Gov. Rick Scott Signs Into Law Greater Transparency for Economic Incentives
Ashley Lopez: Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law today that would create some transparency in the state’s controversial economic incentives program.
Lax State Rules Provide Cover for Sponsors of Attack Ads
Alan Suderman: In Florida, it's virtually impossible to track how much was spent by outside groups trying to hurt or help a particular candidate.
State Lawmakers Kept Their Cheaper Health Insurance, Denied Medicaid Expansion
Ashley Lopez: At the same time the Republican-led Florida Legislature was turning down federal funds that would pay for expanding the state's Medicaid program to more than 1 million people who cannot afford health insurance, those same state lawmakers were working to keep their own insurance premiums lower than most other state employees.
RNC’s Hispanic Outreach Director in Florida Becomes a Democrat
Ashley Lopez: Pablo Pantoja cited among his reasons for leaving a "culture of intolerance surrounding the Republican Party."
State, Local Governments Shell Out $19 Million for Hertz Relocation
Ashley Lopez: Hertz, one of the nation's largest rental car companies, announced this week that it is moving its headquarters from New Jersey to Southwest Florida. The Fortune 500 company committed to the move after officials with the state and Lee County offered $19 million in economic incentives.
Poll Finds Floridians Support Path to Citizenship
Ashley Lopez: But Republican members of Florida's congressional delegation won't back the immigration reform bill.