5 min ago | 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.
4 hrs ago | 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.
8 hrs ago | 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.
10 hrs ago | 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.
10 hrs ago | 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.
13 hrs ago | 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.
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.
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.
Highlights from Fla. Gov. Rick Scott's vetoes
Fla. Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed a new $74.1 billion state budget into law.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Monday Morning Reads: License plates, red light cameras and tuition
Rick Scott will nix the tuition increase when he delivers his budget veto list later today.
Jacksonville Girl Scouts urge parents to stop texting while driving with signs, stickers
Thanks to Girl Scout Troop 991, parents waiting to pick up their children at St.
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.
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.
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.