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Water district head leaving to take environmental consulting job
Sun SentinelMelissa Meeker is stepping down as head of the South Florida Water Management District to take a private sector job with a Stuart-based environmental consulting firm. Meeker resigned Monday after two years leading the agency that is charged with...Tags: Consultancy Service, Environmental Cleanup, Rick Scott, Politics, Employment Opportunities
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Water district leader submits resignation letter
The head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....
Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Rick Scott, Politics, Employment Opportunities, Environmental Issues
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South Florida Water Management District head resigns
Sun SentinelThe head of the South Florida Water Management District resigned Monday, leaving after just two years and creating another leadership shakeup for the far-reaching agency charged with guarding against flooding and leading Everglades restoration....Tags: South Florida Water Management District, Environmental Cleanup, Rick Scott, Everglades, Politics
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Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...
Tags: Titusville, Colleges and Universities, Autism, Justice System, Politics
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Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike
Miami HeraldGov. Rick Scott on Monday will veto a 3 percent increase in Florida college tuition and approve $65 million in extra Medicaid funding to hospitals that provide much of the care to the poor, including Jackson Memorial in Miami and Broward Health in Fort...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Rick Scott, Politics, Fort Lauderdale, Regional Authority
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Gov. Rick Scott leads trade mission to Chile
Miami HeraldGov. Rick Scott will lead a state delegation to Chile next week, his eighth overseas trade mission since taking office. For three days beginning Tuesday, the Florida visitors will meet with U.S. Ambassador Alejandro Wolff and network with business...Tags: Port Everglades, Rick Scott, Cape Canaveral, Politics, Chile
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Speculation surrounds campaign finance reform
The Tampa TribuneSome Democrats saw campaign finance reform passed by the Legislature this year as helpful in their bid to defeat Gov. Rick Scott but, in fact, it could help Republicans more, campaign finance experts and Florida political figures say. Meanwhile,...Tags: Justice System, Rick Scott, Politics, Fort Lauderdale, Parties and Movements
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Nan Rich, long shot for governor, says she's undeterred
In her dark-horse campaign to become Florida's next governor, former state Sen. Nan Rich likes to recall the stories of Democratic political legends Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham. Each was a little-known state senator when he launched his...
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Democratic Party, Separation of Church and State, Broward County
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Bill Nelson: Not planning to run for governor; but not saying no if needed
Central Florida Political PulseFor weeks Florida Democrats have been buzzing about the idea of getting U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to run for governor in 2014 to challenge the re-election bid of Republican Gov. Rick Scott. And for weeks,Nelson has been saying he has no intention of running...Tags: Rick Scott, Politics, Parties and Movements, Nan H Rich, Regional Authority
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Abused, isolated: the hard life of little Anubis Day
Miami HeraldWhen Anubis Day was 5 months old, child welfare authorities say, his father "swung" him by his legs and shook him violently. Anubis was left blind, seizure-prone and dependent on a ventilator to breathe. From then on his world would mostly consist of a...Tags: Interior Policy, Colleges and Universities, Justice System, Politics, Prozac (drug)
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Scott signs campaign finance, ethics reforms but vetoes alimony bill
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill late Wednesday that would inject more cash into elections as part of a broader reform that eliminates some political slush funds politicians have used to support their "filet mignon" lifestyles. The...
Tags: John Thrasher, Justice System, Rick Scott, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Ramba: Campaign-finance reform will just shuffle paper work
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott will have to decide today whether to sign a sweeping campaign-finance bill that jacks up the contribution limits for statewide candidates from $500 to $3,000 and bans the slush funds lawmakers have used to wine and dine....Tags: John Thrasher, Justice System, Rick Scott, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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