The nuance behind Scott’s $1 billion education promise isn’t chump change
By at 12 January, 2012, 2:39 pm
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott used his session-opening speech to insist that lawmakers follow his directive to pour $1 billion more into public schools next year. “Floridians truly believe that support for education is the most significant thing we can do to ensure both short-term Read More
Read More >>Scott starts 2012 with adjusted image, agenda
Rick Scott begins his second year as governor surrounded by savvier advisers, stalked by persistently dismal poll numbers and converted to spending a lot more money on schools.
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After a Year in Office, Gov. Scott says Florida Heading in Right Direction
Gov. Rick Scott thinks Florida’s economy has turned the corner after his first year in office.
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As Florida government costs are cut, some grumble
Gov. Rick Scott is off to a fast start toward keeping his campaign promise to shrink the size and cost of Florida’s relatively small and inexpensive state government, according to a new state personnel report.
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Scott’s education boost comes by gutting Medicaid hospitals
By at 7 December, 2011, 6:50 pm
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott’s proposed 2012-13 budget would include $1 billion more in education spending, $35 million more in tax cuts for companies, and cuts to health-care providers that treat Medicaid patients. The $66.4 billion budget the governor unveiled Wednesday is just a Read More
Read More >>Rick Scott to RGA: Florida Democrats are ‘frustrated’
By at 1 December, 2011, 3:57 pm
Gov. Rick Scott told an audience of Republican state officials from around the country Thursday that his first year in office had been a success, and Democrats were “shocked” he had kept campaign pledges to go after teacher tenure, cut taxes and scale back state regulation. The Republican Read More
Read More >>Sen. Mike Bennett says companies that take tax incentives and run are ‘prostitutes’
Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, told Gov. Rick Scott’s jobs czar this morning that the state should not pay companies for the “privilege” to relocate to Florida.
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AP Exclusive: Official gets years to repay $21,000
By at 10 November, 2011, 7:41 pm
An official with Gov. Rick Scott's administration is getting three years to repay the state after he was given more than $21,000 in a possible violation of state policy.
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