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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 7, 2016

On Everglades Action Day, Gov. Rick Scott took steps to make sure there’s a dedicated funding source to restore the River of Grass. Scott signed a bill (HB 989) into law on Thursday to create an annual dedicated funding source to protect Florida’s environment. The Legacy Florida bill sets aside up to $200 million a […]

Guest AuthorApril 7, 2016

Six years ago this month, in a modest office space leased by a Florida businessman named Rick Scott, I had the chance to ask the future governor several probing questions about his political views that any reporter would relish. But I wasn’t a reporter. I was helping Scott prepare messaging points for the launch of […]

Phil AmmannApril 6, 2016

Six years ago this month, in a modest office space leased by a Florida businessman named Rick Scott, I had the chance to ask the future governor several probing questions about his political views that any reporter would relish. But I wasn’t a reporter. I was helping Scott prepare messaging points for the launch of […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 6, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott once again threw his support behind a bill to keep Florida from doing business with firms that boycott Israel. On Wednesday, Scott held a bill signing ceremony at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County in Boca Raton. It was a ceremonial event only; Scott formally signed the bill into law […]

Julie DelegalApril 6, 2016

The world runs on the unpaid and underpaid work of women. Churches, schools, nonprofits, and many business offices would collapse without it. Something else, however, has been collapsing and crumbling in our society for the past 60 years: the American family. For all the rhetoric about the “breakdown of the traditional family,” our leaders give […]

Peter SchorschApril 6, 2016

It did not take long for a video of a Florida woman haranguing Gov. Rick Scott while he ordered coffee at a Gainesville Starbucks to go viral. “You cut Medicaid so I couldn’t get Obamacare,” the woman, identified as former Lake Worth City Commissioner Cara Jennings, yells at Scott. “You’re an asshole. You don’t care about working people. You […]

Mitch PerryApril 6, 2016

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Can North Carolina’s controversial religious freedom law that critics say discriminates against the LGBT community redound to Tampa’s advantage? That’s what Bob Buckhorn hopes for, after PayPal announced on Tuesday that it was their canceling plans for a new operation center that would have employed over 400 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, citing that new law. “The […]

Phil AmmannApril 5, 2016

During a visit to a Starbucks in downtown Gainesville, Gov. Rick Scott got an earful from an angry woman over his refusal to expand Medicaid to low-income Floridians. “You cut Medicaid so I couldn’t get Obamacare,” the woman, identified as former Lake Worth City Commissioner Cara Jennings, yells at Scott. “You’re an asshole. You don’t care about […]

Mitch PerryApril 5, 2016

Planned Parenthood has never been under fire (sometimes literally) as they have been in the past year. The reproductive rights organization has had to contend with a series of blows that began last summer with a series of secretly recorded videos purporting to show its officials trying to profit illegally from selling fetal tissues. “As […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 5, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has two new members on his leadership team. On Tuesday, Scott announced Kevin F. Reilly and William N. Spicola will be joining his senior leadership team. Reilly will be Scott’s legislative affairs director, while Spicola has been appointed Scott’s general counsel. Both men start Wednesday. The announcement is the latest of several […]

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Rick Scott signs Legacy Florida bill on Everglades Action Day

Brian Burgess: Rick Scott should veto alimony bill because it’s the ‘right thing to do’

Brian Burgess: Rick Scott should veto alimony bill because it’s the ‘right thing to do’

Rick Scott ceremonially signs Israel anti-boycott bill

Julie Delegal: Rick Scott should veto alimony “reform” bill

Rick Scott should be able to order his coffee without being called an “a**hole”

Bob Buckhorn pitches PayPal on relocating to Tampa from North Carolina

Rick Scott gets earful from angry Florida woman at Gainesville Starbucks

Planned Parenthood official tells crowd it’s guilty only of helping women

Rick Scott appoints Kevin Reilly, William Spicola to leadership team