Roundup: Two Weeks Left Plus Zero Budget Conference Equals Worry
Day 2 on Florida Gulf Coast: Hope Returns, Challenges Remain
Gov. Rick Scott spent the first anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster eating seafood and walking along Floridas sugar sand Panhandle beaches in a marketing effort to get visitors back to the region that lost more than $1 billion in tourism business alone following the disaster.
But as Scott strolled and dined Wednesday, challenges facing the region remain, as individuals and businesses battle over claims many of which remain unpaid for lost income, and local governments and the state play a chess game of sorts to recoup millions lost in local taxes.
Capitol Roundup: Budget Impasse? Courting Change
Peeps and other Easter confections will be half price or off the shelves completely when House and Senate negotiators sit down to begin hammering out their differences between two competing budget plans.
Talks appeared to break down this week before they even began.
Capitol Roundup: Follow the Money
Senators Quibble With Rick Scott on Office Reorganization Issues
Minimum Wage Bill Advances in the House
Plans Would Rein-In Water Districts
Senate Releases Its Economic Development Budget
With $24.2 million in general revenue cuts and another $200 million cut in trust fund revenues, a Senate budget committee on Monday unveiled its first shot at a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year.
With final economic forecasts due out at the end of the week, the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development spent its entire meeting Monday outlining proposed cuts and funding shifts to comply with budget allocations set forth by the Senates budget chief JD Alexander.
House Immigration Bill Clears Hurdle
Scott Expected to Stay the Course in State of State
Dont expect Gov. Rick Scott to deviate much from his frequent message as he delivers his first State of the State speech Tuesday night before a joint session of the Legislature.
Jobs, and the need to attract more of them, will continue to resonate through the governors public discourse as he makes his first major speech since his inaugural address.