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State budget awaiting Scott’s sig to cause pain before any gain, economists say
The $69.7 billion state budget now before Gov. Rick Scott will send tremors through Florida’s struggling economy, with school districts, hospitals and other big employers soon cutting jobs and programs...
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Scott signs 48 bills, covering water, Medicaid and growth management
Gov. Rick Scott signed into law 48 bills Thursday, including measures that would add new muscle to Palm Beach County’s obscure Lake Worth Drainage District, overhaul Florida’s $22 billion Medicaid...
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FSU’s move into FAU turf sparks state universities’ civil war
When Florida State University agreed to bring its much-honored film school to West Palm Beach, it was a Hollywood-style story, glittering with images of students getting hands-on experience in...
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Scott abides by court ruling; now only informally reviews rules, aide says
Less than two months after the Florida Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Rick Scott could not require agencies to get his formal approval for rules they wanted to enact, a spokesperson said Wednesday the...
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Scott rolls another ‘7’, unveiling job creation and economic plan
Gov. Rick Scott laid out the “job creation and economic growth agenda” he’s been hinting at lately — a wide-ranging plan aimed at repealing more than 1,000 state rules and regulations, reducing the...
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Scott turns into salesman-in-chief on jobs plan
A day after unveiling his latest seven-step themed plan — this one toward creating jobs and spurring economic development — Gov. Rick Scott turned into saleman-in-chief Thursday, pitching his plan at...
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Graham leads new Conservation Coalition seeking to revive state programs
Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham led a gathering of activists Wednesday calling for Gov. Rick Scott and legislative leaders to preserve the state’s water resources, while renewing its...
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Five years after Scott reduced state growth laws, mega-developments are booming
Gov. Scott signed legislation in 2011 scaling-back state oversight of growth. Five years after Gov. Rick Scott scaled back Florida’s growth laws, massive development projects are underway across the...
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Florida’s building boom has financial and political pay-off for state’s...
Tax collections from real estate transactions are returning to their pre-recession heights in Florida. Graphic by Legislature’s Office of Economic and Demographic Research. The spread of...
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Scott says mega-building is generating dollars that help Florida fight...
Gov. Scott says mega-developments are helping state pay for environmental problems Florida’s building boom, which followed Gov. Rick Scott’s rollback of growth management laws, is alarming many...
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