairs appointments

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House Speaker Designate Richard Corcoran rolled out his leadership team Wednesday afternoon, tapping Miami Rep. Jeanette Nunez as as his House speaker pro tempore and Rep. Carlos Trujillo to be chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. In a memo to House members Wednesday, the Land O’Lakes Republican rolled out Republican leadership and committee chairs. Corcoran encouraged members to “speak with the chair of the full committee” if they are interested in serving on the committee or as a subcommittee chair.…

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Third-party candidate to again challenge Travis Cummings in NE Florida House seat

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State Rep. Travis Cummings looks to have a more or less clear shot at re-election to his third term in the state House, though Libertarian Ken Willey announced on Friday that he will take another quixotic shot at overtaking the sophomore Republican. Willey should not be confused with fellow minor-party crusader Adrian Wyllie, who mounted a 2014 Libertarian run for governor, gaining some  traction in the press but only 3.8 percent of the final vote. Willey matched up against Cummings last November in a…

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Florida Bankers’ attacks on credit union plan are pound foolish

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Last week the Florida Bankers Association released a sheet of talking points aimed at coalescing opposition around state Sen. Rene Garcia‘s legislative initiative — SB 1154 —  that would allow credit unions to accept deposits from public sources. The bankers’ document paints the member-owned cooperatives as avaricious monsters feeding at the public trough, though the FBA’s own members — giants like Bank of America, SunTrust, Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase are represented on their board — currently profit massively off of deposits originating from taxpayers, partly owing…

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Strike-all amendment awaits House telehealth bill

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A strike-everything amendment awaits the House telehealth bill in the House Health Quality Subcommittee on Thursday. The  amendment, offered by bill sponsor state Rep. Travis Cummings, does not make the bill identical to the Senate measure, CS/SB 478. But the amendment does address a new issue in the telehealth debate: regulation of telehealth products. The House strike-all amendment would make clear that telehealth products are not “discount medical plans.” The strike-everything amendment to the House bill does not address telehealth…

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