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APNewsBreak: Fla. gov. rejects Amazon deal
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Florida safety net hospitals scrambling to prevent $65 million Scott veto
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Ex-death row inmates: Veto Timely Justice Act
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Florida lawmakers pay peanuts for health insurance
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Lawmakers led charge to give millions to private tutoring firms
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USF, other universities not counting on tuition increases
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Scott challenges IMG, other allocations
Gov. Rick Scott may trim $107 million frmo the Florida budget if a watchdog group has its way.
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House Speaker Weatherford defends health care votes in Bradenton
House Speaker Will Weatherford called the Affordable Care Act a bait-and-switch ploy.
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Gov. Rick Scott’s choice on budget: to veto or not to veto?
Gov. Rick Scott must soon sign the new state budget, and he’s getting intense feedback on all sides: from lawmakers protecting hometown projects, hospitals worried about losing money and a business-backed group criticizing pork-barrel spending.
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Florida Gov. Scott expected to veto college tuition hike
Lawmakers included a 3 percent tuition increase in next year’s budget, but state universities say they aren’t counting on the extra money.
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Florida Senate president’s former company sued for Medicare fraud
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the hospice company founded by Florida Senate President Don Gaetz, accusing the company of engaging in Medicare fraud for more than 11 years, including during the time Gaetz was vice chairman.
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Weatherford’s veer to the right confuses Democrats, wins support from Republicans
Few Florida politicians were known for being more likable and reasonable than House Speaker Will Weatherford. But that was before the 2013 legislative session thrust the 33-year-old Wesley Chapel Republican to the forefront of the state’s most contentious issues.
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Gov. Scott pressured to call special Medicaid session
Gov. Rick Scott is coming under increasing pressure to call a special session over the Medicaid issue in Florida.
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Dems ask Florida governor for special session on Medicaid expansion
Pressure is mounting on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to call a special session to end the Legislature’s impasse on Medicaid expansion.
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Court OKs ruling blocking Fla. Cuba contracts law
A federal appeals court agreed Monday on the unconstitutionality of a Florida law banning companies from bidding on government contracts if they also do business in Cuba and Syria.
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Stadium decision hurts Miami's Super Bowl chances
As Dan Marino campaigned for Miami to be chosen the site of the 50th Super Bowl, he made no pretense about being objective on the subject.
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Thousands of gun owners email Gov. Scott seeking veto of NRA-backed gun law
More than 4,000 people emailed Gov. Rick Scott on Friday, telling him to veto the only gun bill that passed through the Florida Legislature this year.
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State lawmakers increased education budget by $1 billion
The winners ? education ? and the losers ? Miami Dolhions ? in the 2013 Florida legislative session.
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Hefty budget poses stark spending choices for Gov. Rick Scott
Gov. Rick Scott has 15 days to act on the budget after he receives it.
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