Articles in Category: 'Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda'

By: Kevin Derby | Posted: March 17, 2011 3:55 AM
 

The Legislature sent its first bill of the year to Gov. Rick Scott Wednesday, when the House joined the Senate in passing the hotly contested SB 736, a measure basing teacher pay on performance and assessments instead of seniority and tenure.

Flanked by legislative leaders at a press conference after the vote was taken, Scott praised the passage of the bill. “This will help attract and retain the best teachers,” said Scott, adding that it was part of his plan to increase jobs in the Sunshine State.

 
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By: Nancy Smith | Posted: October 29, 2012 3:55 AM
Attorney General Pam Bondi's impassioned stand last week against turning Florida's $334 million mortgage-fraud settlement into raises for state employees was nothing less than heroic.
 
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By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 30, 2012 3:55 AM
There are silly bills and then there are the bat-crazy, dangerous, shoot-it-before-it-reaches-the-border bills. SB 1560 fits nicely into the latter category.
 
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By: Kevin Derby | Posted: February 10, 2011 3:55 AM

Gov. Rick Scott’s administration continued unveiling its proposed budget Wednesday, taking it to the Florida House Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Trudi Williams, R-Fort Myers.

 
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By: By Kathleen Haughney The News Service of Florida | Posted: December 6, 2010 4:05 AM

Bottled water could get a few cents more expensive in Florida under a proposed surcharge to pay for environmental cleanup work.

 
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By: John Kennedy News Service of Florida | Posted: November 30, 2010 4:05 AM

With Florida facing a $2.5 billion budget gap, rising Internet sales over the Thanksgiving holiday renewed calls Monday for the state to join others looking to make it easier to collect sales taxes from out-of-state and mail-order merchants.

 
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By: By Kathleen Haughney The News Service of Florida | Posted: October 1, 2010 4:05 AM
 
Senate President Jeff Atwater, who thus far has stayed relatively quiet in his bid for chief financial officer against Loranne Ausley, fired back against his Democratic opponent this week over allegations that he was not serious about ethics reform.
 
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By: Alex Tiegen | Posted: April 10, 2010 12:16 AM
Florida could become the 24th state to collect sales tax on purchases from Amazon.com and other online and out-of-state vendors if some lawmakers and business advocates get their way.

In a Friday press conference to generate support for their stalled bills, Sen. Evelyn Lynn, R-Daytona Beach, and Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, D-Tallahassee, urged Florida to implement the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement and reap the bounty of a vast supply of uncollected taxes.
 
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By: Kenric Ward | Posted: July 8, 2010 4:05 AM
 

New legislation aims to light a fire under Florida's lukewarm recycling efforts.

Blending a market-based approach with more rigorous reporting requirements, House Bill 7243 aims to move the state closer to its 75 percent recycling goal by 2020.

 
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By: Keith Laing The News Service of Florida | Posted: June 29, 2010 4:05 AM

On the floor of the chamber that has stymied efforts to make Florida power companies drastically increase their use of renewable and clean energy, 120 advocates gathered Monday to make the case again.

The Florida Business Network for a Clean Energy Economy hosted a Clean Energy Congress Monday, with clean energy lobbyist Susan Glickman presiding. The scene was a far cry from 2009, when a bill that would have required power companies to produce 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources cleared the Senate, but was never brought up on the House floor.

 
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By: Kevin Derby | Posted: May 7, 2010 12:34 AM
Former Leon County Democratic Party chairman Rick Minor is posing a serious primary challenge to Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, D-Tallahassee, and is making her support for offshore drilling one of the central issues of the campaign.
 
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