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Florida, a state long tied to its image as a mecca for retirees, will grow older over the next few decades with serious implications for… Read more »

Public records advocate calls Project Sunburst ‘a great first step’… Read more »

The governor says it is another attempt by his administration to improve the “transparency” of state government and its decision-makers… Read more »

TALLAHASSEE Mitt Romney has moved into a tie with President Barack Obama in Florida, a new independent poll shows. The survey from Quinnipiac University shows… Read more »

State. Sen. Chris Smith releases his own task force report calling for major changes in Florida’s stand your ground law. He said lawmakers should not delay in revising the law _ although Gov. Rick Scott and legislative leaderes are expected to take a slower approach in deciding whehter to change the measure…. Read more »

Gov. Rick Scott’s political committee — Let’s Get to Work — hauled in more than $1.1 million with more than a week before the end of April.
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Rick Scott has his doubts about large university tuition increases. He also says he won’t have to self-finance his re-election campaign in 2014…. Read more »

Although it remains a shadow of an initiative that once had $300 million a year in funding, the land-buying program received $8.4 million from the Legislature for next year. … Read more »

Gov. Rick Scott today hailed the latest state jobs report showing Florida’s unemployment rate made its largest monthly drop in 20 years.

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Following the shooting death of unarmed teen in Sanford, Gov. Rick Scott today announced the creation of a state task force that will review “citizen safety” laws and report back to him and the state Legislature.

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TALLAHASSEE With a lighter touch of his veto pen, Gov. Rick Scott underscored a dramatic departure from his first year in office, signing a new… Read more »

In contrast to his first state budget last year, in which Scott vetoed more than $600 million in state spending in front of an audience of conservative voters at The Villages retirement community, Scott is likely to use tomorrow’s budget venue to tout his support for schools…. Read more »

As Florida TaxWatch, a non-partisan, government watchdog group, released a report showing some $171 million in “turkeys” — or questionable expenditures in the state’s new $70 billion budget — it provided a fascinating blueprint on how expenditures are often linked with legislative clout…. Read more »

Florida TaxWatch questions the state spending $5 million on World Class International Regatta Sports Center at Nathan Benderson Park… Read more »

TALLAHASSEE As the state and the nation await word from a special prosecutor, Gov. Rick Scott released a statement asking Floridians “to allow our justice… Read more »