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2 hrs ago | Booker Rising

Allen West Hired As Fox News Contributor

I guess we can assume that Florida Governor Rick Scott won't be appointing Mr. West as lieutenant governor? From the Rock Hill Herald , about the conservative Republican : "FOX News Channel has hired former U.S. Representative Allen West as a contributor, announced Bill Shine, Executive Vice President of Programming for the network.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Allen West, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors

6 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday will veto a 3 percent increase in Florida college tuition and approve $65 million in extra Medicaid funding to hospitals that provide much of the care to the poor, including Tampa General and Jackson Memorial in Miami.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Medicaid, Health, Tampa, FL, Charlie Crist

7 hrs ago | Naples Daily News

If Gov. Scott agrees, Florida will spring more money into spring training venues

Red Sox fans wait in the wee morning hours on Saturday in hopes of purchasing Red Sox spring training tickets at the City of Palms park in Fort Myers, FL.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Fort Myers, FL

11 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Fla. gov. steps up pace on signing death warrants

Gov. Rick Scott is signing death warrants at a pace rarely seen in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Florida, Florida Government, Death Penalty, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

16 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Gov. Rick Scott speeds up warrants for death row inmates

Gov. Rick Scott has signed three active death warrants in recent weeks, the most any governor has signed in more than two decades.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Florida, Raiford, FL, Death Penalty, State Prisons, Prison

16 hrs ago | The Orlando Sentinel

Teachers get the bad news: Don't expect a raise soon

Lake County's 4,700 teachers and school workers aren't likely to get raises for the current school year after lengthy union wage negotiations wrap up.

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Related Topix: US Governors

19 hrs ago | The Orlando Sentinel

New rules may make it easier to fight traffic camera tickets, harder to win

A new rule, set up by a transportation bill not yet signed by Gov. Rick Scott , would let anyone who gets a red-light camera ticket request an administrative hearing to challenge it.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Palm Beach County, FL, Pembroke Pines, FL, Palm Beach, FL

Sat May 18, 2013

The Miami Herald

Leonard Pitts: On death penalty, wrongly accused are victims, too

But that doesn't change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been exonerated and freed from death row in the previous 23 years, Ryan committed an act of profound moral courage, imposing a moratorium on capital punishment.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Florida, US Governors, Florida Government, Criminal Defense Law, Law

The Orlando Sentinel

Advocates for people with special needs celebrate legislation eliminating 'R' word

Lawmakers have passed a bill to strike the word "retarded" from state laws and publications, an initiative taken on by activists across the state, including Mark Swain, CEO and president of The Arc Sunrise of Central Florida located in Leesburg .

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Related Topix: US Governors

The Orlando Sentinel

Red-light-camera changes could make it tougher to win appeal

Motorists soon may find it harder - and more expensive - to fight tickets issued when red-light cameras snap their photos.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Orlando, FL, Winter Park, FL, Maitland, FL

Naples Daily News

Key education issues await Gov. Rick Scott's decision to approve or veto

TALLAHASSEE _ The biggest battles on the education front in the 2013 legislative session already have been fought and largely decided: Educators will get $480 million in pay raises, though not precisely how Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Education Etc., Pasco County, FL

The Florida Times-Union

PolitiJax: County-by-county breakdown of projects with money in state budget

Two weeks after passing its final spending plan, the House Friday released a county-by-county breakdown of projects funded in the state's $74.5 billion budget.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Fernandina Beach, FL, St Johns County, FL, US Governors, South America, Chile, World News

Alabama Live

Sequestration cuts may hinder hurricane preparation, relief efforts

Florida Governor Rick Scott says that he's concerned that cuts to the National Guard will impact immediate relief to the state in the event of a hurricane.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, US Governors, FEMA, US News

American Reporter

Campaign 2012THE Debut of Citizen Cain

Deep cracks in what seemed to be monolithic momentum of the Republican election machine appeared here Saturday evening when Atlanta businessman Herman Cain swamped the established front-runners in a critical party straw poll that often predicts the Republican presidential nominee - and the next President of the United States.

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Related Topix: Citizen Cain, Immigration Reform, US Politics, Herman Cain, US News, 9, US Governors, Rick Perry

Fri May 17, 2013

St. Petersburg Times

Gov. Rick Scott asks university presidents for promise not to seek tuition increases

Gov. Rick Scott has all but guaranteed a veto of the three-percent tuition increase in the state budget and he recently reached out to an unlikely group to aid his cause.

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Related Topix: US Governors

CBS 47

St. Augustine leaders upset about projects being called "turkeys"

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A report released by Florida TaxWatch called the "Turkey Watch Report" is getting some backlash from local leaders.

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Related Topix: St. Augustine, FL, US Governors, Flagler College

Tampa Bay Newspapers

Unemployment continues downward trend

The unemployment rate for Pinellas County dropped to 6.5 percent in April, according to the May 17 report from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

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Related Topix: Pinellas County, FL, Florida, US Governors, Tampa, FL, Brevard County, FL

Financial News & Daily Record

State Rep. Daniel Davis tapped as JAX Chamber president: Effective July 1, will suceed Wally Lee

State Rep. Daniel Davis will become president and CEO of the JAX Chamber effective July 1, succeeding Wally Lee, who retired and stepped down last year after 23 years in the position.

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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, US Governors

St. Petersburg Times

Rick Scott heading to Chile for trade mission

Gov. Rick Scott will lead a state delegation to Chile next week, his eighth overseas trade mission since taking office.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Florida, Florida Government, Broward County, FL

WDHN

Governor Rick Scott Announces Florida's 2012 Uniform Crime Report

Governor Rick Scott today announced the 2012 Annual Uniform Crime Report. The report shows Florida's crime rate dropped 6.5 percent compared to 2011.

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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Governors, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse)