Category: Florida

Nov 20, 2015 10:14 AM

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GOP governors, including Rick Scott, take cue from Obama on how to push policy

By Rachael Baye
Center for Public Integrity
Political organizations tied to Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner are diverging from the typical so-called leadership PACs used by federal lawmakers and some governors to amass power because they are not just giving campaign contributions to like-minded legislators. Instead they are pushing the governors’ legislative agendas with public campaigns far removed from the campaign trail.
Nov 12, 2015 5:46 AM

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Rubio’s ambition tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for South Florida schools

By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach public schools have lost hundreds of millions of dollars since 2004 when the Florida Legislature changed the way schools are funded – an action linked to the political ambitions of Republican Party presidential candidate Marco Rubio.
Nov 9, 2015 4:53 PM

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Trouble at the Statehouse: secrecy, questionable ethics and conflicts of interest

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Center for Public Integrity
Loopholes are a common part of statehouse culture nationwide, according to the 2015 State Integrity Investigation. The comprehensive probe found that in state after state, open records laws are laced with exemptions and part-time legislators and agency officials engage in glaring conflicts of interests and cozy relationships with lobbyists.
Nov 4, 2015 5:52 AM

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Gov. Rick Scott won’t release 2014 tax return or info about his blind trust

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Amid news of Gov. Rick Scott’s investment in a company that’s seeking to build a controversial, $3-billion natural gas pipeline in north Florida, he won’t make public his 2014 federal income tax return.
Oct 28, 2015 4:28 AM

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U.S. settles case against Broward Health for millions less than it lost in alleged fraud

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The U.S. Justice Department settled a massive healthcare fraud case against Broward Health last month for millions of dollars less than the government lost as a result of the alleged fraud, records show.
Oct 13, 2015 5:14 AM

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Judge: Pipeline foes can’t raise Gov. Scott’s alleged conflict of interest

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Tallahassee administrative judge has ruled that environmental opponents of the proposed Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline cannot raise allegations that Gov. Rick Scott has a financial conflict of interest in the project.