Associated PressMarch 4, 2021
5min995
Estimated 18 million people collecting jobless aid.
Tag: cuts
Associated PressMarch 4, 2021
Scott PowersMay 7, 2020
6min360
Political journalists discuss partisan politics entrenching again in Florida.
Ryan NicolApril 29, 2019
3min350
"The cuts ... would be devastating to Nicklaus Children’s, and children and families."
Danny McAuliffeApril 24, 2019
4min484
Only a $35.3 million cut to university base funding is included in the House's first offer.
Scott PowersOctober 9, 2018
4min595
A new television commercial being launched Thursday by the Democrats’ Senate Majority Political Action Committee is attacking Republican Gov. Rick Scott over the education cuts he oversaw early in his administration, bringing the cuts back for consideration in Florida’s U.S. Senate race. The new commercial, “Cuts,” focuses on the $1.3 billion that Florida cut from […]
Scott PowersAugust 7, 2018
3min233
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Rick Scott is launching a new television commercial accusing his opponent, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, of voting to cut Medicare when he voted for the Affordable Care Act. The 30-second spot, “Unfair,” will be playing on television and in digital internet advertising. It charges Nelson with supporting Medicare cuts […]
Staff ReportsMarch 11, 2018
4min389
The Legislature on Sunday gave the final OK of a negotiated tax relief package that would, among other things, allow Floridians to buy tax-free clothes and school supplies during three days in August and tax-free hurricane gear at the start of June. The roughly $171 million package (HB 7087) was passed by the Senate 31-5, then approved […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 7, 2017
4min217
As state lawmakers head back to Tallahassee for a special session this week, the Florida College System is are asking Gov. Rick Scott to reconsider millions upon millions of cuts to their base budgets. Thomas LoBasso, the president of Daytona State College and the chairman of the Council of Presidents, sent a letter to Scott […]