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Frank TorresJuly 29, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott honored 58 service members in Orlando on Wednesday with the Governor’s Veterans Award. The award recognizes Floridians who served their country in the armed forces. During the ceremony at the Marriott World Center, Scott also touted $1 million in the “Keep Florida Working” state budget set aside for Building Homes for Heroes, a nonprofit organization that erects […]

Daniel TilsonJune 23, 2015

The tall, thin man stood surveying the inside of the giant warehouse full of forgotten, misbegotten and just plain old rotten rejects and has-beens. He stood frozen a few moments before looking up at countless 50-foot-high rows of hopelessly overloaded dark metal shelving and storage units as far as the eye could see. His head […]

Phil AmmannJune 22, 2015

On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott takes a one-day victory lap around the state to celebrate more than $400 million in tax cuts going back to citizens. Scott will visit seven Florida cities on a 12-hour “KEEP FLORIDA WORKING” Tax Cut Victory Tour, a recently signed $428.9-million tax-cut bill presented in the newly passed $79 billion […]

Ryan RayJune 19, 2015

Just hours before a Friday evening vote on the state budget which will, with any luck, put to bed the specter of a government shutdown and/or constitutional crisis, Gov. Rick Scott announced that he will be taking his message of cutting taxes on the road. The “KEEP FLORIDA WORKING” Tax Cut Victory Tour, as his office called […]

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Dr. Leak Roberts. Image via AP.

Rick Scott honors 58 veterans at Orlando award ceremony

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