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TALLAHASSEE - The Republican Party of Florida will pay a gambling company $48,000 in hopes of sparing four lawmakers a possible ethics problem after they took a two-day trip to Toronto at the company's expense. The GOP said it will pay $48,000 to Magna Entertainment Corp., which chartered a jet from St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport on July 12 and whisked the four lawmakers to its company headquarters in Canada. Senate President Tom Lee, R-Brandon, who urged the party to act, promised an inquiry by Senate lawyers. Two Pinellas lawmakers were on the trip: Sen. Dennis Jones, R-Seminole, and Rep. Frank...

You won't be surprised at some of the "regulars" who voted against Sen. Webster's bill to save Terri Schiavo, like Jim King, Dennis Jones, Nancy Argenziano. However, some of the others were a bit surprising. This is what happens when Dems change parties and run as Republicans. Thank God for term limits, so that we can finally start filling these RINO seats with some conservatives. There was was Dem crossover, Sen. Al Lawson from Tallahassee. Yeas - 16 (to save Terri) Tom Lee Jeff Atwater Carey Baker Lee Constantine Victor Crist Alex Diaz de la Portilla Mike Fasano Rudy Garcia...

GAINESVILLE Florida's Board of Governors voted 10-3 today to reject a proposed chiropractic school at Florida State University that was sought by powerful lawmakers, but vehemently opposed by some FSU medical faculty. The board did not agree there was a need to create the nation's first chiropractic school at a public university, especially when state funding is so scarce and it could damage the school's reputation. The project has been embroiled in controversy since last year when state lawmakers put $9 million in the state budget for a school. Instead it was a pet project for then Senate President Jim...