Gov. Rick Scott found out this week that there is this pesky little thing called the Florida Legislature as lawmakers pushed back on a couple of his decisions for the first time.

Whatever leftover warm-and-fuzziness there was with lawmakers from Scotts inauguration came to a screeching halt at least as sudden as the one he put on a proposed Tampa-to-Orlando high-speed rail by rejecting 2.4 billion federal dollars to build it.

Teachers and Democratic legislators fired a shot across the bow of government reformers when they walked off their jobs last week in Wisconsin.

Public-employee unions and their Democratic Party allies are enraged at Republican Gov. Scott Walker's proposals to curb collective bargaining and to require that workers shoulder a larger share of their pension and health-care costs.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott also is calling for pension reform -- requiring a 5 percent employee contribution and introducing 401(k)-style plans for new workers.

Gov. Rick Scott spoke to the Florida Rural Economic Development in St. Augustine Friday, reviewing his first weeks in office, pledging he will continue his fight to lure more jobs to the Sunshine State.

Everything I have ever done in my life is tied to jobs, said Scott, who added that he believed education and employment were the most important components to change peoples lives.

Most of Floridas 2.9 million Medicaid recipients could be moving into managed-care health plans next year if a bill introduced in the state Senate Thursday makes its way into law.

The bill plans to save the state $1 billion in the first year with increased savings over time. Legislators have been keen to pass Medicaid reform legislation this year after failing last year to reduce expenses in a program which currently eats up nearly 30 percent of the state budget.