Florida draws C in national survey on job incentive dollars
Even as Gov. Rick Scott’s administration acknowledges it needs to improve oversight of job-creation money, a national report Wednesday graded the state’s incentive programs as average in terms of...
View ArticleScott incentive cash draws rebuke from tea party group
House and Senate budget negotiators were slapped Saturday by a leading tea party group for beefing up the pool of money given Gov. Rick Scott for luring companies to Florida. Lawmakers are working...
View ArticleWest Palm Beach a stop on Scott’s jobs tour next month
Gov. Scott plans to fire-up another bus tour in January to highlight his job creation efforts. Gov. Rick Scott seized on new numbers Friday showing that Florida has created 1 million jobs since he took...
View ArticleScott’s $1 billion tax breaks, economic incentive cash become first...
House budget chief Richard Corcoran and Senate counterpart Tom Lee had bad news for Gov. Rick Scott Gov. Rick Scott’s signature $1 billion tax break package was the first casualty of budget...
View ArticleAfter bus tour, TV ads and personal appeals, Gov. Scott sees his $1 billion...
Gov. Rick Scott in November proposed the $1 billion tax break package in West Palm Beach at the Manufacturers Association of Florida Summit. The $400 million tax break package being cobbled together...
View ArticleSession ends with lawmakers fearing vetoes but Scott declaring, “good budget”
2016 legislative session ends on time. Florida lawmakers approved an $82.3 billion state budget and $400 million in tax breaks Friday, ending the 2016 session on time but under a cloud after stiffing...
View ArticleScott traveling state on “million, billion” tour today
Gov. Rick Scott Gov. Rick Scott didn’t get much of what he wanted from the 2016 Legislature, but that’s not stopping him from a five-city tour touting tax breaks and jobs that he started this morning...
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