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Poll: Crist Has 14 Point Lead Over Scott
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – His recent switch of political parties may have rankled Republicans, but if a new Public Policy Polling poll is accurate, Charlie Crist is being well-received by Florida Democrats...
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New Bill Takes On Sex Trafficking At Massage Parlors
HOLLYWOOD (CBSMiami) – In August, an undercover detective in Hollywood was offered oral sex at a massage parlor. On Wednesday, Florida legislators took the first step toward banning these parlors –...
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Fla. Supreme Court Upholds Forced Contribution To State Pension Plan
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – The Florida Supreme Court voted Thursday to uphold a law requiring public employees to contribute three percent of their income to the state’s pension plan. The court voted 4-3...
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Scott Calls For Expanded Early Voting, More Polling Sites
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – Up to 14 days of early voting should be offered during Florida’s next election, Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday. The effort to reduce long lines experienced this past November...
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Unemployment Drops In Fla., Rises 1.1% In Miami-Dade
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – For Florida’s workers, the year 2012 ended on a high note, according to the state’s unemployment report released Friday. Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to...
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FEMA Denies Broward, Miami-Dade Money For Sandy Relief
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied disaster assistance for areas of the state damaged by Hurricane Sandy, according to Florida officials. Gov. Rick Scott...
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Poll: Most Floridians Want Medicaid Expanded Via Obamacare
FLORIDA (CBSMiami) – Most Floridians support expanding Medicaid eligibility through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a poll funded by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS...
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Health Care Law Quirk Complicates Medicaid Expansion
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Numerous Republican governors, including Rick Scott, have rejected expanding Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act. But a quirk in the law could force governors into a tough...
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Scott Eliminating 3,647 State Jobs In New Budget
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Governor Rick Scott unveiled his spending priorities for the coming year Thursday with the release of his annual budget recommendations. Overall, Governor Scott proposed a budget of...
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Scott’s “Finish In Four” Plan Aims To Reel In College Costs
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – As part of Gov. Rick Scott’s budget, the governor is cracking down on the soaring cost of college tuition with a not-so-crazy idea: tuition should be the same when students...
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Gov. Scott Wants $4.5M To Fight Human Trafficking, Aid Victims
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Efforts to fight human trafficking and help victims recover in a safe place would get a $4.5 million boost, if Gov. Rick Scott gets his wish. Scott said Wednesday he wants to earmark...
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Task Force Calls Stand Your Ground A Good Law
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – A task force looking into Florida’s Stand Your Ground law has determined the law is good and shouldn’t be overturned. According to a report from the group released Friday by...
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Scott Questions Obama’s Leadership In Face Of GOP Obstruction
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – Florida Governor Rick Scott returned to his tea party roots Wednesday when he strangely said that if the sequestration is instituted, it will be because President Barack...
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Sequestration Looms Large For Florida
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – By 11:59 Friday night, the White House will officially have to order the sequestration, a series of across-the-board, indiscriminate budget cuts that threaten to send the United...
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Scott “Infuriated” After Pentagon Details Budget Cuts’ Effects On Fla.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — On Friday evening, the Pentagon sent a blunt warning to Gov. Rick Scott that spells out the cloudy impact on the Sunshine State. Ashton Carter, a deputy secretary of...
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Scott’s State Of The State Address To Be Decidedly Different
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott came into office on a conservative wave, promising to change Tallahassee, fight President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and make Florida as business...
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Scott’s State Of State Speech Says Plans Are Working
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – Governor Rick Scott went before a joint legislative session for the third time in office to deliver the State of the State address with what he described as one simple message,...
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Florida Estimates Obamacare To Cost $5.2 Billion Over Next Decade
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – Florida economists are now projecting that the total cost to Florida taxpayers for the Affordable Care Act will be approximately $5.2 billion over the next decade. The number...
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GOP Legislature Kills Medicaid Expansion
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – The Florida Legislature has essentially killed a plan from Governor Rick Scott to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 1 million of Florida’s poorest residents as part of the...
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AG Bondi Next In Succession To Scott Until Carroll Replaced
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – Large companies have succession plans, and so does the government: if the president is unable to serve, the vice president takes over. What happens, though, if Gov. Scott were...
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