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When Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced he approved a $74.1 billion budget, he portrayed it as having plenty of goodies for everyone, from school teacher raises to hot meals for the elderly. But he also claimed that the budget was lean. "This budget ...

Rick Scott Reviewing Bill Banning Texting While Driving. Florida Governor Rick Scott could sign or veto a texting while driving ban as soon as the weekend but so far, he has given no indication which way he is leaning. Attorney David Seltzer comments ...Gov. Rick Scott warns Florida universities he will fight tuition hikes this yearWPTVRick Scott presses university boards to oppose tuition increaseMiamiHerald.com (blog)Gov. Rick Scott set to act on slate of bills, including some from First Coast ...Florida Times-UnionWKMG Orlando -New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog) -Tampabay.com (blog)all 30 news articles »

Rick Scott warns Florida universities he will fight tuition hikes this year. Rick Scott Governor. Florida Gov. Rick Scott is strongly warning universities that he will fight against any tuition hikes this year. Photographer: Joe Raedle Copyright ...Rick Scott presses university boards to oppose tuition increaseMiamiHerald.com (blog)Fla. Gov. Rick Scott to sign texting bill into lawWKMG OrlandoFlorida Gov. Rick Scott Warns Universities He Will Fight Tuition HikesNBC 6 South FloridaFlorida Times-Union -New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog) -Tampabay.com (blog)all 28 news articles »

Rick Scott, who stripped the item out of the state budget. To hear the governor tell it, he just didn't see how the idea would benefit Florida taxpayers. "These projects provide no clear mechanism for objectively measuring and evaluating the return on ...

Rick Scott: You would think that someone who talks so much about economic development would understand it a bit better. And yet, the governor decided to veto $50 million toward completing a cross-Florida recreational trail. These trails are more than ...

Rick Scott will sign the ban on texting and driving next week at a high school in Miami. A more fitting venue would have been in Sarasota County — home to the three legislators who were the most significant players behind the legislation (SB 52): Sen.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott waded into a religious-infused campus controversy Tuesday, asking the state university system chancellor to look into a classroom lesson at Florida Atlantic University in which students were instructed to stomp on sheets of ...

Rick Scott is strongly warning universities that he will fight against any tuition hikes this year. Scott made the warning in a letter sent out Friday to the heads of the boards that oversee the state's 12 public universities. He urged university ...

WKMG OrlandoGov. Rick Scott is signing the texting while driving bill (SB 52) at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Alonzo and Tracy Mourning High School in Miami, but the state law doesn't take effect until Oct. 1. The bill prohibits drivers from manually typing or entering ...Gov. Rick Scott set to act on slate of bills, including some from First Coast ...Florida Times-Union (blog)Fla. Gov. Rick Scott to sign texting bill into lawWKMG OrlandoFlorida Gov. Rick Scott Warns Universities He Will Fight Tuition HikesNBC 6 South FloridaTampabay.com (blog) -WPTV -New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog)all 17 news articles »

Gov. Rick Scott today sent letters to the boards of trustees of Florida's 12 universities urging them to forgo any tuition increase this year. Scott already has vetoed a 3 percent tuition increase included in the state budget, but some people believe ...Gov. Rick Scott set to act on slate of bills, including some from First Coast ...Florida Times-Union (blog)Gov. Rick Scott urges university trustees to hold tuition flatTampabay.com (blog)Rick Scott To Sign Texting And Driving Ban BillNew Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog)WBFS -Tbo.com -Orlando Sentinel (blog)all 12 news articles »

Gov. Rick Scott, having vetoed budget provisions for a 3 percent tuition increase, on Friday reiterated his stance to university trustees. In a letter to the the chairmen of all 12 university boards, Scott stressed that he considered a tuition hike ...

