Anne GeggisMarch 6, 2024
6min0
The state's largest teachers union cites inflation and money going to voucher program to explain why billions more in state education spending won't move the needle.
Tag: proposed budgetA doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman on Aug. 7, 2018, at a hospital in Chicago. Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The cases are detailed in federal documents obtained by The Associated Press and raise serious questions about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S. Image via AP/Teresa Crawford.
Anne GeggisMarch 6, 2024
A.G. GancarskiNovember 29, 2017
3min417
Wednesday saw Gov. Rick Scott visit Jacksonville, contending that he proposes spending “record” amounts of money on K-12 education in his latest budget. “We’re going to have historic funding, for the sixth year in a row,” Scott said, of a “record investment” that will “make sure we fully fund our education system.” Scott trumpets historic funding […]
Ana CeballosNovember 14, 2017
3min392
Gov. Rick Scott wants to give $100 million to housing and workforce programs that will aid those impacted by Hurricane Irma — the largest storm to hit the state in decades –, under his proposed state budget for 2018-19. “Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida and affected communities statewide,” Scott said. “Due to the impact […]