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Associated PressApril 28, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is targeting 10 Republicans in his push to get $200 million to help repair the dike that surrounds Lake Okeechobee. Scott’s political committee, Let’s Get to Work, is paying for automated phone calls to voters living in districts of 10 legislators including House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron. […]

Scott PowersApril 28, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is launching his first campaign video on the internet, mocking Gov. Rick Scott’s jobs record and using the current governor in the video. The ad begins with footage taken from one of Scott’s own videos, showing him in a radio studio declaring his mantra, “What have we done in the […]

Mitch PerryApril 27, 2017

Two weeks ago, the Florida House spent more than three hours debating a bill to attract specialized, high-performing charter schools to Florida as an alternative to struggling public schools. On Thursday, with time running out in the 2017 Session, teacher union officials, educators and activists denounced the controversial $200 million spending plan (HB 1505) at […]

Guest AuthorApril 27, 2017

Florida’s Everglades is an American iconic national park known and revered throughout the world for its biodiversity. Floridians, regardless where they live, must join together to protect and restore this treasure before the Everglades reaches a point of no return. The Everglades is home to thousands of plant and animal species and draws millions of […]

Scott PowersApril 27, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott together with Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a 60-page response to Orlando’s State Attorney Aramis Ayala‘s charge that he overstepped his authority in reassigning her cases, contending Ayala has asked him to reassign other cases, and that her argument of “prosecutorial discretion” is actually one seeking no discretion. Scott’s response, filed late […]

Joe HendersonApril 27, 2017

Assuming Gov. Rick Scott signs the bill repealing the state’s so-called “booze wall,” I suspect it won’t take long before we all wonder what the fuss was about. The euphemistic wall is one of those Prohibition-era creations that mandated hard liquor can’t be sold in regular grocery stores. That might have made sense 82 years […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 27, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott is continuing his push for money for Visit Florida, releasing a new digital ad hitting lawmakers over proposals to cut funding for the state’s tourism marketing agency. In the 60-second spot, released by Scott’s political committee Let’s Get to Work, the Naples Republican is shown saying “Florida’s been winning, now a group […]

Peter SchorschApril 27, 2017

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There is a deal. House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron announced a settlement Thursday on the major points of difference between their chambers on an $83 million budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, and appointed conference committee members to work out the details. The conferees were to begin work […]

Guest AuthorApril 26, 2017

The world around us is constantly changing as technology evolves. Investing in high-tech jobs can set Florida up to succeed far into the future while providing people with high-wage jobs that will keep the American dream alive and well in our great state. Other states have already committed to investments in the future, with millions […]

Mitch PerryApril 26, 2017

Rep. Vern Buchanan is asking Gov. Rick Scott to send a “significant” amount of newly received federal anti-drug money to his congressional district, parts of which have been among of the hardest hit by the opioid drug crisis. “I want to make sure that this funding goes where it’s needed most — Florida’s Suncoast,” he […]

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Rick Scott targets legislators with phone calls

First Chris King campaign video mocks Rick Scott’s jobs record

Teachers, activists in Tampa blast ‘schools of hope’ legislation

Bob Martinez, Dominic Calabro: The time is now to address the Everglades crisis

Rick Scott, Pam Bondi answer Aramis Ayala’s suit: she’s not practicing discretion

Joe Henderson: Tearing down ‘booze wall’ is right choice for consumers

Rick Scott calls proposed cuts to Visit Florida ‘irresponsible’ in new web ad

Budget deal struck, House and Senate leaders appoint conferees

Pat Neal: Florida must commit to the future and invest in high-tech jobs

Vern Buchanan asks Rick Scott to direct federal anti-drug money into his district