Rick Scott

Scott said one measure (HB 755) would force convenience stores to add "potentially costly security." The second bill (HB 1087), he said, "undermines progress" in shifting policies into the private insurance market from the state-backed Citizens.

Gov. Scott Urged To Veto Late Additions To Budget

Jim Turner

A conservative-advocacy group is telling Gov. Rick Scott it'll have his back if he vetoes projects crammed into the state budget just before the nearly...

Government & Politics

First Stop On Hospital Transparency Tour

Governor Rick Scott's Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding kicked off its "transparency tour" Wednesday morning in Tampa.Top health executives…

Scott Scraps 'LIP' Injunction Bid

Jim Saunders of The News Service of Florida

Pointing to a budget agreement reached by lawmakers, Gov. Rick Scott's attorneys late Tuesday withdrew a request for a preliminary injunction in a legal...

Jim Burkhart, CEO of Tampa General Hospital

Hospital Execs Face Scott Commission

Lottie Watts

Gov. Rick Scott's Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding's "Spotlight Transparency Tour" kicked off Wednesday morning, placing Tampa Bay area...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed 13 relief bills into law, including a $3 million settlement for a Kissimmee family killed by a Lynx bus in 2010.

Scott Signs Relief Bills To Pay Families

Abe Aboraya

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed 13 relief bills into law yesterday. The bills allows governments to pay victims above a $200,000 cap. In total, the...

This week, two bills didn't make the cut.

Gov. Scott Vetoes Two More Bills

Nick Evans

The second week of June marked the end of the road for more than a hundred bills passed by state lawmakers. Nearly all of them became law, but two were...

Gay Adoption Ban Stricken from Florida Laws After 4 Decades

Associated Press

A nearly four-decade-old law banning gays from adopting children, which hasn't been enforced in five years, will come off Florida's books July 1, but...

Florida Gov. Scott Signs Repeal Of Gay-Adoption Ban, Despite Vocal Opposition

Jessica Palombo

A ban on gay adoption was struck from Florida law Thursday with Gov. Rick Scott’s signature. The controversial measure also reinstates an incentive...

24-Hour Abortion Waiting Period Signed Into Law

Associated Press

Women will have to wait 24 hours before having an abortion under a bill Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed into law today, a reflective period supporters...

Is Rick Scott the Environmental Governor? And PolitiFact Fl on Marco and Job Creation

Steve Newborn

Is Rick Scott really the environmental governor? And did Marco Rubio strike a nerve when he said more businesses now fail in the country than start up?...