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Jim King, former governor of Florida, dies
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
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Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Senate President Jim King, who sometimes fought Gov. Jeb Bush and his own Republican Party over the Terri Schiavo right-to-die battle in 2005, died Sunday...King died after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer, said former...
Tags: Sen. Jim King, Florida Senate, senator presidency, pancreatic cancer, king died, Jeb Bush, Republican Party, florida senator, presidency jim, brief battle
Florida Senate panel backs cigarette tax
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility A Senate committee ended a nearly 15-year stalemate on tax proposals in Florida Tuesday, unanimously voting to raise the cigarette tax $1 per pack and increase the tax on cigars and smokeless tobacco $1 per ounce. Supporters called it a historic opportunity...
Tags: The Florida Senate, Florida Republicans, Senate Finance, senator panel, tax hike, florida senator, cigarette tax
Proposal links sales tax, class size law
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility His school budget does not include the $2.8 billion that would be generated from an additional penny sales tax...About $200 million would come from the Senate's plan to expand gaming at Seminole casinos, a deal that House Republicans have shown little...
Tags: Florida Senate, sales tax, Senate Education, florida senator, penny sales, Central Florida, tax increase
Crist undecided on Senate run
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility The perpetually optimistic governor, who said he will decide at the end of the legislative session whether he will run for the seat being vacated by U.S. Mel Martinez, R-Orlando, remains firmly on the fence. Asked this afternoon by a reporter if he had...
Tags: Florida Senate, Charlie Crist, Senate Regulated Industries Committee, People of Florida, expanded gambling, florida senator, personally travel
Senate applies brakes to commuter rail
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The proposed Central Florida commuter rail project ran headlong into turmoil late Wednesday, with a top senator saying a deal on a controversial provision before the Legislature was unlikely. Senate leaders announced they would strip a mammoth transportation...
Tags: Florida Senate, Central Florida, Senate Transportation, commuter rail, tie vote, florida senator
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