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Drew WilsonNovember 3, 2015

A conservative group came out against Gov. Rick Scott’s economic incentives plan Tuesday, deriding it as corporate welfare and saying it lacks transparency. Americans for Prosperity Florida director Chris Hudson said his group agreed with Scott’s call for broad-based tax cuts at his 2015 State of the State address, as well as his statement that […]

Jim RosicaOctober 20, 2015

Bill Johnson, head of the state’s economic development agency, continued to take hits from state senators Tuesday as he pressed for still more money for business incentive programs. Johnson, CEO of Enterprise Florida, appeared before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development. Gov. Rick Scott’s point man on enticing new business to […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 8, 2015

Chagrined at the levels of funding allocated in the proposed 2015-16 budget Enterprise Florida held a conference call early Monday morning asked members of its executive committee to contact budget conferees and press for more money. According to EFI staff there is $30 million in the Senate budget and $5 million for marketing or EFI […]

Tag: Economic incentives

Americans for Prosperity blasts Rick Scott’s economic incentive plan as “risky”

Bill Johnson keeps up fight for incentives funding

Enterprise Florida pushing for more money in the 2015-16 budget