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State should lend a hand to new painkiller database
Gov. Rick Scott made the right call on Tuesday when he said he would support funding a state database aimed at fighting prescription-pill abuse.
Daytona Beach News-Journal
GOP Vs. Merit Retention: Scott Shirks Leadership
Gov. Rick Scott is the top Republican official in Florida, as such, he is the leader of the Republican Party of Florida, but you'd never know it.
Lakeland Ledger
Lytle: For the GOP, it goes from good to very bad
The Florida party letter, signed by Gov. Rick Scott, that seeks GOP donations from backers of Scott’s fight for purging voter rolls.
Naples Daily News
Ruth: Partisan posing as governor
As a master of perfect timing, Florida Gov. Rick Scott makes Gen. George Custer look like the Duke of Wellington.
Tampa Bay Times
What’s ailing Amendment 1
We get it: Gov. Rick Scott and state legislative leaders hate “Obamacare.”
Ocala Star-Banner
Drug database must be funded
Gov. Scott should fulfill his primary duty as governor and put Floridians' lives at the top of his agenda.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
New way
The board extended the search after attracting only 16 applicants, none of whom appeared to have the right stuff.
Suncoast News
Pension promises still unmet
It's time for the governor's actions to match his rhetoric.
Tampa Bay Times
Higher-Education Funding: Repudiate University Cuts of 2012
What's worrisome is that Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature may seize on UF's success as an excuse to cut even deeper into state funding.
Lakeland Ledger
Ingram: In the basement with Rick Scott
At his beachfront mansion in Naples, the doorbell rings as Gov. Rick Scott anxiously awaits the arrival of his top political adviser.
Tampa Tribune
Santiago: Gov. Scott vs. Florida voters: Round Two
Instead of attending to important business Gov. Scott continues the hunt for those phantom noncitizen voters.
Miami Herald
Florida's water bill
Florida taxpayers need to know that failing to adequately undertake water solutions for the future will cost them far more later.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Florida's water bill
The letter urged the governor to restore $240 million in funding he stripped from the five water district budgets last year.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Scott's shameless voter suppression effort
Elections supervisors should not remove a single voter from the rolls without personally reviewing every file themselves.
Tampa Bay Times
Letter urges repeal of budget cuts
Governor Scott should heed former district governors.
Citrus County Chronicle
Romano: Why no concern about the real place there might be voter fraud?
On the other hand, the state has completely ignored absentee ballots.
Tampa Bay Times
Education system needs a top-tier candidate
The board extended the search after attracting only 16 applicants, none of whom appeared to have the right stuff.
Tallahassee Democrat

Op Ed

Don't give Gov. Rick Scott credit for ending high-stakes testing in Florida

Gov. Rick Scott and his advisers really need to get out more. If...

TCPalm
Public sector costs, benefits

Public versus private compensation....

Tampa Bay Times
When an 'A' is not an 'A'

I suggest that the statistical methodology used to grade districts and schools is not valid.

News Press of Fort Myers
Refocus on facts: Citizens insurance still a time bomb

Some editorials say the Board of...

Tampa Bay Times
Medicaid cuts

And yet my son has already lost all...

Tampa Bay Times
Scott needs to explain response to TB outbreak

At least 99 people since 2004 have been infected by tuberculosis in Jacksonville, in the worse outbreak of TB in the United States in 20 years. At...

Tallahassee Democrat

Letter To The Editor

Scott, Mitt 2 peas in a pod

 

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Orlando Sentinel
FL Gov. Rick Scott bases public policy on false information

Even so, Scott evidently left a...

Bradenton Herald
Double standard

 

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Ocala Star Banner
Embrace, Medicaid, Gov. Scott

The governor says Florida can’t afford the extra cost to extend health insurance for the working poor. How many of us, poor or not, would love...

Pensacola News-Journal
Birds of a Different Feather
Civility in Public Life: What Can Floridians Do About It?
Statewide Momentum Growing for Ethics Reform
Restore Credibility to Enterprise Florida
Give PIP Changes Time to Work
Vital Vaccines Made Easy
Wilkins: Progress Report on Florida’s Children
Competition Bringing Out Best in Florida, Texas
Thurston: Florida Needs Health Reform
Docs vs Glocks, an Embarrassment to Florida Legislators
Say NO to State Farm's Proposed 15% Rate Hike
A Crist-Gelber Ticket, Perhaps?
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Will Romney's choice of Paul Ryan help him win Florida?
Should Florida require motorcyclists to wear helmets?
Can Florida's jobless rate get below the national average?
What should Florida expect from the change of personnel in Gov. Rick Scott's chief of staff office?
Was Gov. Scott right to reject Tampa's request to ban concealed weapons outside the Republican National Convention?
Would you like to see Charlie Crist run for governor as a Democrat?
Is Gov. Scott right to fight the establishment of health-care exchanges in Florida?
Should Gov. Scott continue his approach to purging non-citizens from the voter rolls?
Do you agree with Gov. Scott’s decision to reject a ban on guns around the Republican National convention?
Do you agree with Gov. Rick Scott’s goal to randomly test state employees for drug abuse?
A Tale of Two Floridas
Addressing "Voter Fraud" or Causing It?
Please, Don’t Stop at the Top
A Diamond in the Rough
Robbed of Representation by a Rubber Stamp

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