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Crist urges ban on texting while driving
Gov. Charlie Crist has urged Florida lawmakers to ban texting while driving. ...more
November 17, 2009
Can you get bounced from jury duty?
Could nursing mothers be exempt from jury duty? That's a question Florida lawmakers may soon answer. On Tuesday, a proposal allowing an exemption to women who are breast feeding passed its first test, with only one dissenting vote, the News Service of Florida reported. ...more
November 6, 2009
State court to rule on juvenile shackling
Juvenile and adult defendants entering the Highlands County Courthouse are treated the same when it comes to shackling - all wear them. ...more
October 25, 2009
Alabama, Texas oil revenues below Florida estimates
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Texas and Alabama get far less money every year from offshore drilling in their state waters than advocates say Florida can expect, the state's environmental chief told a House panel Wednesday. ...more
October 21, 2009
You Need To Be Monitored? It May Cost You
Offenders sentenced to wear ankle bracelets would have to pay for their own monitoring, up to about $3,300 a year, under a bill Florida lawmakers advanced Tuesday. ...more
April 1, 2009
License, Registration Fees May Be Raised
In their zeal not to raise taxes, Florida lawmakers continue to look at selected fee increases as a way to cover the state's looming $5.7 billion budget deficit. ...more
March 27, 2009
Lawmakers Look To Fee Increases To Cover Deficit
In their zeal not to raise taxes, Florida lawmakers continue to look at selected fee increases as a way to cover the state's looming $5.7 billion budget deficit. ...more
March 26, 2009
Tanning Is A Major Issue For Minors
Miss Florida Teen USA Kayla Collier was 15 when she first visited a tanning salon so the stage lights at a local pageant wouldn't make her fair skin look ghostly white. ...more
March 26, 2009
Increasing Cigarette Tax A Must
Florida is long overdue to increase the tax/user fee on tobacco products. Florida is currently 46th in the country in cigarette tax at 33.9 cents per pack. Florida ranks second in cancer incidents and sells the most packs of cigarettes in the country, with 1.3 billion sold each year. ...more
March 23, 2009
TECO Takes Steps To Go Solar
Tampa Electric, which long has been jeered by environmentalists for its reliance on coal, said Monday it has entered a partnership to build one of the largest solar power plants in the nation in Polk County. ...more
March 10, 2009
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