Tag: Rick Scott

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2016
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On the campaign trail, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said the city wasn’t getting what it deserved from Tallahassee. In the 2016 Legislative Session, Curry delivered. He made frequent trips out west to lobby lawmakers and the Governor regarding the pension tax and other local priorities. And he enlisted Marty Fiorentino to helm a concerted lobbying […]

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Relief could be coming for some South Florida small businesses impacted by the Lake Okeechobee discharges. On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott activated Florida’s Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program for more than 100 businesses affected by the releases. The move comes after theFlorida Department of Economic Opportunity conducted a survey to assess the economic damages […]

Staff ReportsMarch 17, 2016
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Wednesday saw Governor Rick Scott announce one appointment and one reappointment of Jacksonville doctors to the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel. The new appointment to fill a vacancy: Dr. Yvette McCarter, the Director of Clinical Microbiology at UFHealth Jacksonville College of Medicine. Her term will end in October, 2018. Reappointed through 2019: Carleen Van Siclen, a laboratory education […]

Phil AmmannMarch 16, 2016
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On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott’s office released the names of 14 legal and state board appointments. Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels Scott began by announcing reappointments in the Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels for Florida’s First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Regions. Regional Counsels are responsible where court appointed counsel (CAC) is mandated […]

Ryan RayMarch 16, 2016
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Gov. Rick Scott announced the governor’s office would pitch in $50,000 in state funds to help with relief efforts in three Florida counties damaged by recent tornadoes. The money – administered through Volunteer Florida, the governor’s commission on volunteerism and service –  will be matched by local authorities for a total of $100,000 overall for Escambia, Santa Rosa, […]

Scott PowersMarch 16, 2016
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In an appearance on the Greta Van Susteren show Wednesday night, Florida Gov. Rick Scott backed up his endorsement of Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination and called for an end of “Republican on Republican violence.” In an appearance on the “On The Record with Greta Van Susteren” show on the Fox News Channel, […]

Scott PowersMarch 16, 2016
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The Florida Policy Institute says the state’s new 2016 budget is better than Gov. Rick Scott’s initial proposal. The nonprofit’s report, though, says the spending plan still lacks adequate investment in health care, public education, prisons and other state services. The report praised the Legislature for killing Scott’s proposed $1 billion tax cut, saying it […]


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