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Fla. lt. gov. office closes after her resignation

Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The administration of Florida Gov. Rick Scott is shutting down the lieutenant governor's office for now.
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Rep. Allen West (R-FL) speaks during a Tea Party Town Hall meeting February 8, 2011 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The town hall meeting was held by the Tea Party Express and Tea Party HD to address issues Tea Party members were concerned over. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Allen West for governor of Florida?

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - When Allen West lost his congressional seat to a 29-year-old newcomer, many Florida watchers wrote his political obituary....
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FILE - In this May 17, 2012 file photo, Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll introduces Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at a campaign stop at the River City Brewing Company in Jacksonville, Fla. Carroll apologized Thursday, July 26, 2012 for offending lesbians when she said black women who engage in those relationships don't look like her. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Jennifer Carroll era ends badly in Florida

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - When then gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott selected Jennifer Carroll as his running-mate in 2010, it seemed like a stroke of genius...
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Jennifer Carroll

Fla. Lt. gov Jennifer Carroll resigns amid gambling scandal

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's lieutenant governor has resigned because of her ties to an Internet cafe company that is now under federal investigation...
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks to reporters outside prior to the debate between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University on October 22, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida to expand Medicaid under Obamacare

Gary Fineout and Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more people under the federal health overhaul...
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks to reporters outside prior to the debate between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University on October 22, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Romney, Florida GOP gov hold rally in town Trayvon Martin was killed

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - Republican governor Rick Scott made time to campaign alongside GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Sanford, Fla., the town where unarmed African-American teenager Trayvon Martin was killed earlier this year...
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Florida early vote

FL 'souls to the polls' Sunday revived, with flaws

Joy-Ann Reid
POLITICS - Florida Democrats filed suit in federal court Saturday over Gov. Rick Scott's refusal to issue an executive order extending the amount of time available to vote early.
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Rick Scott addresses the audience at the 29th annual NALEO conference June 22, 2012 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (Photo by Edward Linsmier/Getty Images)

GOP governors are likely to cave on 'Obamacare'

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANAYLSIS - Covering the uninsured is not just an ideological issue, splitting Democrats from Republicans.
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Feds and Florida headed to court over voter purge

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A legal standoff has developed between Florida and the Obama administration over a contentious voter purge pushed by Gov. Rick Scott...
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Justice Dept. halts Florida voter purge

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The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered the state of Florida to halt its purge of suspected non-U.S. citizens from its voter rolls...
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