Rick Scot

Senate panel postpones Surgeon General John Armstrong’s confirmation hearing

Published on February 23, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster

A Senate panel postponed Surgeon General John Armstrong’s confirmation hearing Tuesday, but the chair of the committee said he hopes to take it up before the end of the 2016 legislative session. The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee was scheduled to discuss the confirmations of three governor-appointed department heads. However, Sen. Garrett Richter, the chair of the committee, said Armstrong’s confirmation was postponed because several members still had questions and “wanted to meet one-on-one to have more extended conversations” with…

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Florida unemployment rate remains steady

Published on March 17, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by James Call

Gov. Rick Scott continues to preach from the Book of Low Taxation while a choir of number crunchers sings about more people going to work. The Florida jobless rate remained unchanged in January at 5.7 percent, above the national rate of 5.5 percent but showing an increase of 13,900 jobs compared to December and 274,000 more jobs than a year ago, according to the Department of Economic Opportunity. “Florida’s exceptional economic turnaround makes it clear that we are enacting policies…

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