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Mitch PerryMarch 4, 2015

In his State of the State address on Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott hailed Florida’s diversity, featuring sentences in his speech that mentioned “we are home to over 250 languages,” and “we are clearly the best melting pot in the world.” However, in Ybor City’s Centennial Park in Tampa on Wednesday, a group of immigration activists said […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 4, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott sent a letter to President Barack Obama Wednesday advising Obama that he will not use state dollars to “backfill” any loss of federal “low income pool” or LIP money used to both help pay for health care programs and to train doctors. Scott assumed the funding would be intact when he crafted his […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 4, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott sent a letter to President Barack Obama Wednesday advising Obama that he will not use state dollars to “backfill” any loss of federal “low income pool” or LIP money used to both help pay for health care programs and to train doctors. Scott assumed the funding would be intact when he crafted his […]

Bruce RitchieMarch 4, 2015

Associated Industries of Florida announced Wednesday it’s forming a “Florida Mineral Rights Working Group” to focus on oil and gas production — with no mention of the even more controversial idea of offshore drilling. The announcement comes as legislation (SB 166/HB 169) has been filed to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which is a process […]

Mitch PerryMarch 4, 2015

Mayor Bob Buckhorn may be neutral about the idea, but the business community is all in when it comes to the possibility of Tampa landing a Cuban consulate. Last week, the board of directors of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce unanimously endorsed re-establishing a secure Cuban consulate in the Tampa/Hillsborough County area when relations […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 4, 2015

The group Equality Florida is asking supporters to email their state representatives urging them to vote no on an anti-transgender bill making its way through committees on this first full day of session. The single-sex public facilities bill would require individuals to use only restrooms for the sex in which they were assigned at birth. The […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 4, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for POLITICO advising President Obama that he should remodel the health exchange and allow low income people to establish individual savings accounts if the Supreme Court of the United States rules in King v. Burwell that tax subsidies on the federal exchange are illegal. Florida did not establish its […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2015

Since Republicans took control of Congress two months ago, an elaborate tug of war has broken out between GOP lawmakers and President Barack Obama over who will call the shots on major issues for the next two years. On some fronts, Obama has held his ground, watching near-gleefully as Republicans bungled early attempts to legislate […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2015

Since Republicans took control of Congress two months ago, an elaborate tug of war has broken out between GOP lawmakers and President Barack Obama over who will call the shots on major issues for the next two years. On some fronts, Obama has held his ground, watching near-gleefully as Republicans bungled early attempts to legislate […]

Phil AmmannMarch 4, 2015

In the possibility that state Rep. Dana Young’s Gaming Control Act of 2015 passes the Legislature, one thing is sure: There will be significant changes in Florida gambling, although maybe not what many expect. First, South Florida may well become a home to two destination casinos, dog tracks end live greyhound races and slot machines proliferate […]

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Activists say immigrants should count in Rick Scott’s Florida, too

Rick Scott warns Barack Obama that he won't use state dollars to "backfill" LIP loss

Rick Scott warns Barack Obama that he won’t use state dollars to “backfill” LIP loss

Associated Industries of FL working group to discuss onshore oil and gas production

Tampa Chamber supports bringing Cuban consulate to Tampa

Equality Florida asks for support killing an anti-trans bathroom bill

Rick Scott offers Barack Obama some health care advice

Tug of war: Obama, Congress at odds over who's in control

Tug of war: Obama, Congress at odds over who’s in control

Dana Young’s reform bill might actually reduce gambling in Florida