Add Lee County to the list of Florida locations where interest is growing inexpanding the gaming options.
The Southwest Florida Enterprises, the owners of Naples Fort Myers Greyhound Racing and Poker, have informed Bonita Springs officials they want to add slot machines, the Naples Daily News is reporting.
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Appointments to the Big Cypress Basin board, Childrens Services Council of Broward County, district board of trustees of Pasco-Hernando Community College, board of trustees of New College of Florida, district board of trustees on Hillsborough Community College and the Florida Commission on Human Relations were made by Gov. Rick Scott during the past week.
The following appointments were announced in releases from the governor's office:
Scott reappointed John W. Vaughn and appointed David Farmer and Frederick Rick Barber to the Big Cypress Basin board.
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The occasional chill in the air -- what passes for a chill in Tallahassee -- sent signals that 2011 was drawing to an end. But with an early session set for 2012 to deal with redistricting, lawmakers were beginning to lay the groundwork for the major proposals of the coming year.
Except, it seemed, for the redistricting debate that prompted the early starting gun.
Student loans are more than fire traps for millions of American families. Trust me, they're the next subprime mortgage crisis.
A former Gainesville resident working as aninvestment manager was sentenced to 20 years for his role in a Ponzi scheme that attracted hundreds of investors with the false promise of up to 10 percent monthly interest through trading on foreign currency markets, the Florida attorney generals office reported Friday.
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While agreeing a Central Florida judge should be removed from office because of a "pattern of misconduct,'' two state Supreme Court justices wrote Friday that they think a ban on judicial candidates soliciting political contributions is unconstitutional.
Chief Justice Charles Canady and Justice Ricky Polston wrote that the ban, spelled out in what is known as a judicial canon, violates free-speech rights.
A study forecasting multibillion-dollar savings by Florida's Medicaid reform program should be taken with a large grain of salt, say skeptical health-care providers.
The five-year-old pilot project is saving taxpayers up to $161 million annually, and could cut costs by $1.9 billion if it is extended statewide, according to the Foundation for Government Accountability.
Currently operating in five counties, the program will expand to the remaining 62 counties if the state receives approval from the Obama administration.
