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Tallahassee — Today on a press call Florida Representatives Janet Cruz (D-Tampa) and Mark Pafford (D-Palm Beach) called for Rick Scott’s Education Commissioner Tony Bennett to resign after AP reporting uncovered emails detailing Bennett changing the grade …

  Tallahassee, FL — While an elected official in Indiana, now-Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett worked ” frantically” to improve the letter grade of a charter school owned by a top GOP donor, the AP reported …

MIAMI HERALD: RICK SCOTT’S RESTRICTIVE VOTING POLICIES “A DISGRACE TO DEMOCRACY” Gov. Scott’s call for unity should start with his own administration [Miami Herald Editorial] “Gov. Rick Scott’s call for a day of prayer last week in pursuit …

Tallahassee – Today on a conference call Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant and Executive Director Scott Arceneaux announced the launch of a new digital campaign targeting Governor Rick Scott. Through online ads in major newspapers and …

Tallahassee – In response to Republican Party of Florida Chair Lenny Curry’s remarks regarding pensions for Jacksonville’s first responders, Florida Chair Allison Tant issued the following statement: “The only epic failures here are Lenny Curry attacking …

Tallahassee, FL — Startling news has emerged about Florida’s treatment of vulnerable children, while newspapers are calling Rick Scott “silent and absent.”  On Monday, after 11 months of inaction, the Department of Justice sued Florida for “warehousing” disabled …

TAMPA BAY TIMES: “FLORIDIANS DESERVE BETTER” THAN RICK SCOTTGov. Scott skips out on governing [Tampa Bay Times] “Gov. Rick Scott HAS BEEN missing in action. While the governor spent five days in New York and bounced around the …

NEW POLL SHOWS RICK SCOTT DOWN BY DOUBLE DIGITS TO ALL DEM CHALLENGERS Poll: Scott “in big trouble” [Tampa Tribune] “A new subscriber-only poll done by the Kitchens Group for paying subscribers shows Gov. Rick Scott ‘in big …

Rick Scott’s policies have failed Florida’s public education system. He has cut over $1 billion from education funding. Thousands of teachers have been fired. This year alone our public school system would have seen a 650% …

Tallahassee, FL – Today Representative Karen Castor Dentel, a public school teacher from central Florida, sent the following letter to Governor Rick Scott condemning the Republican Party of Florida’s duplicitous use of teachers in a political ad …