Compromise gun-to-work bill passes House council
Tallahassee Bureau Chief John Kennedy filed this report: TALLAHASSEE — A Republican-controlled House council struggled with a pair of competing GOP principles Wednesday: the right to bear arms and the...
View ArticleGuns-to-work passes the House without debate
Josh Hafenbrack of the Tallahassee Bureau just filed this report: TALLAHASSEE — Without debate, the Florida House gave the powerful gun lobby a major victory today by passing a bill to allow employees...
View ArticleFL Chamber: Fewer A-students in state Legislature
Another Tallahassee business group has pronounced the 2008 Florida Legislature a less “business-friendly” environment. Well in time to make the first rounds of campaign mailers, the Florida Chamber of...
View ArticleChamber: Happy days are…
You may think life’s not-so-good — what with Florida ranked first in the nation in job losses, fourth in foreclosures and labeled the "Sunset State" by Time magazine — but you’d be wrong. At least,...
View ArticleFlorida Chamber calls for special session on property tax relief
The ink was hardly dry on Leon Circuit Judge John Cooper’s order tossing Amendment 5 off the November ballot before the Florida Chamber of Commerce began clamoring for a special session on property tax...
View ArticleBad news for McCain: Chamber poll has Obama leading
The Florida Chamber of Commerce is a strongly pro-business group, and its periodic polls often reflect a more conservative reading of the Florida electorate than surveys produced by, say, the Florida...
View ArticleWith GOP leaders fixated on one constitutional fight, big business eyes another
Get ready for a Super Bowl-like showcase of corporate-sponsored political advertising in the fall elections. No, we don’t mean ads that will result from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow...
View ArticleOrlando’s Awake the State rally slams Scott, local state GOP pols
More than 200 protesters rallied outside Orlando’s chamber of commerce building downtown Tuesday night to denounce Gov. Rick Scott and local GOP state lawmakers who they say took part in “the most...
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