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Phil AmmannJune 20, 2015

On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced nine appointments to a variety of state boards and commissions. Johnnie B. Byrd Alzheimer’s Center and Research Institute Scott started by naming Sherrie Nickell to the Board of Directors, Johnnie B. Byrd Alzheimer’s Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida. The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute […]

Phil AmmannJune 20, 2015

No rest for the weary Florida lawmaker. Make that about 80 days of rest. Even as the Sine Die hanky fell on the 2015A Special Legislative Session, and ink dries on a $79 billion budget sitting on Gov. Rick Scott’s desk, plans for next year’s session are already well under way. A joint memo released […]

Phil AmmannJune 19, 2015

Citing “blatant political maneuvering and a disregard for the wishes of voters,” few lawmakers can take pride in the 2015 Legislative Session, says Pamela Goodman, President of the Florida League of Women Voters. Her primary concerns in the recently ended Special Session A were notable failures in accepting federal Medicaid expansion money to cover more […]

Phil AmmannJune 19, 2015

Florida Education Association President Andy Ford hailed the newly passed $78.8 billion budget as a “step forward” in properly funding the state’s public education. But more work is needed, he cautioned. Florida lawmakers finished the overtime marathon session after 6 p.m. Passed unanimously by the Senate and by a 96-17 vote in the House, the […]

Phil AmmannJune 19, 2015

Florida lawmakers capped the special session on the budget by passing a $78.8 billion spending plan, an agreement hammered out between the House and Senate after they failed to reach accord during the regular 60 day special session in the spring. The budget passed the House by a 96-17 shortly after 6 p.m. Frida, about […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 19, 2015

House budget chief Richard Corcoran has a message for Gov. Rick Scott. “I would tell the governor to go forth boldly and veto,” Corcoran, said paraphrasing Martin Luther. Corcoran worked with Senate budget chief Tom Lee to hammer out a nearly $79 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2015-16. Addressing a group of reporters outside […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 19, 2015

Florida’s legislative leaders are trying to make the health care financing decisions they made during the June Special Session veto-proof. The Florida House and Senate were at odds throughout the 2015 Regular Legislative Session on health care spending and policy. Indeed, the inability to agree on how much additional Medicaid funding to include in the […]

Phil AmmannJune 19, 2015

In successfully hosting seven presidential candidates in Orlando this month, Gov. Rick Scott had one invaluable partner: Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts. As first reported by the Tampa Bay Times, campaign finance records show that on June 2, the day of the Economic Growth Summit, the Walt Disney Co. gave nearly a quarter million […]

Ryan RayJune 19, 2015

Just hours before a Friday evening vote on the state budget which will, with any luck, put to bed the specter of a government shutdown and/or constitutional crisis, Gov. Rick Scott announced that he will be taking his message of cutting taxes on the road. The “KEEP FLORIDA WORKING” Tax Cut Victory Tour, as his office called […]

Phil AmmannJune 19, 2015

On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott named two attorneys based in Palm Beach Gardens to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court, which presides over Palm Beach County. Dina Keever, 52, has practiced with McCabe Rabin, P.A. since 2013. She previously was sole practitioner of Dina A. Keever, P.A. through 2013, and before that was with Lewis Tein, […]

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Rick Scott announces nine state board appointments

No rest for the weary: 2016 legislative committee meeting schedule announced

Florida League of Women Voters blast record budget that ‘ignores Constitution’

FEA president praises budget as ‘step forward’ for public schools, says further work needed

Foundation for Florida’s Future celebrates educational highlights of newly passed budget

Richard Corcoran to Rick Scott: “Go forth boldly and veto”

Lawmakers aimed to build a veto-proof health care budget

Rick Scott’s big partner for successful Economic Summit: Disney

Rick Scott set to kick off “tax cut victory tour”

Gov. Scott appoints Dina Keever and Scott Ira Suskauer to Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court