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With over one billion dollars in new revenue this year, Florida’s Republican-controlled legislature scrambled to pack the state budget with pork projects for wealthy special interests and top campaign donors. Many of these pet projects with cost Florida taxpayers millions, …

Today, in response to the bigoted and absurd remarks by Republican Representative Charles Van Zant, Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant released the following statement:   “These bigoted and outrageous remarks should have no place in Florida …

Saying, “I am a risk taker,” Ellyn Bogdanoff told the Miami Herald on Friday that she was considering another run for the State Senate but the truth is, Floridians know that Ellyn Bogdanoff is a risk they just can’t …

Under Rick Scott, Florida’s middle class has stagnated, while the wealthiest special interests have gotten even wealthier. Hundreds of thousands are still looking for work, people are dropping out of the workforce, and too many of …

Rick Scott is campaigning for reelection across Florida, telling Floridians he’s on their side. But all Floridians see is a weak economy, thousands of people still looking for work, and a governor who has always put the wealthiest special …

Today, minutes before Rick Scott began another campaign rally filled with untruths about his record, Florida Democrats held him to account. Representative Lori Berman and middle class Floridians stood outside Rick Scott’s campaign event and highlighted the …

At a press avail this afternoon, Rick Scott refused to answer questions from the media about why he lied three days ago when he said,  “I haven’t changed my mind at all” on the issue of in-state tuition …

Yesterday’s vote in the State Senate to pass in-state tuition was a victory for Dreamers.  But can Rick Scott claim victory? Here’s what Rick Scott said about in-state tuition just days ago: “I haven’t changed my …