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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 5.12.21 Good Wednesday morning. According to a new poll, Florida voters overwhelmingly support the new Gaming Compact between the state and Seminole Tribe of Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. recently signed the new Gaming Compact, which would give the Tribe exclusive control of sports betting in Florida and allow pari-mutuels to offer sports betting under the tribe’s supervision. In exchange, the state would receive a minimum of $2.5 billion in revenue in...

House panel approves utility pole regulation bill Photo via FMEA Facebook. Electric utilities want it. Telecom companies don't. If a power company and an internet or cable TV provider bicker over using the same utility poles, or just planting a second set, Florida could have something to say under a bill that cleared a House panel Wednesday. By a 12-2 vote, the House State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee approved Republican Rep. Nick DiCeglie‘s HB 1567 Wednesday. It would transfer authority over those utility pole connections and the companies’ occasional dispu...

Capitol Watch for Wednesday, March 17 Florida lawmakers began a 60-day session March 2. (Source: News Service of Florida) By ABC7 Staff | March 17, 2021 at 6:35 AM EDT - Updated March 17 at 6:35 AM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida Senate and House committees will be taking up the following bills on Wednesday, March 17: TELEMEDICINE FOR FIDO: The Senate Agriculture Committee will take up a bill (SB 1370), filed by Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Doral, that would allow veterinarians to use telemedicine to treat animals. (9 a.m., 110 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.) JUNETEENTH DAY DIS...

'HB 1239/SB 1592 will allow us to work toward viable solutions this Session.'