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  • October 14, 2011
Scott: Jobs will solve state's problems

Florida Gov. Rick Scott's visit to The Observer Group prompted discussion on economic growth, the importance of jobs and Scott's intention to reduce state taxes.

  • Florida
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  • Rod Thomson
  • September 30, 2011
Private-sizing Government

The privatization trend is gaining steam in the unending economic downturn. But plenty of hurdles remain.

  • Florida
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  • Jean Gruss
  • September 16, 2011
Tax Watch

Lee County hoteliers are worried that politicians are eyeing the bed tax they collect for uses that won't directly benefit the tourism industry. Case in point: Some of that money recently paid for questionable water-quality studies.

  • Florida
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  • Jay Brady
  • September 2, 2011
A Certain Appeal

Manatee High graduate Scott Makar rose to become Florida's Solicitor General and heads the state's legal team taking on ObamaCare. Now, the humble Hurricane with five degrees prepares for a likely seventh date with the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • Florida
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  • Jay Brady
  • August 25, 2011
Government Digest: Aug. 26

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • Jay Brady
  • August 25, 2011
Next-Generation Leader

At 31, Florida House Speaker-Designate Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, has already tackled controversial issues. Now, he prepares to bring his own brand of free market conservatism to lead the House with a pro-business agenda.

  • Florida
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  • Jay Brady
  • August 25, 2011
Business Champs

Associated Industries goes beyond its annual accounting of how legislators voted on business issues and honors 18 lawmakers — including several from the Gulf Coast — for taking risks to encourage the free-enterprise system.

  • Florida
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  • Jean Gruss
  • August 25, 2011
Fresh Water

Dan DeLisi pledges to bring fiscal prudence to the South Florida Water Management District, a once-bloated agency that squandered millions of dollars on questionable land purchases.

  • Florida
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  • Jay Brady
  • August 19, 2011
Foreign Capital, Local Jobs

A Tampa-Sarasota partnership's investment model finances development projects backed by foreign investors. The payoff: an expedited path to citizenship, if enough jobs get created.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • August 19, 2011
Rules Redux

Bruce Mitchell, president of Clearwater-based Rally Stores Inc., and chairman of the Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, sees the bottom-line benefit to the proposed repeal of a redundant state rule impacting his industry.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • August 19, 2011
Government Digest: Aug. 19

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • August 11, 2011
Government Digest: Aug. 11

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Jay Brady
  • August 10, 2011
Contracting with Seminole Nation

Though it's a sovereign government, contracting with The Seminole Tribe of Florida doesn't require 'an Act of Congress' — in fact, it's a straightforward process.

  • Florida
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  • Jay Brady
  • August 5, 2011
Public Charity: Wise or Waste?

Local governments contracting with nonprofits for services spend millions of taxpayers' dollars each year. The strategy has its supporters and detractors.

  • Florida
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  • Jay Brady
  • August 5, 2011
Government Digest: Aug. 5

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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