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Rick Scott offers some health-care advice to Barack Obama in POLITICO op-ed

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for POLITICO advising President Barack Obama that he should remodel the health exchange and allow low-income people to establish individual savings accounts if the Supreme Court of the United States rules in King v. Burwell that tax subsidies on the federal exchange are illegal. Florida did not establish its own health exchange and there are 1.6 million Floridians using the health exchange to purchase Obamacare plans, according to federal data. That data also indicates that…

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Rick Scott goes ‘On the Move’ with statewide TV campaign for 2015 priorities

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As the legislative session starts, Gov. Rick Scott is pushing his priorities with a statewide TV ad blitz. Using TV makes Scott one of the first Florida governors to make use of direct television campaigns, instead of depending on earned media most elected officials rely on. Produced by his Let’s Get to Work PAC, the 30-second spot starts airing Thursday in all Florida markets, including broadcast, cable and satellite. Although few details were available, Scott – who spent around $70 million on TV spots…

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Budget, health care issues cloud Legislature’s opening day

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The Republican-led Florida Legislature kicked off its annual session Tuesday with the usual pomp, but the celebratory nature was overshadowed by lingering questions about the state budget, tax cuts and health care. The two GOP legislators in charge opened the session by stressing areas on which they plan to work in tandem over the next 60 days. That included dealing with the state’s standardized testing system. But Senate President Andy Gardiner and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli struck decidedly different tones…

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Governor asked to suspend testing after glitches

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Several school districts on Tuesday suspended Florida’s new standardized tests for a second day, despite assurances that the problems had been fixed. Education Commissioner Pam Stewart asked districts early in the morning to resume using the online portal that middle-school and high-school students must use in order to log on and take the state’s annual standardized tests. Testing had been suspended a day earlier because of technological problems. Stewart blamed problems on “software issues” and told school superintendents the company…

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Session openers: Rick Scott touts enviro spending, Steve Crisafulli warns against land-buying

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House and Senate leaders touted water policy during opening speeches of the legislative session while Gov. Rick Scott again said he’s proposing more than required under Amendment 1. And House Speaker Steve Crisafulli warned that he’s reluctant to support an increase in land-buying despite Amendment 1, the water and land conservation funding initiative approved by 75 percent of voters. The 2015 legislative session began with the usual pomp and glad-handing but somewhat quieter than in recent years in the social…

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Rick Scott boasts ‘Florida Exceptionalism’ in State of the State address

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Gov. Rick Scott artfully wrapped his approach to government in a cherished American value when he delivered the annual State of the State speech to open the 2015 legislative session. “I believe we are the best place in the country and the world to make dreams come true,” said Scott. “I call this Florida Exceptionalism.” Scott’s journey from public housing to the Governor’s Mansion is an exceptional story and it follows that he would embrace Alexi de Tocqueville’s idea that…

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Email insights: Democrats blow the dog whistle for 2015 session

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Hours away from the start of the annual 60-day legislative session, and the Florida Democratic Party already has a prediction. For them, it is as if the next two months will never happen. “Empty words for middle class, handouts for special interests,” leads the latest FDP email blast to supporters, blowing the Democratic dog whistle only minutes before Gov. Rick Scott takes the podium for his traditional State of the State address. As the ceremonial gavel falls, both chambers of the Florida Capitol…

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