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2 hrs ago | Bradenton.com

Gov. Rick Scott signs elections bill to fix long voter lines

Gov. Rick Scott has finished the fix of the flawed election law that relegated Florida to a late-night joke in 2012 by signing an elections clean-up bill passed on the final day of the legislative session.

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Related Topix: US Governors, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, Florida, Florida Government, 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

3 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Fla Governor Rick Scott vetoes sheriff's snitch program

Palm Beach County residents are celebrating Florida Governor Rick Scott this morning as they learn he has vetoed a $1 million program which would have set up a program of neighbor snitching on neighbor.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Palm Beach County, FL, Celebrities, Tom Cruise

6 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Fla. ranked 42nd in nation in per-pupil spending

Florida's per-pupil spending is among the lowest in the nation according to data compiled by the U.S. Census.

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Related Topix: Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Family, US Governors

Tue May 21, 2013

The Miami Herald

Sweet deal for state taxpayers or Scott donor giveaway?

Two months after contributing $110,000 to Gov. Rick Scott's reelection campaign, an upstart property insurance company is likely to reap a $52 million windfall, paid from the coffers of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Florida, Florida Government

The Orlando Sentinel

Front & Center: Ethanol critic: End state mandate

Florida legislators passed a bill this year to repeal the state law that requires most gasoline sold in the state to include 10 percent ethanol.

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Related Topix: Florida, MO, US Governors, Opinion

The Orlando Sentinel

Judge will review 'textgate' messages privately

Circuit Judge Robert J. Egan decided Tuesday that he will review cell phone bills and text messages at the heart of a public records fight that has engulfed several top Orange County leaders.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Governors, Business News

News 4 Jax

Jacksonville Mayor program cut in budget

As Governor Scott balanced his budget, he had to make cuts, and one of those cuts isn't making Jacksonville's Mayor Alvin Brown very happy.

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Related Topix: US Governors

The Florida Times-Union

Florida Morning: Rick Scott signs budget - thoughts to Oklahoma - RIP: Lincoln Gabriel Diaz-Balart

Gov. Rick Scott spread the pain. As Scott signed a $74.1 billion state budget Monday, he used his line-item veto power to eliminate proposals that ranged from spending $14 million on a building project at Gulf Coast State College in the Panhandle to earmarking $20,000 for the Hialeah Junior Fire Academy in South Florida.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Governors, Miami, FL, Immigration Reform, Opinion

Naples Daily News

Gov. Scott's veto of FGCU research park money surprises local leaders

Shaun Gutstein works in the state-of-the-art research labs at Florida Gulf Coast University, assisting in studies by Professor Jose Barreto, who explores biological toxins and possible technologies for destroying deadly germs and toxins.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Florida Gulf Coast University

Naples Daily News

Gov. Rick Scott, Enterprise Florida head to Chile to promote trade

TALLAHASSEE _ Early Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott should be wheels down at Aeropuerto de Santiago de Chile with about 100 others taking part in his eighth international trade mission.

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Related Topix: South America, Chile, World News, Chile Travel, Travel, US Governors

Bradenton.com

Manatee-Sarasota projects escape governor's veto pen

Area projects escaped Gov. Rick Scott's veto pen Monday, including $5 million for a Sarasota aquatic center, $2.3 million for Bradenton's IMG Academy, $1 million for a Manatee County water project, and millions for Port Manatee, officials said.

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Related Topix: Sarasota, FL, US Governors, Bradenton, FL, Manatee County, FL, Lakewood Ranch, FL

Mon May 20, 2013

St. Petersburg Times

Democrat Nan Rich says she's ready to take on Florida Gov. Rick Scott

For 10 years, political pros have taken it almost as gospel that the strongest statewide Democratic candidates are centrists from Florida's top battleground region of Tampa Bay.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jim Davis, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Florida, US Senate, Bill Nelson, Florida Government, US Governors

Northwest Florida Daily News

Scott vetoes funding of several Okaloosa, Walton projects

Gov. Rick Scott's Monday turkey hunt went farther afield than even Tax Watch had recommended, and a couple more Okaloosa and Walton county projects than expected got killed by his veto.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Walton County, FL, Florida, Okaloosa County, FL, Fort Walton Beach, FL

WDUV-FM Saint Petersburg

Powerball Winner and Governors Veto

Someone had a great weekend; the single Powerball winner of $590.5 million was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills.

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Related Topix: Lottery, Zephyrhills, FL, US Governors, Cocoa Beach, FL

WFLX-TV West Palm Beach

Highlights from Fla. Gov. Rick Scott's vetoes

Fla. Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed a new $74.1 billion state budget into law.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law, Mossy-Head, FL

WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Scott vetoes nearly $400 million from budget

But he also axed a whole line of project sprinkled in the budget including millions for college buildings, health care programs and even money for supplemental programs for veterans.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Pasco County, FL

WRUF-AM Gainesville

UF President Bernie Machen pleased with new state budget, will not request tuition raise

Machen speaks with reporters Monday about the state's new budget and the money Gov.

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Suwanee Democrat

Governor Scott: Florida Families First Budget includes historic state K-12 education funding

Governor Rick Scott today highlighted the Florida Families First budget that includes $20.3 billion in total funding for K-12 education, an increase of $1.08 billion over last year's budget.

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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, US Governors, Education Etc., Florida College

The Orlando Sentinel

Scott signs dual enrollment: School districts to assume costs of popular program

Gov. Rick Scott today signed a bill requiring Florida school districts to start paying for the classes that teenagers take at local colleges through their high schools' dual-enrollment programs.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., US Governors, Florida, Florida Government, Family, Teenagers, Columbia University

CBS Local

Miami-Dade Scores Big Share Of State Dollars

Miami-Dade was the big winner when it came to state money handed out to counties after Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Alachua, FL, Healthcare Law, Law