My Fellow Citizens, Like many of you I have worked all of my life and I am blessed that I have lived the American Dream. My parents struggled financially and I started school in public housing. Like many similarly situated, I went to work at an early age. I was always proud of the jobs [...]

By Rick Scott, Governor of Florida Like all Floridians, I was deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death of a child in the Palm Beach County Juvenile Detention Center. More than saddened though, I take Eric Perez’s death personally. It’s a sobering reminder of the urgent need for comprehensive juvenile justice reform in Florida. [...]

by Rick Scott, Governor of Florida While lawmakers in Washington have avoided making difficult choices, we in Florida have remained focused on solving our state’s economic challenges—cutting state spending by reforming Medicaid and public pensions and passing a balanced budget that includes tax cuts, not increases, for Florida’s families and businesses. To continue building on [...]

By Rick Scott, Governor of Florida One of the critical components of my seven-step plan to create 700,000 jobs in seven years and turn Florida’s economy around is to make sure our state has the best educated workforce, ready to work in our 21st century economy. That means we must have world-class schools that graduate [...]

By Ann Scott, First Lady of Florida A mother’s heart always has room to love a child. One of the greatest joys of my life is being a mother. I raised two lovely daughters who now are grown up and married. It is important for me to be there to laugh and cry with my [...]