Rick Scott News

A nationwide college readiness program is set to be introduced in all Highlands County middle and high schools next school year, even though an unexpected glitch has cut state funding for the Sebring secondary schools.

On behalf of our member agencies and the thousands of individuals they serve, the Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities extends a heartfelt thank you to Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature for funding that allows the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to begin addressing the DD Medicaid Waiver services waitlist.

This past legislative session, lawmakers worked to make massive changes to the election law to avoid major issues at the polls.

Florida's largest property insurer is shedding 60,000 policies - many of them in South Florida - under a deal that is being questioned.

Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed 911.

Governor Rick Scott today announced a joint venture between Florida-based Advanced Magnet Lab, the Advanced Innovation Center of Chile, and FundaciA3n Avina.

Chad Harding works on a set of math problems at Visions ADT in Sebring Wednesday morning.

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.

Rick Brown puts on a pair of boots after finding them in his tornado-ravaged home Wednesday in Moore, Okla.

The Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore cited figures that independent analysts have called misleading to hype Florida Gov.

Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the appointments of John David Hawthorne Jr.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.