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Richard Lynn "Rick" Scott (b. December 2, 1952) is an American businessman, former health care industry executive, attorney, founder of Conservatives for Patients' Rights and the Governor-elect of Florida. Scott defeated Democrat Alex Sink in a close race in the 2010 Florida gubernatorial election.
Richard Lynn "Rick" Scott (b. December 2, 1952) is an American businessman, former health care industry executive, attorney, founder of Conservatives for Patients' Rights and the Governor-elect of Florida. Scott defeated Democrat Alex Sink in a close race in the 2010 Florida gubernatorial election.
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Our weekly CHAMP & CHUMP: Talia Joy Castellano & Rick Scott
Talia Joy Castellano: Many boomers will recall that great TV moment when Lou Grant said to Mary Richards, "You've got spunk. I hate spunk." We love Talia's spunk, and her bravery. Stricken with a fatal form of cancer, the 13-year-old from Oviedo is making...
Tags: Winter Garden
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FCAT scores stay flat for third-graders, rise in writing for fourth grade
More than half of the third graders in Broward and Palm Beach counties are performing at or above grade level in math and reading, according to FCAT results released today by the Florida Department of Education. But this year, these scores might not...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Dania Elementary School, Fort Lauderdale, Teachers
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Lawyers to take over jobless-benefit appeals in Florida
Beginning next year, the state will change the way unemployment appeals are handled by requiring that hearing officers be lawyers. Currently, appeals referees do not have to be attorneys. They are Department of Economic Opportunity staff members trained...
Tags: Unemployment, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Employment
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Gov. Scott touts better FCAT writing scores and (again) pushes raises for teachers
No one can accuse Gov. Rick Scott of failing to stay on message. In January, he announced he wanted money in the budget for teacher raises. And ever since, he seems not to have missed a single a chance to plug them. To that point, this morning his...Tags: Academic Progress, Politics, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
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Douglas C. Lyons: Gov. Rick Scott mistakes innovative economic development plan for a budget turkey
All Germaine Smith-Baugh wanted was to find another way to do her job. As she put it: "I literally woke up one morning thinking, 'How can we better serve small businesses?'" Small and minority-owned businesses, big-city communities and economic...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Finance, Business Institutions, Tampa, Politics
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Scoreboard -- May 23, 2013
TV SPORTS| Auto Racing--Indy Racing League, Indianapolis 500, Carb Day Part I, 10 a.m. (NBCSN); Indy Racing League, Indy Lights Freedom 100, 11 a.m. (NBCSN); Indy Racing League, Indianapolis 500 Carb Day Part II, Noon (NBCSN) Major League Baseball--...Tags: Stewart Cink, Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex, Jr., Baseball, Golf
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Scott to sign texting-while-driving bill Tuesday
Gov. Rick Scott's office has announced that he'll sign a bill banning texting while driving next Tuesday in Miami. “As a father and a grandfather, texting while driving is something that concerns me when my loved ones are on the road," Scott...
Tags: Labor Day, Memorial Day
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Florida pays off federal loan for jobless benefits
Florida officials this week finished paying back about $3.5 billion the state had borrowed from the federal government to make unemployment payments during the worst of the recession. It was one of 36 states forced to borrow the money from the feds to...
Tags: Unemployment, Labor Legislation, Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace
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UCF approves $1.4 billion operating budget that includes no tuition increase
Sentinel School ZoneTrustees at the University of Central Florida this afternoon approved a $1.4 billion operating budget for the coming school year that includes no tuition increase. But Chief Financial Officer Bill Merck explained that base undergraduate tuition for...Tags: Education, Budgets and Budgeting, Colleges and Universities, Merck & Company Incorporated, University of Central Florida
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Bobby Likis: Use ethanol to meet clean air standards
On May 13 your editorial called for Gov. Rick Scott to sign HB4001, removing ethanol from the Renewable Fuel Standards. Many of the points on which you based your opinion are wrong. The governor should veto this jobs and investment-killing bill. For 42...Tags: Ethanol, NASCAR, Biofuels, Politics, Renewable Energy
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After veto, Florida coast-to-coast bike trail boosters look for other sources of money
A paved bike trail stretching from coast to coast across the center of Florida can still get built despite Gov. Rick Scott's veto of $50 million for the project, state Sen. Andy Gardiner said Thursday. "We're committed to getting this done," said...
Tags: Finance, Politics, Executive Branch, Government, Economy, Business and Finance
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