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5 things to know in Florida for May 23, 2013
Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed 911.
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Governor Scott Announces Chilean Joint Venture with Palm Bay's Advanced Magnet Lab
Governor Rick Scott today announced a joint venture between Florida-based Advanced Magnet Lab, the Advanced Innovation Center of Chile, and FundaciA3n Avina.
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Developmentally disabled wait to see if new funds will help them
Chad Harding works on a set of math problems at Visions ADT in Sebring Wednesday morning.
Leonard Pitts: Don't rush death-penalty cases
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.
EditorialsEditorial: Help for Oklahoma in hour of need
Rick Brown puts on a pair of boots after finding them in his tornado-ravaged home Wednesday in Moore, Okla.
WSJ's Stephen Moore Hypes Up FL Gov. Rick Scott's Misleading Math
The Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore cited figures that independent analysts have called misleading to hype Florida Gov.
Governor Rick Scott Appoints Two to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation
Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the appointments of John David Hawthorne Jr.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.