Associated PressJanuary 7, 2024
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The Governor is expected to use the traditional opening of the Legislature to highlight his successes on the issues that please conservatives everywhere.
Tag: State of the State addressWekiva High School Winners and Florida ProStart Leaders Celebrate Fourth Place Win on stage. Image via Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Educational Foundation.
Associated PressJanuary 7, 2024
Renzo DowneyMarch 2, 2021
7min1865
Florida was right to reopen the economy and schools and to put "Seniors First," the Governor said.
Renzo DowneyJanuary 14, 2020
5min321
Democrats are left wanting over teachers, the environment and criminal justice.
Danny McAuliffeMarch 5, 2019
6min438
Here's what happened during DeSantis' first State of the State.
Scott PowersJanuary 5, 2018
4min227
Philip Levine is gassing up a bus again for another tour of Florida, this time as an official candidate for governor. Levine, the Democratic former mayor of Miami Beach, announced Friday that he plans to take a bus campaign tour that will start in Orlando next Tuesday morning and end in Key Largo on the […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 7, 2017
4min141
The office of Florida Gov. Rick Scott released some excerpts from the State of the State address that the governor will deliver Tuesday. Expect the governor to discuss his bread and butter themes (tax cuts and the “Fighting for Florida’s Future” budget), while also discussing an eventful year for the Sunshine State that saw Florida wrestle […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 12, 2016
2min290
Florida’s foremost business trade group congratulated Gov. Rick Scott for his sixth State of the State address, and reaffirmed its support for the governor in the just-opened 2016 Legislative Session. Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) President and CEO Tom Feeney released this statement: “AIF applauds Governor Scott on his State of the State address, and […]
Phil AmmannFebruary 27, 2015
1min156
On the eve of the 2015 Legislative Session, Gov. Rick and First Lady Ann Scott will host a State of the State Reception at the Governor’s Mansion. Scott gives his annual address to the joint chamber of the Florida Legislature to open the 2015 session the following day. The reception begins Monday at 6 p.m. […]
Guest AuthorAugust 11, 20147min373
Recently, Gov. Rick Scott delivered his fourth “State of the State Address,” titled “Destination Opportunity.” It should be called “State of Delusion.” For the rosy picture he painted of the debacle of his years in office, he would have flunked a lie detector test. Here are some of the governor’s claims translated into the truth: […]
Daniel TilsonMarch 5, 20146min195
“He’s a walking contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction…” When Kris Kristofferson wrote that line in his classic 1971 song, “He’s a Pilgrim,” he might have been having a premonition about this week’s paradoxical 2014 State of the State speech delivered by Gov. Rick Scott. In the 2013 version, Scott said, “Accountability is working” with […]