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• Gov. Scott to sign budget, announce vetoes on Monday

  Gov. Rick Scott plans to sign the $74.5 billion budget...

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• The week that was in Florida politics: Jobs report is no turkey

  Gov. Rick Scott must have dreamed of a day like Friday....

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• Florida’s unemployment rate continues to fall but size of workforce still shrinking

  Florida’s unemployment rate continues to fall, dropping another 3 points...

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• Five questions for Education Commissioner Tony Bennett

  Tony Bennett was the unanimous choice of the State Board...

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• Record funding flows to Florida’s cargo, cruise ports

  Florida’s seaports are set to embark on a massive round...

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• Amazon effort to build in Florida crumbles

  A plan by Internet retailing giant Amazon.com to build at...

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• Gov. Scott wants money-back pledges on budget items

  With the deadline approaching to sign the new budget, Gov....

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• Appeals court rules against Harry Sargeant

  A former partner of Florida Republican money man and oil...

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• Florida TaxWatch’s Turkey list takes a bite out of leadership priorities

  Legislative leadership, particularly on the Senate side, didn’t get a...

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• Florida crime rate down, yet murder up

  Crime in Florida dropped 6.5 percent in 2012 from 2011,...

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