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File photo of Florida Gov. Rick Scott. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Gov. Scott On Tour To Promote School Budget, Raise

Gov. Rick Scott kicked off a series of visits to Florida public schools Monday to promote the approved budget that includes teacher pay raises as part of a big boost in education spending, a perennially popular issue with voters who will decide in 2014 whether the Republican merits a second term.

2013/05/06

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Fla. Legislators Approve Plan For Teacher Raises

Florida’s teachers are going to get a pay raise, but it won’t be coming until next year.

2013/04/28

Fla. Budget Could Focus On Teachers And Health Care

For the first time in six years, state legislators aren’t scrambling to figure out how to plug billion dollar shortfalls in the state budget.

2013/03/03

Scott Makes Pay Raise Pitch To Fla. School Board

Gov. Rick Scott is trying to enlist support from the State Board of Education for giving all Florida teachers a $2,500 pay raise.

2013/02/18

Pinellas Teachers Line Up For Concealed Weapons Classes

In the days following the horrific events that left 20 children and 6 adults dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a new debate erupted in the United States: Should teachers be allowed […]

CBS Tampa–2013/02/05

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Scott Wants To Give $2,500 Raise To Fla. Teachers

Gov. Rick Scott wants to give a $2,500 across the board pay raise to every full time teacher in the state.

2013/01/23

Florida will soon have over one million concealed weapon permits, making it the most in the nation. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Florida Lawmaker Favors Ending Ban On Guns In Schools

The state representative who sponsored the bill that became Florida’s “stand your ground” law said Monday that schools would be safer if principals and teachers were allowed to take guns to school.

2012/12/17

Florida Judge Delays Teacher Evaluation Plan

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An administrative law judge’s ruling has delayed but not stopped a new state teacher evaluation system. The Florida Education Association is holding a news conference on Tuesday in Tallahassee to discuss […]

CBS Tampa–2012/11/20

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Fla. Scuttles Deal To Build Education Website

Florida is terminating a $20 million contract to build a website intended to help students, parents and teachers master new academic standards.

2012/10/30

(Photo: Publicity shots of Dick Devos, union opponent, and James P. Hoffa, union organizer)

Digital Debate: Teamster’s Hoffa & Amway Heir DeVos: Clash Over Unions!

James P. Hoffa and Dick DeVos have vastly differing views of unions, which is why in this heated political climate battles are raging across America over unions in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, California and other states, the two took time to participate in CBS Local Digital Debate.

2012/10/29

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