Two judges, two strikes against drug testsMiamiHerald.comRick Scott has surely noticed, not one but two federal judges have ruled against his plans for the drug testing of two different groups of Floridians, raising questions of constitutionality. Last…

AllGovOur Take: Time to fold 'emOrlando SentinelRick Scott is hooked on drug testing — for welfare recipients and state employees. Judges have now declared both programs unconstitutional, but Scott is unwilling to concede defeat in either case. L…

Scott, Swoope deserve time to reform Enterprise FloridaOrlando SentinelRick Scott or Commerce Secretary Gray Swoope, who heads Enterprise Florida. Many of the corruption-risk indicators noted in our report were there long before Scott took office and S…

Movers and Shakers: Scott appoints state surgeon general, The Florida Current …MiamiHerald.com (blog)Rick Scott names John. H. Armstrong as the state's new surgeon general and secretary of the Department of Health. He replaces former Surgeon Gene…

Sunshine State NewsGov. Scott Rejects Added Tuition Hikes For Florida's Top UniversitiesStateImpact FloridaScott Rejects Added Tuition Hikes For Florida's Top Universities By Gina Jordan After repeatedly saying he was against raising tuition at…

Millennium Laboratories Commends Florida's Governor Scott For Strengthening …MarketWatch (press release)SAN DIEGO, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Millennium Laboratories congratulated Florida Governor Rick Scott today for signing into …

AllGovFlorida Judge Rules Gov. Scott's Random Drug Testing of State Employees …AllGovFlorida Governor Rick Scott's mandatory drug-testing program for state workers, created by executive order, has been thrown out by a federal judge. District …

Scrutinizing Elections Supers: Give Gov. Rick Scott CreditSunshine State NewsRick Scott's survey and subsequent ranking of the state's 67 elections officials was an act of leadership. And a good one at that. It shed a long-overdue light on the …

AllGovShould Gov. Scott appeal employee drug test ruling?Sun-SentinelScott is a man of principal, and he believes in this Gov. Rick Scott's idea about drug testing state employees never made much fiscal or policy sense to begin with. Now that a fed…

CBS LocalGovernor Scott signs key legislation to protect victims of sexual and domestic …Florida CourierTallahassee – Friday, Governor Rick Scott signed legislation that will expand the protections available to victims of domestic and sexual violen…

Palm Beach PostGov. Scott, Legislature revised position, loosened controls on water districtsNaples Daily NewsRick Scott gestures as he delivers his "State of the State" speech Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012, during the first day of the Florida Legisl…

Gov. Rick Scott Signs Bill Increasing Requirements For Reporting Suspected …NBC 6 MiamiRick Scott announced a task force to review Florida?s "Stand Your Ground" law Thursday. Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, who is leading the review, voted for t…

Orlando SentinelJudge right to rule against ScottNews ChiefRick Scott should never have made — requiring state workers to take random drug tests. The ruling by US District Judge Ursula Ungaro on Thursday also could eventually invalidate a law Scott ju…

NorthEscambia.comStafford, Other Elections Supervisors Take On Rick Scott Over SurveyNorthEscambia.comSupervisors of Elections from around the state are objecting to survey results distributed last week by the Scott administration that scored them afte…

Scott Campaign Pulls in Big MoneyThe LedgerBy Lloyd Dunkelberger April was a good month for Gov. Rick Scott — at least as far as raising campaign cash. Scott's political committee — Let's Get to Work — hauled in more than $1.1 million wit…

CBS LocalScott Signs Bills Making Child Abuse Reporting Everyone's JobCBS LocalRick Scott on Friday signed off on a group of bills he said will expand protections for victims of sexual and domestic violence while bolstering penalties for educationa…

Gov. Scott Guts Office Of Financial Regulation, Opens Door To Fraud?Sunshine SlateRick Scott is relaxing regulations and firing regulators. And not everyone is happy about it. The latest department to get the axe: Florida Office of Financial Regulation…