Category: State & National News

COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TAX CUT BACKED As Gov. Rick Scott and legislative leaders look to cut $500 million in taxes and fees this year, a Senate…

Highlights from Governor Rick Scott’s proposed budget plan for FY 2014-15 are featured in the latest Budget Watch Report from Florida TaxWatch. The $74.20 billion…

Various state agencies are praising their boss Gov. Rick Scott for his proposed 2014-15 budget: Office of Emergency Management: GOVERNOR SCOTT’S “IT’S YOUR MONEY TAX…

ADVANCES: WEEK OF JANUARY 26, 2014 Gov. Rick Scott has held a series of appearances across the state to tout pieces of his proposed 2014-15…

CNN’s Anderson Cooper featured Gov. Rick Scott in a piece on the “the extortion game” of pay-to-play politics. The segment was about more than Florida’s…

COURT: CITIZENS CAN FACE BAD-FAITH LAWSUIT In a case stemming from hurricane damage in 2004, an appeals court ruled Thursday that the state-backed Citizens Property…

MEDICAL MARIJUANA SIGNATURES TOP 540K With a surge of petitions before a Feb. 1 deadline, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize medical…

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florid Nearly 45 million visitors entered the Sunshine State by car last year. And at least one state…

SPEED LIMIT BILL PASSES FIRST COMMITTEE STOP A bill that could increase speed limits on some Florida roads got rolling Thursday. The measure (SB 392)…

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Oil and gas companies would be required to inform the state of chemicals being injected into the…

FORMER YOUNG AIDE JOLLY WINS GOP PRIMARY IN CD 13 David Jolly secured the GOP nomination Tuesday to succeed longtime Pinellas County Congressman C.W. Bill…

By Margie Menzel The News Service of Florida A Florida Senate panel on Monday unanimously passed three bills dealing with sexually violent predators and sexual…