Dan Raulerson is starting his campaign to replace fellow Republican Rich Glorioso in the Florida House in the city Raulerson represents: Plant City. Raulerson, elected to the Plant City Commission in 2007 and in the middle of a one-year term as mayor, is devoting Saturdays to canvassing Glorioso’s district, starting in neighborhoods certain to remain [...]
A House committee Friday easily approved a bill that would help shield emergency-room doctors from costly medical malpractice lawsuits, refers to News Service of Florida. The bill (HB 385) would extend state sovereign immunity protections to those doctors. In many cases, the bill would effectively prevent doctors from facing liability of more than $200,000 if [...]
House budget-writers are ready to go along with Gov. Scott’s move to boost state spending on elementary and secondary education, making it likely that the state’s contribution could swell by more than $1 billion despite the shortfall confronting lawmakers, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. The House shoveled an extra $1.1 billion [...]
Speaker-in-waiting Will Weatherford continues to overshadow all other House candidates in raising cash for this fall’s elections, collecting $130,400 during the final three months of 2011, new reports show, reports Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida. In all, the Wesley Chapel Republican, who is slated to become House speaker in November, has amassed [...]
A key House panel listened to arguments Wednesday about a proposal to allow resort casinos in Florida, but it remained unclear whether the traditionally gambling-resistant House will move forward with the idea, reports Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida. Rep. Doug Holder, a Sarasota Republican who is chairman of the House Business & [...]
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