Florida on Thursday November 05, 2009

FL: More friction likely in state GOP
By Beth Reinhard, The Miami Herald
Florida voters can expect to see more anti-President Obama "tea parties" as conservatives nationwide turn their attention to the U.S. Senate race.
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FL: NRA wants to ban adoption agencies from asking about gun ownership
By Marc Caputo, The Miami Herald
MIAMI -- The NRA wants to stop adoption agencies from asking prospective parents about whether they own guns, saying the question is a violation of gun-owners' rights.
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FL: Fla. GOP -- Steele a victim of bogus 'tweets'
By Rick Neale, Florida Today
Brevard Republican Party Chairman Jason Steele was targeted by a fictitious Twitter account set up by a fellow party official, the Republican Party of Florida announced.
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FL: Florida Sen. Dan Gelber pushing for tougher public corruption laws
By Steve Bousquet, The Miami Herald
Citing a rash of corruption cases, a state senator is pushing for laws to combat bribery and restrict contact between the Public Service Commission and the utilities it regulates.
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FL: Fate of Sansom probe on agenda
By Alex Leary, The Miami Herald
A special House committee will decide whether to continue its investigation into former Speaker Ray Sansom.
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FL: Push begins for tougher PSC rules
By Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald
Proposals emerge to force the state utility board to operate by the same ethics rules as judges.
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FL: BankUnited pins its comeback on a cheeky recruiting campaign
By Martha Brannigan, The Miami Herald
MIAMI -- BankUnited, back from the brink, has launched a brazen campaign to lure management talent and business from its Florida competitors.
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FL: DOC: Probation officers' jobs won't be eliminated
By Bill Cotterell, Tallahassee Democrat
The Department of Corrections has corrected its budget-cutting choices, saying it never meant to eliminate jobs of more than 1,100 probation officers.
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FL: Federal agents raid Rothstein's law offices
By Amy Sherman and Jay Weaver, The Miami Herald
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Federal authorities turned up the heat on Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein as he sought to cooperate with prosecutors investigating his alleged multimillion-dollar investment scam.
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NY: Aqueduct-bid tribe in 'illegal casino' flap
By Maggie Haberman, New York Post
NEW YORK -- The Florida Seminole tribe, which is part of a team making a play to run the potentially lucrative video lottery casino at Aqueduct, is enmeshed in a controversy in its own state, with some pols claiming they're illegally allowing gambling.
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Report: 11 states emerging from recession
By David Harrison, Special to Stateline.org
It’s going to be a long, hard climb out of the current economic downturn for many recession-ridden states hit hard by the housing crash, unemployment and shrinking revenues. But as the national economy starts its slow recovery, 11 states and the District of Columbia are showing signs of emerging from the recession, according to a new report.
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