Monthly Archive: March 2012

Mar
31

Scott signs Medicaid bill, will cost Florida Keys plenty – KeysNet

Scott signs Medicaid bill, will cost Florida Keys plentyKeysNetRick Scott signed a bill into law Thursday that has the county — and therefore Keys taxpayers — footing some $3.3 million worth of disputed bills over the past 10 fiscal years. It's e…

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Mar
31

Scott names interim Fla. management services chief – MiamiHerald.com

Scott names interim Fla. management services chiefMiamiHerald.comRick Scott has appointed an experienced state administrator as interim secretary of the Florida Department of Management Services. The governor on Friday named Scott Stewart, currently as…

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Mar
31

Gaetz asks Scott to skip money for Navarre Pass study – Pensacola News Journal

Gaetz asks Scott to skip money for Navarre Pass studyPensacola News JournalRick Scott receives the proposed fiscal 2013 state budget, there will be an allocation for $150000 to study the feasibility of establishing a pass from Santa Rosa Sound to the G…

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Mar
31

Scott signs Medicaid bill opposed by Florida counties – Daytona Beach News-Journal

HispanicBusiness.comScott signs Medicaid bill opposed by Florida countiesDaytona Beach News-JournalRick Scott promised steps will be taken to make sure counties' Medicaid bills are accurate as he signed legislation requiring them to pay nearly $300…

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Mar
30

Florida Governor Scott Signs Controversial School Prayer Bill – Care2.com (blog)

Florida Governor Scott Signs Controversial School Prayer BillCare2.com (blog)by Judy Molland A bill that allows school boards to permit student-initiated prayer and other “inspirational messages” at public school assemblies has been signed into law…

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Mar
30

Commercial and Charter Fishermen Seeking Answers from Florida Governor Rick Scott – Sacramento Bee

Commercial and Charter Fishermen Seeking Answers from Florida Governor Rick ScottSacramento BeeBy Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 30, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — An unexpected, and yet unexplained, second submis…

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Mar
30

Commercial and Charter Fishermen Seeking Answers from Florida Governor Rick Scott – MarketWatch (press release)

Commercial and Charter Fishermen Seeking Answers from Florida Governor Rick ScottMarketWatch (press release)TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — An unexpected, and yet unexplained, second submission of nominations for the Gulf o…

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Mar
30

Scott presented with bill protecting health of incarcerated pregnant women – Florida Independent

Scott presented with bill protecting health of incarcerated pregnant womenFlorida IndependentRick Scott was presented with a bill that has been championed by women's health advocates that protects the health and reproductive rights of women who are…

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Mar
30

Florida gov. urges 100 NYC CEOs to move companies South – Fox News

NewsdayFlorida gov. urges 100 NYC CEOs to move companies SouthFox NewsNEIL CAVUTO, HOST OF "YOUR WORLD": On the job hunt? Well, so is Florida Governor Rick Scott. He is set to announce an effort to bring jobs from New York City to his home st…

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Mar
30

State Job Numbers Improve; Rick Scott Lures N.Y. Businesses – Sunshine State News

Sunshine State NewsState Job Numbers Improve; Rick Scott Lures N.Y. BusinessesSunshine State NewsRick Scott entices New Yorkers to consider the reduced taxes of the Sunshine State, Florida's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest mark since Februa…

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Mar
30

Gov. Rick Scott Talks About Trayvon Case In Orlando – WESH Orlando

PoliticoGov. Rick Scott Talks About Trayvon Case In OrlandoWESH OrlandoRick Scott made a stop in Orlando to sign Workforce Florida Board accountability legislation, but the talk changed to the shooting death of Martin. Scott met with the Martin family …

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Mar
30

Scott signs controversial Medicaid bill

Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill yesterday that requires local government to pay millions to the state, despite urging by various groups for him to veto it.

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Mar
30

Scott gives DCF chief David Wilkins additional job – Florida Baptist Witness

Florida Baptist WitnessScott gives DCF chief David Wilkins additional jobFlorida Baptist WitnessRick Scott appointed the secretary of the Department of Children and Families, David Wilkins, as chief operating officer for the state's government oper…

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Mar
30

Public education advocates to occupy Department of Education

Parents, educators and supporters of public education will occupy the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C., starting Friday to demand support for well-funded, high-quality public schools and an end to publicly funded private schools.

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Mar
30

Scott signs Medicaid bill opposed by Fla. counties – WDBO Radio

Scott signs Medicaid bill opposed by Fla. countiesWDBO RadioRick Scott promised steps will be taken to make sure counties' Medicaid bills are accurate Thursday as he signed legislation requiring them to pay nearly $300 million in disputed past-due …

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Mar
30

Gov. Scott signs 3 high-profile claims bills – WDBO Radio

Gov. Scott signs 3 high-profile claims billsWDBO RadioRick Scott. One of the high-profile claims bills (HB 965) would require Lee County's public hospital system to pay $15 million to 14-year-old Aaron Edwards. Mistakes made at his birth left him c…

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Mar
30

Scott influenced tech, scientific job increases – Palm Beach Post

ABC Action NewsScott influenced tech, scientific job increasesPalm Beach PostRick Scott entered the fray at a point when tourism was the strongest industry in Florida and the state was operating in a deficit compared with the national economic scenario…

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