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Florida Gov. Rick Scott announces his new budget during a Tea Party event in Eustis, Fla., Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack Both Democrats and Republicans from Florida are balking at Florida Gov. Rick Scott s decision to reject $2.4 billion in federal aid to build a high-speed train line between Orlando and Tampa -- and one senator is even trying to completely bypass the Republican governor s opposition to the project. Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson spoke with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood today about financing the Tampa-Orlando rail line without the state government s involve stanley cup website ment, the Palm Beach Post reports. We are exploring... how we could keep this project going forward since the state of Florida will not participate, Nelson told the Post. We have the lawyers researching it. Scott announced earlier today that he was rejecting the money because he believed the state could be on the hook for as much as $3 billion in cost overruns. Additionally, he said he was skeptical ridership would pay for the line s operating costs. Nelson said earlier today that rejecting the federal investment amounted to turning down 24,000 jobs, when we badly n stanley cup eed them, the Miami Herald reports.Republican R stanley termoska ep. John L. Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, called the decision a huge setback for the
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A federal judge on Thursdayd stanley cups uk efinitively blocked a Florida abortion law to prevent state funds from goingto organizations that provide abortions - after the admini stanley deutschland stration of Gov. RickScott made the unusual decision to drop further legal action.U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle had placed a temporaryhold on the challenged portions of the law hours before the law took effectlast June.The sweeping law stanley cup also was designed to greatly increaseinspection requirements for abortion clinics. Planned Parenthood challengedthree parts of the law. But instead of taking the case to trial and offeringadditional evidence or legal arguments, attorneys for the Scott administrationagreed to forgo further legal action. They filed a joint motion with theplaintiffs earlier this month agreeing to end the litigation. Hinkle held abrief hearing to discuss the move and issued his final ruling hours later.We are grateful the court stepped in to stop RickScott in his tracks and protect access to health care, said LillianTamayo, CEO of Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida. Ifthis law had gone into effect, it would have made a bad situation evenworse. The move by the Scott administration greatly sped upresolution of the case.The state could still appeal the ruling, but JackieSchutz, a spokeswoman for Scott, would not say if the administration would dothat. She said instead the governorrsquo office Hqmm No definitive cause found in Ted Stevens crash
Florida Gov. Rick Scott announces his new budget during a Tea Party event in Eustis, Fla., Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack Both Democrats and Republicans from Florida are balking at Florida Gov. Rick Scott s decision to reject $2.4 billion in federal aid to build a high-speed train line between Orlando and Tampa -- and one senator is even trying to completely bypass the Republican governor s opposition to the project. Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson spoke with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood today about financing the Tampa-Orlando rail line without the state government s involve stanley cup website ment, the Palm Beach Post reports. We are exploring... how we could keep this project going forward since the state of Florida will not participate, Nelson told the Post. We have the lawyers researching it. Scott announced earlier today that he was rejecting the money because he believed the state could be on the hook for as much as $3 billion in cost overruns. Additionally, he said he was skeptical ridership would pay for the line s operating costs. Nelson said earlier today that rejecting the federal investment amounted to turning down 24,000 jobs, when we badly n stanley cup eed them, the Miami Herald reports.Republican R stanley termoska ep. John L. Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, called the decision a huge setback for the