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1. House panel rejects Senate's repeal of insurance tax break

   Friday Apr 26 | St. Petersburg Times

   A key House committee voted Friday to protect a decades-old insurance industry tax break, siding with one of the Capitol's most influential lobbying groups and effectively blocking a Senate priority.

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   Related Topix: Insurance, Florida, Autos

2. House panel rejects Senate's repeal of insurance tax break

   Friday Apr 26 | St. Petersburg Times

   At a brief, scripted meeting, the House Appropriations Committee flatly rejected the Senate's call to repeal an insurance industry tax break and give motorists a break by immediately rolling back car and truck tag fees by $220 million.

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3. CourtsFormer Republican Party chair Jim Greer sentenced to 18 months in prison

   Mar 27, 2013 | St. Petersburg Times

   Jim Greer, hand shaker, party thrower, power seeker, former head of the Republican Party of Florida, was sentenced here on Wednesday to 18 months in state prison.

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   Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison, Charlie Crist, US Governors, Seminole County, FL, Oviedo, FL

4. Legislators rush to unload tainted gambling cash

   Mar 19, 2013 | tampabay.com

   Shamed by the notion that they may have filled their political coffers with more than $1.4 million in campaign cash from a phony veterans group facing charges of illegal gambling, the Florida Legislature is scrambling to save face by donating the money to charity.

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5. Crisafulli urges Republicans to return Allied Vets cash

   Mar 18, 2013 | tampabay.com

   Calling the allegations of fraud committed by the Internet cafes controlleld by Allied Veterans "outrageous", Rep.

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6. Florida lawmakers vote for ethics and early voting changes

   Mar 5, 2013 | St. Petersburg Times

   In an attempt to restore voter trust after a tarnished election season, Florida lawmakers used the first day of the 60-day session to vote on two bills, one that would reverse the state's controversial early voting laws and a second to mend holes in the state's ethics laws.

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7. Florida Senate starts over in quest to build a transparency website

   Jan 17, 2013 | St. Petersburg Times

   Determined to prove that legislators are committed to government transparency, a Senate committee convened Thursday to explore ways to give the public more details about the state's $70 billion budget.

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