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What will Rick Scott do with the base budget he’s developing?

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Gov. Rick Scott sent a memo to his agencies on Thursday asking them to compile a list of services people cannot lose and identifying what would be funded in a pared back budget he’s developing for the upcoming year. Scott has refused to directly answer, though, whether he’ll be submitting the information he compiles with the Florida Legislature for consideration when it goes into a special budget session, now tentatively scheduled for  June 1-20. “The Legislature drafts the budget, but this…

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Use of public space is no longer considered reportable lobbying expense

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Using public spaces no longer is something that elected officials and candidates have to worry about being a lobbying no-no. Gov Rick Scott on Thursday signed into law SB 984, which makes clear that candidates and officials can use public property like city halls and conference rooms without having to list it as an “expenditure” or “in kind contribution” for purposes of the legislative lobbying ban. The bill created a statutory exception in law to the definition of “expenditure”  for…

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Traffic ticket quotas illegal beginning July 1 under Waldo bill Rick Scott signed into law

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Traffic ticket quotas are illegal in the Sunshine State under a bill Rick Scott signed into law on Thursday. The so-called “Waldo” bill–nicknamed after the city of Waldo on heavily traveled U.S. 301 and once considered one of the nation’s worst speed traps–has an effective date of July 1. In 2014, Waldo police officers disclosed a quota system and it was reported that tickets accounted for nearly half of the city’s revenue. The police force has since been disbanded. The…

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Rick Scott tells his agencies to prepare a list of ‘critical needs’ in case of government shutdown

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Florida agencies are being asked to compile a list of critical services that people “cannot lose” by Monday and submit them to the governor’s office to help prepare a budget for the upcoming 2015-16 year. Scott sent a memo out to agency heads identifying a list of critical services that the Office of Planning and Budgeting has identified for the upcoming year, beginning July 1. Those services include increased funding for K-12 enrollment; Medicaid caseload increase; a Department of Transportation…

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Hospitals, HMOs asked to give Rick Scott’s commission info about finances, employees, top procedures and costs

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To prepare for the first meeting of the Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding  next week in Tallahassee Gov. Rick Scott sent Florida hospitals and HMOs a letter requesting they provide detailed information about their finances in a form provided to them by the government. Hospitals are being asked to provide information between 2006 and 2013 as well data on the 10 leading inpatient, outpatient and emergency department procedures performed at their hospitals and the prices for those procedures. HMOs are being…

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SuperPac for Carlos Lopez-Cantera’s expected Senate bid is announced

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Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera‘s expected candidacy in the 2016 U.S. Senate race will get a boost when the new SuperPac called Reform Washington is announced in Tampa on Thursday. The new SuperPac is inspired by the leadership of Lopez-Cantera and his “agenda to ignite economic growth, ensure American national security and refocus Congress on its Constitutional duties,” a press release announcing the formation of the SuperPac notes. “Reform Washington will support candidates who make a firm commitment to cut spending and…

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Budget details emerge after top lawmakers meet informally in Tallahassee

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After an acrimonious and abrupt ending to this year’s session, Florida legislative leaders are beginning to finally piece together a framework for a new state budget and avoid a possible state government shutdown. Some of that framework was discussed in an all-day meeting Wednesday between state Sen. Tom Lee and state Rep. Richard Corcoran. Gov. Rick Scott for more than a week has pushed the idea of a “base” continuation budget but Senate Appropriations Chairman Lee told Florida Politics on Wednesday night that…

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