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TALLAHASSEE — It may sound like a simple process, but the Florida Senate’s random renumbering of all its districts statewide Tuesday touched off a series of complicated twists that one key lawmaker said only adds more chaos to a continuing redistricting saga. Among the impacts: • Pasco County’s chances of having its first ever Florida…
Every once in a while, the nerd is elected class president. That can be a good thing, but Florida won’t know for a while. What we do know is that things are going to change in the Florida Senate. Sen. Joe Negron of Stuart is the choice of his Republican colleagues to be Senate president…
Is eight years enough? For Hialeah Sen. Rene Garcia, a Republican, and West Palm Beach Rep. Mark Pafford, a Democrat, the answer is “no” — if Floridians want to diminish the influence of special interests in the Legislature. “We are a representative democracy and we should be making sure that it is the elected officials…