STATE BUDGET
Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike
When he signs the state budget Monday, the governor is also expected to approve an extra $65 million for safety-net hospitals like Jackson and Broward Health.
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From a coast-to-coast bike trail to tuition increases, Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $350 million from the state budget, which he signed Monday.
When he signs the state budget Monday, the governor is also expected to approve an extra $65 million for safety-net hospitals like Jackson and Broward Health.
A new state law cracking down on gambling prompted the nation’s retirees association to eliminate its contests.
Gov. Rick Scott, who campaigned on a pledge to shrink the size of government, has until next week to decide how to trim the largest budget in state history, $74.5 billion.
Legislative analysts flip-flopped on whether lawmakers’ vote on Gov. Rick Scott’s manufacturing equipment tax cut was valid.
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Lawmakers approved spending $10 million to protect the state’s springs, but the Department of Enviro...
State universities say they aren’t counting on extra money the Legislature approved.
Gay-rights group SAVE Dade will honor Floridas first openly gay legislator and two straight political...
Mayor Carlos Gimenez said he is not worried about potential political fallout from the subsidized Sun Life ...
Miami-Dade lawmakers came together to win money for local projects and block property insurance rate hikes.
Among the healthcare-related achievements of the legislative session that ended last week: passage of the C...