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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 27, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has asserted that he is helping President Donald Trump work on a replacement for “Obamacare,” made his feelings known about the Affordable Care Act again on Friday. In an editorial on CNN‘s website, Scott made a number of points. Among them, that the Affordable Care Act was nothing more than an expansion […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 27, 2017

On Friday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott invoked the ongoing state of emergency in the wake of Hurricane Matthew to earmark $15.8 million for beach restoration in some Northeast Florida counties. St. Johns, Flagler, Volusia and Brevard Counties will benefit from the funds. Duval and Nassau Counties will not. The allocation prioritizes beach and dune restoration in areas […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 27, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott proposed $618 million in tax cuts this week, which included four back to school holidays and reducing the commercial lease tax. “Governor Scott’s ‘Fighting for Florida’s Future’ tax package includes a number of cuts which will significantly support Florida’s retailers, including a reduction in the business rent tax, cutting the business tax […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 26, 2017

Last September, Governor Rick Scott ordered new public notification rules and legislation to ensure the public is kept informed of incidents of pollution that may cause a threat to public health and to Florida’s air and water resources. He made that announcement following the sewage spill in St. Petersburg and Mosaic’s sinkhole in Mulberry the sent toxins in the drinking-water […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 26, 2017

Members of the Florida House Subcommittee on Children, Families and Seniors heard from five different speakers on Thursday regarding the process by which refugees are resettled in Florida. However, Democrats on the committee only heard from four, as they walked out en masse in disapproval to hear from Mark Krekorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 26, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott threatened Florida ports with sanctions if they do business with Cuba. He underscored it with a pair of tweets, the first in Spanish: “No podemos tolerar una dictadura brutal en Cuba.” Translation: We cannot tolerate a brutal dictatorship in Cuba. In another tweet, channeling his inner Donald Trump, Gov. Scott noted, “We […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 26, 2017

Sen. Keith Perry has filed a bill calling for a 10-day back-to-school tax holiday in August. Under the proposed legislation (SB 490), certain school supplies would be tax exempt from Aug. 4 through 14. “As I talk to folks across north central Florida, I hear the same thing over and over – people are working […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 26, 2017

So far, 2017 has been unkind to proponents of buying land south of Lake Okeechobee. That’s the takeaway from two January Senate committee meetings that have been held on the issue. In the titanic legislative battle pitting landowners, minority residents from the Glades and state and water management district officials against Senate President Joe Negron and environmental groups, the […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 25, 2017

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is calling on President Donald Trump to stand by his campaign pledge to spend up to a trillion dollars to improve the nation’s infrastructure needs. “If there ever was an opportunity for us to potentially find common ground with the new president, it would be over infrastructure,” Buckhorn said at a press conference held in […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 25, 2017

The Senate Subcommittee on Civil and Criminal Justice heard an update Wednesday on the number of sexual assault kits that were previously untested and are now no longer, learning that over 2,000 cases had now been analyzed. The issue with sexual assault kits is that, for many years, a lot of them were put into […]

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Rick Scott: Obamacare expanded the welfare state

Rick Scott authorizes $15.8 million for Northeast Florida beach restoration

Capitol Reax: Tax cuts, certificates of need, whiskey and Wheaties, fracking

Bill Galvano files “spill bill” strengthening notification requirements

Florida Democrats walk out of committee discussing refugees resettlement

Rick Scott cannot condone Cuba’s ‘oppressive behavior.’ What about China’s?

Keith Perry files bill to create 10-day back-to-school sales tax holiday

Proposed plan to buy farmland south of Lake Okeechobee off to slow start in Florida Senate

Bill Nelson and Bob Buckhorn call on Donald Trump to back up plans on infrastructure spending

Over 2,000 previously untested sexual assault kits have been analyzed by the FDLE