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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 7, 2017

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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 […]

Staff ReportsJune 7, 2017

A mailer from an Illinois based political committee targeting Senate President Joe Negron is landing in Treasure Coast mailboxes. The Palm Beach Post reported voters living in Negron’s Treasure Coast-Palm Beach district are receiving mailers from SunshinePAC, a newly formed Illinois-based PAC, criticizing the Stuart Republican over his support of a wide-sweeping education bill (HB […]

Mitch PerryJune 7, 2017

Among the bills Governor Rick Scott signed into law on Tuesday is HB 647, which eliminates of the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission by December 31 of this year. The agency, originally created by a special act of the Florida Legislature in the 1970’s and the only one of its kind in the state, has been […]

Gary FineoutJune 7, 2017

An effort by Florida’s Republican leaders to put aside recent acrimony and reach a new budget deal was falling apart on the eve of a three-day special session. If legislators can’t reach an accord, Florida’s public schools could be in danger of losing billions for the upcoming school year. Legislators are scheduled to return to […]

Guest AuthorJune 6, 2017

The United States is in the midst of a public health crisis. Opioid addiction is taking mothers, fathers and children; destroying lives, breaking up families. The problem is particularly insidious in Florida, which has become a destination for rehabilitative services and sober home living. In the first part of 2016, approximately 2,600 people died from opioid overdoses in […]

Guest AuthorJune 6, 2017

Under the leadership of Gov. Rick Scott, the revival of the Florida economy has been marked by annual job growth and tourism rates that outpace the national average. The inextricable link between Florida’s investment in its tourism industry and this economic recovery is affirmed by the statistics. Visitor spending in Florida has increased by an […]

Scott PowersJune 6, 2017

Attorneys for Orlando’s State Attorney Aramis Ayala and Gov. Rick Scott will give their oral arguments on June 28 in the legal battle over the death penalty in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Each side is being given 20 minutes that day in oral arguments in the case that both sides and multiple friends of the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 6, 2017

Stronger civil penalties for terrorism in the Sunshine State are imminent, as Gov. Rick Scott signed Rep. Jason Fischer‘s “Civil Remedies for Terrorism” bill into law Friday. HB 65 was Fischer’s first bill, filed last November. Previously, there had not been a civil cause of action for terrorism under Florida law. This bill changes that, allowing a person injured […]

Mitch PerryJune 6, 2017

Former state Senator Jeremy Ring, the only official candidate in the 2018 race to be Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, has just completed a book about his experiences working as a founding member of Yahoo. Ring said Monday he plans to publish his book this fall. “We Were Yahoo” will describe how the Silicon Valley-based company […]

Gary FineoutJune 6, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday defended his latest round of budget vetoes, which set a modern-day record for a governor but came from a long list of spending projects, including money intended for public universities and compensation for homeowners whose trees were torn down by the state. Scott late last week vetoed nearly $11.9 […]

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Florida colleges to Rick Scott: ‘Urge legislative leaders to restore our cuts’

Report: Mailers from Illinois PAC targeting Joe Negron over education bill

Rick Scott signs death warrant for Hillsborough Public Transportation Commission

With school funding in jeopardy, Florida GOP at odds again

Timothy Stapleton: Fighting the opioid epidemic in the exam room

Pat Neal: Look to Colorado — cutting VISIT Florida funding would be disastrous

Supreme Court sets oral arguments in Aramis Ayala-Rick Scott case

Jason Fischer’s ‘Civil Remedies for Terrorism’ bill becomes law

Now a CFO candidate, Jeremy Ring to publish book on Yahoo experience

Rick Scott defends record-setting budget vetoes