In his third State of the State address, Rick Scott will push for lower taxes and a raise for teachers -- but the governor also will address the debate over how many new jobs are being created in Florida, who is primarily responsible for getting them up and running, and why Florida is doing a better job than any other state in the nation to make itself attractive to newcomers and residents alike.

Here are pertinent sneak peeks the governor's office released from his Tuesday session-opening address:

With the announcement by the Genting Group and others to petition the state Legislature to allow for a broadening of gambling in South Florida, a focused objective public policy discussion on this possible new industry must be undertaken.

With the deadline a little over two years away on a key provision of the states multimillion-dollar gambling compact, some lawmakers would like to see firm casino revenue numbers from the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Members of the House Select Committee on Gaming asked the tribes attorney on Monday if the annual fiscal data, of which only select numbers are released to the public, could be made available before a decision is needed to renew, renegotiate or abandon the Seminoles exclusive rights on banked card games.

There are two major parties in the United States: the party that wishes to govern and the party that wants only to campaign.

It doesn't matter how many supervisors of elections complain that their small Florida counties don't need 14 days of early voting and can't pay for them, 14 days should be the law say Senate Democrats.

"What's the price of democracy?" asks Senate Minority Leader Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale.