THE BUZZ: FLORIDA POLITICS

House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel listens to debate on the House floor on April 30 in Tallahassee.SCOTT KEELER | Times

Pension vote puts some House Republicans in awkward position

TALLAHASSEE — Florida House Republicans tried to close the state's pension system to new employees this year, saying it's a ticking time bomb that could cripple the state's budget for years to come. But many of those same GOP lawmakers are members of the state pension system themselves, according to a Times/Herald  …

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Scott wants tuition pledge from university presidents

Scott wants tuition pledge from university presidents

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has all but guaranteed a veto of the 3 percent tuition increase in the state budget and he recently reached out to an unlikely group to aid his cause.All …

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Treasury officials learned of IRS inquiry in June 2012

Treasury officials learned of IRS inquiry in June 2012

WASHINGTON — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenu …

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