U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) sent a letter yesterday to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke demanding specific details on any new five-year offshore drilling plan the agency may be considering. The move comes…
Tag: Rick Scott
Scott outlines key components of his final legislative agenda
Gov. Rick Scott gave his State of the State address today. Here are his big “asks” of the Florida Legislature: # “I want 2018 to be the year that Florida voters pass…
News Service of Florida article demonstrates value of ‘State of…’ addresses
Gov. Rick Scott and nearly every strong mayor in the state of Florida give annual speeches about the status of their governments. Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward is the exception. His last State…
Governor appoints white female to represent historic black school board district
Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the appointment of Lee Hansen to the School Board of Escambia County. Hansen, 59, is the founder of the Global Corner International Learning Center and a 26-year…
Gov. Rick Scott’s ‘Securing Florida’s Future’ budget
Gov. Rick Scott today released a proposed $87.4 billion budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, an initial step as lawmakers prepare to negotiate a spending plan during the legislative session that starts…
Scott: Confederate monument on Capitol grounds a legislative decision
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott says proposals to remove a Confederate soldier monument from the Capitol grounds should be handled through the Legislature, where the controversial…
Governor Scott proclaims Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week
Governor Rick Scott has proclaimed July 16-22, 2017, as Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week. This week recognizes the Department’s Office of Community Corrections and the key role they play in the…
Pensacola airport growth lags behind Destin-Ft. Walton Beach
Gov. Rick Scott spent the past week touting the state’s move ahead of Texas in the overall number of passengers boarding airplanes. While many large commercial airports in Florida have been steadily…
UWF economist: Corcoran has Florida bringing a knife to the gunfight for economic development
Dr. Rick Harper believes that Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran’s efforts to dismantle Gov. Rick Scott’s business incentives programs invited those involved in economic development to “bring a knife to a gunfight.”…
Scott touts bridge construction, introduces new CFO
By Sammi Sontag On Monday morning, Governor Rick Scott held a kick-off event at the base of the old Pensacola Bay Bridge for the four-year, 3.7-mile bridge replacement project. “As you can…
Scott in Pensacola today celebrate Pensacola Bay bridge construction
Gov. Rick Scott is visiting Northwest Florida today. At 8:30 a.m. in Panama City, he is expected to announce the appointment of former lawmaker Jimmy Patronis as the state’s new chief financial…
Scott uses new weapon in jobs mission
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott on Monday morning hadn’t formally received a bill, negotiated during the final hours of a special legislative session, that will give…
Hayward deserves credit for landing dollars for The Bluffs
Gov. Rick Scott used his power of line-item veto to cut millions of dollars earmarked by state representatives for their districts. Somehow FloridaWest’s economic development site, The Bluffs, was spared the ax…
The Bluffs launches national marketing strategy
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Economic officials gathered Tuesday morning to announce: There are 1,758 shovel-ready acres at The Bluffs Northwest Florida Industrial Campus ready for manufacturing companies to develop. For four years,…
Panhandle leaders see opportunity in BP money
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA With the first check — for $300 million — on the way, Northwest Florida leaders know they must wisely invest the money across the…
Scott blasts busget as tourism numbers rise
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott continued Monday to criticize legislative budget-slashing of the state’s tourism marketing as he announced a record-setting quarter of visitors to Florida….
Scott takes aim at Corcoran
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott on Monday upped his personal battle with House Speaker Richard Corcoran about the future of the state’s business-recruitment agency. Kim McDougal,…
Scott to head Republican Governors Association
From The News Service of Florida: Gov. Rick Scott has been elected vice chairman of the Republican Governors Association, the group announced Friday. The RGA is a national political organization focused on…
Scott keeps up pressure in Economic Development debate
From The News Service of Florida: After making three appearances Monday, Gov. Rick Scott continues trying to build public pressure against lawmakers who want to kill the state’s business-recruitment and tourism-marketing agencies….
Scott gearing up for a campaign, raised $1.7M in Jan.
The political committee closely tied to Gov. Rick Scott raised almost $1.7 million in January, including collecting a handful of six-figure checks, according to a finance report posted Friday on the state…
