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House erupts over tax-cut vote after daylong slowdown
TALLAHASSEE — A showdown over expanding health care to low-income Floridians slowed the Legislature to a crawl for a second day Wednesday, with the fate of an elections-reform package, sports-stadium tax breaks and other bills hanging in the...
Tags: Local Government, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Orange County (Florida)
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Dramatic headline alert: Stadium plans die a fiery death in legislative session
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Legislature ended its 2013 session Friday by passing an elections do-over and the largest budget in state history, but without delivering tax subsidies to the Miami Dolphins, Orlando soccer boosters and a cadre of other...Tags: Barack Obama, Soccer, Don Gaetz, Florida Legislature, Rick Scott
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After NASCAR track owner reports $13m profit, Senate takes up tax breaks
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelUPDATE: The Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee unanimously passed the bill. Days after International Speedway Corp. reported a first-quarter profit of $13.5 million, the Florida Senate is set to begin moving a bill that would give the NASCAR promoter... -
Senate plan will force sports teams to compete for stadium dollars
TALLAHASSEE – The Senate on Monday passed a controversial proposal to make sports teams such as the Miami Dolphins and backers of a Major League Soccer franchise in Orlando compete against each other for stadium subsidies. The 35-4 vote ends weeks...
Tags: Sun Life Stadium, Soccer, Miami Dolphins, Major League Soccer, Jacksonville Jaguars
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Gardiner doesn't buy Weatherford's stalling tactics on stadium bill
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- The House and Senate are playing a waiting game over bills to give tax-breaks to a raft of stadiums and sports complexes, including Orlando's proposed soccer stadium. On Thursday, House Speaker Will Weatherford told reporters his...Tags: Sun Life Stadium, Buddy Dyer, Elections, Major League Soccer, Jacksonville Jaguars
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House warms up to Senate's stadium deal
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- House Speaker Will Weatherford said Monday his chamber liked a Senate plan to make sports teams like the Miami Dolphins and backers of a Major League Soccer franchise in Orlando compete against each other for stadium subsidies. But before...Tags: Sun Life Stadium, Miami Dolphins, Soccer, Major League Soccer, Jacksonville Jaguars
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Tax cuts, stadium deals, insurance reform, expressway changes all come down to session's final week
TALLAHASSEE — The last week of Florida's legislative session will settle fights on taxes, stadium subsidies from Orlando to South Florida, and the fading push from Gov. Rick Scott to win $2,500 pay raises for teachers and tax breaks for businesses....
Tags: Everglades, Alan Hays, Local Government, Justice System, Highway Transportation
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Kenseth takes pole for Toyota Owners 400
RICHMOND — Matt Kenseth got back a little of what NASCAR took away from him this week by qualifying on the pole for the Toyota Owners 400. He can get back some more on Saturday by winning the 400-lap, 300-mile Sprint Cup race on the three-quarter-...Tags: Brad Keselowski, Joe Gibbs Racing, Auto Racing, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth
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Daytona, Talladega re-enforcing crossover gates
AP Sports WriterNASCAR's two fastest tracks are re-enforcing crossover gates in the wake of the Feb. 23 accident at Daytona International Speedway that injured nearly 30 spectators. Daytona and Talladega Superspeedway announced Wednesday that the high-banked...Tags: Auto Racing, Daytona 500, NASCAR, Science and Technology
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Daytona crash brings safety changes to speedway
Daytona International Speedway officials announced safety improvements to the track Wednesday, in the wake of a multicar accident that left an estimated 32 people injured during a NASCAR race in February. The focus will involve reinforcing eight...
Tags: Auto Racing, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Stock Car Racing, NASCAR
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Darrell Wallace Jr. is making NASCAR officials and fans take notice
The black NASCAR truck with a white "54" on the side gleamed on pit road as its driver walked up for the night's race, prompting three dozen photographers and well-wishers to edge closer. The attraction was 19-year-old Darrell Wallace Jr. As Wallace...
Tags: Joe Gibbs Racing, Brad Keselowski, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Auto Racing, Aric Almirola
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Scott to get fewer tax-incentive dollars, more qualifiers
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott will get a slimmed-down tax-incentive toy box with tougher standards for evaluating the economic benefit of projects. But will the Dolphins get $350 million to shape up Sun Life Stadium and lure another Super Bowl? Can...Tags: Miami Dolphins, Jabil Circuit Incorporated, Jacksonville Jaguars, Politics, Sun Life Stadium
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Apr 24, 2013
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Apr 9, 2013
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Apr 20, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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