On the final day of session, the Florida Legislature answered the national elections scorn the state absorbed over its long lines and tortoise pace in declaring Barack Obama its 2012 presidential winner. Lawmakers on Friday sent Gov. Rick Scott an elections reform package that undoes some of
House passes Rick Scott’s tax cut without two-thirds majority; Democrats promise lawsuit
Florida House Republicans rammed through a 96-page tax bill with no debate Wednesday night and a potentially illegal tax-break for manufacturers which did not get the two-thirds majority required constitutionally change local government tax rates. After locking down the chamber,
House punts on Orange County sick-time bill
House Majority Leader Steve Precourt is refusing to go along with a Senate deal on a local government sick-leave bill, casting some doubt on whether the Orange County-inspired measure can pass the Legislature by Friday. Precourt, R-Orlando, urged House Republicans Thursday to