Rick Scott Approves $65M to Safety-Net Hospitals for Medicaid TransitionBecker's Hospital ReviewHospital CEOs in Florida lobbied Gov. Rick Scott to dole out extra funds as the state moves to a new Medicaid payment system, and it worked, as the former hospital executive turned governor approved $65 million in "transitional payments," according to ...Rick Scott Cuts Medicaid Deal with Hospital CEOsSunshine State NewsSt. Mary's among hospitals pledging no 2014 request for Medicaid-transition cashPalm Beach Postall 3 news articles »

Wrapping up leading a trade mission to Chile, Gov. Rick Scott announced on Friday that Atton Hotels--which currently has properties in Chile and Peru--will launch their first site in the United States in Miami come 2015. Bringing in $55 million from ...

Florida Governor Rick Scott makes his State of the State address in Tallahassee, Fla., on March 5, 2013. Photographer: The Florida Channel Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, ...Liberal Dan Gelber Attacks Rick Scott and Looks Ahead to 2014Sunshine State News (blog)Heritage deal draws political fire as Gelber rips Scott for taking cashTampabay.com (blog)Former State Senator Says Citizens Deal "Smells"WJNOall 4 news articles »

ABC Action NewsFormer state Sen. Dan Gelber, best known for being the Democratic attorney general who lost to Pam Bondi in 2010, is slamming Gov. Rick Scott for accepting campaign contributions from Heritage Property Insurance and Casualty Insurance--and raising his ...Florida Governor Rick Scott asked to return money to insurer in Citizens ...ABC Action NewsHeritage deal draws political fire as Gelber rips Scott for taking cashTampabay.com (blog)all 3 news articles »

Florida's gubernatorial race next year is shaping up as one of the main events of the 2014 election cycle--and it's already starting to get national attention. That's to be expected since the Sunshine State remains the leading swing state in the nation ...

Rick Scott considered budget vetoes last week, some of the state's best-known hospitals feared he would slice $65 million that lawmakers had set aside to help the industry move to a new Medicaid payment system. So hospital chief executives from across ...St. Mary's among hospitals pledging no 2014 request for Medicaid-transition cashPalm Beach Postall 2 news articles »

Rick Scott Monday. Scott has until June 4 to sign or veto most of the bills. Included in the group are a host of measurers sponsored by First Coast lawmakers. Scott does not indicate if he will sign or veto a bill prior to the formal action. One of ...and more »

Rick Scott a law on capital punishment reform that critics say would limit defendants' opportunities to vindicate themselves in the courts. Called the "Timely Justice Act," the law would require Gov. Scott to sign a death warrant within 30 days of ...

new_asset_attachment_attributes. Gov. Rick Scott on Monday vetoed a bill that would have financed a closer look at a proposal for the Pasco County Sheriff's Office to take over felony probation services in Pasco from the state Department of Corrections.

Gov. Rick Scott's trade mission to Chile is already paying off for Florida. On Thursday, Gov. Scott announced that Crystal Lagoons Corporation, a company headquartered in Chile which develops man-made lagoons for swimming and other activities, will ...and more »

Examiner.comRick Scott told a group of GOP faithful in the Democratic stronghold of Broward County on May 20. Scott's speech focused on familiar subjects of job creation under his reign, the disappointment of losing the 2012 election, and the importance of his ...Gov. Rick Scott signs elections bill to fix long voter linesTampabay.comRick Scott Signs Law Restoring Florida's Early Voting, Limiting Ballot Length ...Huffington PostRepublicans Scramble to Save Governor in Florida BattlegroundNational JournalExaminer.com -New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog) -Florida Courierall 24 news articles »

This was the cornerstone pledge of the Rick Scott campaign for governor in 2010. Our partners at PolitiFact have been keeping track of this pledge over the course of the last two years, so we asked them if the Governor is, indeed, on track with his ...and more »

Rick Scott, a wealthy businessman with one of the lowest gubernatorial approval ratings in the country, will likely face former Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican-turned-Democrat who inspires little enthusiasm from either party. "It's a race that matters ...and more »

Rick Scott vetoed $368 million from the state budget, Gainesville residents should be happy to come out relatively unscathed. Although Scott vetoed a 3 percent tuition increase, the budget restored higher education cuts made last year and provided new ...