Obama in Florida next week — maybe for rail
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden plan to visit Tampa or St. Petersburg next week for an undisclosed event, although lawmakers and local leaders speculate the trip means...
View ArticleTrouble ahead (or trouble behind) for Florida rail dreams?
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to visit Florida next week and state leaders expect him to announce federal funding for high-speed rail in the Sunshine State. But the announcement faces a...
View ArticleRick Scott listens to local lawmakers’ wants, hears “jobs”
Florida governor-elect Rick Scott spent much of his time at the Republican Party of Florida’s quarterly meeting this weekend meeting with Central Florida state lawmakers, some of them for the first...
View ArticleScott expected to kill high-speed rail — again
Gov. Rick Scott is expected to announce this afternoon that he will not allow the high-speed train linking Orlando with Tampa to move forward, despite the efforts of supporters to change his mind,...
View ArticleDemocrats press Scott on high-speed rail
WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Scott was pressed by both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue today on the issue of high-speed rail, with President Barack Obama subtly jabbing the rookie governor at the same time U.S....
View ArticleScott back in Washington — albeit briefly
WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Scott’s pro-tourism tour landed him briefly in Washington today, where he addressed about two dozen curious onlookers on the National Mall who listened to Scott extol the virtues...
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