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Marco Rubio in tough spot on abortion
It took Marco Rubio only a few days to return to the spotlight on another controversial issue.
Urged by anti-abortion rights groups and Republican lawmakers to take up their cause, the Florida senator is mulling over introducing legislation to ban abortions after 20 weeks nationally ? just a few days after he helped pass a comprehensive immigration bill that created waves among conservatives. Politico http://tinyurl.com/kx5xwnw
State scraps air-pollution contract with Jacksonville after audit finds city double-billed costs
Florida?s environmental agency has ended an arrangement that paid Jacksonville to enforce federal air-pollution rules on its behalf after an audit that concluded the city overbilled the state about $77,000. The Department of Environmental Protection?s district office in Jacksonville took back enforcement last week, but could return that to the city if it?s clear the problems won?t be repeated, a state air-quality administrator said Monday. Florida Times-Union http://tinyurl.com/n5u7av6
Gov. Scott says search for next LG will be 'internal'
Gov.?Rick Scott?said Monday that the search for his new lieuteuant governor will be headed by chief of staff?Adam Hollingsworth, and he emphasized it will be "internal" with no vetting by outsiders. Miami Herald http://tinyurl.com/n67k5pq
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Gwen Graham raises $375K in first three months on the trail
Gwen Graham, daughter of former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, raised ?more than $375,000? in the first three months of her congressional campaign. News Service of Florida http://tinyurl.com/m2o9mej
As state GOP unleashes on Charlie Crist, his former Republican donors take a more affable approach
As the political tea leaves indicate that former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist will seek his old job as a Democrat, the state GOP has started to sharpen its attacks. The Republican Party of Florida, seeing Crist as the likely Democratic candidate, have started a campaign to rough up Crist even before he?s formally a candidate. Florida times-Union http://tinyurl.com/ktfcnxd
Rick Scott, other Gulf state governors, ask Obama to end National Guard furloughs; state GOP uses issue to hit Bill Nelson
A trio of Gulf state governors, including Gov. Rick Scott, Monday penned a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to exempt National Guard members from furloughs that are part of automatic federal budget cuts. "The furlough hits us at a historically inopportune time, as evidence by many years of hurricanes, wildfires and flooding in our states,? read the letter, which was also signed by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant. It was a good fiscal year for the state Cabinet,?reports Jim Turner of the News Service of Florida. Cabinet members ? Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam ? are now collectively worth $9,756,748, up a little more than $900,000 from a year earlier, according to newly filed financial-disclosure reports.
Florida Times-Union http://tinyurl.com/o4zzd7s
Collective net worth of Atwater, Bondi, Putnam up $900K over last year
It was a good fiscal year for the state Cabinet,?reports Jim Turner of the News Service of Florida. Cabinet members ? Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam ? are now collectively worth $9,756,748, up a little more than $900,000 from a year earlier, according to newly filed financial-disclosure reports. News Service of Florida http://tinyurl.com/mhwrleb
DBPR deputy secretary quits abruptly a week after report
A high-ranking executive of the?Department of Business and Professional Regulationabruptly resigned without explanation Monday, a week after a blistering internal investigation report said he told six alcoholic-beverage agents that employees were expected to obey illegal or unethical orders, or find new jobs. Florida Current http://tinyurl.com/l57skkb
Miami-Dade school board member poised to announce congressional bid
Miami-Dade School Board member?Carlos Curbelo?is poised to make official his bid to challenge Congressman?Joe Garcia. Curbelo, joined by his family, will make an announcement regarding the District 26 congressional race at his Kendall home on Tuesday. Heformed an exploratory committee?on May 20 to gear up for a run. Miami Herald http://tinyurl.com/lj8mzvp
Scott, on campaign trail, says: 'We have to tell our story'
Gov.?Rick Scott?visibly stepped up his re-election campaign activity with a string of weekend events in North Florida. On Sunday, before he attended the Escambia County Lincoln Day Dinner in Pensacola, Scott spent two hours in rural Graceville in Jackson County, hard by the Florida-Alabama state line. Tampa Bay Times http://tinyurl.com/mwapanm
Fla GOP beefing up staff http://tinyurl.com/me6rjae
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Weatherford to announce new committee assignments next month; few changes anticipated
House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, sent a letter to all 120-members of the House on Monday, alerting them to changes in committee membership he will make next month, but also hinting there won?t be an overhaul of committee assignments. Florida Current http://tinyurl.com/l6ymwwu
Not Florida
Federal workers: How are you dealing with the sequester?
The federal government is more than halfway through its fiscal 2013 sequester, and?the first round of automatic cuts,?scheduled to last seven months, have reached a high-point. Washington Post http://tinyurl.com/m4ohhm6
Boehner: Boost border security before legalizing immigrants
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Monday said enhancements in border security must be ?in place? before the process of granting legal status to 11 million illegal immigrants begins,?laying down a new marker in the debate over immigration reform. The Hill http://tinyurl.com/m5b3232
Republicans meet to talk immigration
A small group of Senate and House Republicans met Monday night to discuss how to pass an immigration overhaul through Congress. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who has been hungry to rewrite the nation?s immigration laws this Congress, was planning on going to the session. Most top members of Republican leadership in the House and Senate were not planning on attending the confab, according to sources. Politico http://tinyurl.com/mw4vrry
House GOP, Senate Dems trade barbs over student loan rates
The student loan blame game picked up Monday right where it left off, with both parties trading barbs over who is to blame for the recent doubling of interest rates for roughly 7 million new students. The Hill http://tinyurl.com/mofgvs8
U.S. Considers Faster Pullout in Afghanistan
Increasingly frustrated by his dealings with President Hamid Karzai, President Obama is giving serious consideration to speeding up the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan and to a ?zero option? that would leave no American troops there after next year, according to American and European officials. New York Times http://tinyurl.com/m2ftqe4
Why sex-scarred pols keep coming back for more
Another week and there goes another fallen officeholder trying to claw his way back from tabloid purgatory?another chance for some people to marvel about the power of forgiveness and redemption, and other people to marvel about the power of egomania and pure chutzpah. Politico http://tinyurl.com/k86vaqb
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