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Immigration Reform Heads to Senate Floor

Ashley Lopez: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill Tuesday night. The bill, which includes a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants and tighter border security, now heads to the U.S. Senate floor for final consideration.

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Condo Owner vs. Condo Lawyer

Steve Miller: Stuck with a $1,600 legal bill, one Miami condo owner describes his Florida-style problem.

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Medicaid Expansion Ballot Measure ‘On The Table’

Ashley Lopez: Advocates across the country, including in Florida, are proposing ballot initiatives to bypass legislatures unwilling to expand Medicaid.

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For Orlando Postal Worker, Illness Still Mystery

Trevor Aaronson: The case of Jeffrey A. Lill, a U.S. Postal Service employee injured at a mail-sort facility in Orlando more than two years ago, is still unresolved.

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For Enterprise Florida, $3 Million the Price of a Press Release

Steve Miller: When the state of Florida handed over incentive funds of $3 million to airline AirTran in 2008 for a new systems-operations center, the deal included a caveat: a public announcement of AirTran’s featly to Florida.

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In Florida, Incentives Only the Beginning for Favored Companies

Steve Miller: An FCIR analysis of state data shows that 25 companies awarded millions in Florida economic incentives receive millions more in state contractor payments.

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Gov. Rick Scott Signs Into Law Greater Transparency for Economic Incentives

Ashley Lopez: Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law today that would create some transparency in the state’s controversial economic incentives program.

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Power Tool Industry Defends Table Saw Safety as Disabling Injuries Increase

FairWarning: Each year, more than 67,000 U.S. workers and do-it-yourselfers suffer blade contact injuries, according to government estimates, including more than 33,000 injuries treated in emergency rooms and 4,000 amputations.

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Lax State Rules Provide Cover for Sponsors of Attack Ads

Alan Suderman: In Florida, it’s virtually impossible to track how much was spent by outside groups trying to hurt or help a particular candidate.

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State Lawmakers Kept Their Cheaper Health Insurance, Denied Medicaid Expansion

Ashley Lopez: At the same time the Republican-led Florida Legislature was turning down federal funds that would pay for expanding the state’s Medicaid program to more than 1 million people who cannot afford health insurance, those same state lawmakers were working to keep their own insurance premiums lower than most other state employees.

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