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Fla. Governor Rick Scott

Florida Gov. Scott Announces Turbine Controls Expansion to Bring 60 Jobs to Miramar

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that Connecticut-based Turbine Controls, Inc. (TCI) – an industry leader in providing aircraft engine component maintenance, repair and overhaul services to aviation and industrial customers across the globe – has announced an upcoming expansion to Miramar, Fla. that will create 60 jobs.
Governor Rick Scott

Fla. Gov. Scott Awards Two Governor’s Business Ambassador Awards at JMI

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- On Thursday, Governor Rick Scott awarded Governor's Business Ambassador Awards to The James Madison Institute (JMI) President and CEO Dr. Robert McClure, III, and to board member Robert Gidel, Sr. for their work in creating jobs for Florida families. The Governor presented the award at JMI's 25th Anniversary Gala.
Fla. Governor Rick Scott

Fla. Governor Rick Scott Statement on the Resignation of Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- On Wednesday, Fla. Gov. Rick Scott today made the following statement at a media availability, following the resignation of Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll: "Local, state and federal law enforcement officials just held a press conference in Orlando, announcing that 57 individuals were charged with illegal activity linked to a $300 million conspiracy orchestrated by Allied Veterans of the World.'
Fla. Governor Rick Scott

Fla. Gov. Scott: More than 260,000 Job Openings Statewide – February Online Job Vacancies Increase by 8 Percent

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced the number of available online job openings in Florida increased by 8.8 percent in February 2013 compared to the previous February by 21,366, for a total of 263,240 openings (seasonally adjusted). Job postings in Florida also increased over the month compared to January 2013 by 256 openings (+0.1 percent).
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Fla. Gov. Scott Presents $15 Million in School Recognition Funds to Broward County Schools

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- On Monday, Florida Governor Rick Scott acknowledged Broward County's public schools that sustained high student performance or demonstrated substantial improvement in student performance by presenting a check totaling more than $15 million in School Recognition Program funding to Superintendent Robert W. Runcie. The check presentation was made before an audience of educators and community leaders at Piper High School in the City of Sunrise.
Governor Rick Scott

Fla. Gov. Scott Announces TurboCombustor Technology Inc. to Create 200 New Jobs and Invest $16M in Martin County

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- On Monday, Governor Rick Scott and the Business Development Board of Martin County (BDBMC) announced that TurboCombustor Technology Inc. (TCT), an aerospace parts manufacturing company, has chosen to expand in Martin County, Florida
USA Coffee Company

Florida’s USA Coffee Company Launches Custom Label Coffee Program for Fundraising and Promotions

PLANTATION, Fla., /Florida Newswire/ -- Buying American is a trend that is here to stay and USA Coffee Company stands behind the sentiment one hundred percent. All of its coffee is 100 percent Hawaiian-grown and now it's excited to offer a new custom label program: Our coffee, your custom labels.
Fla. Governor Rick Scott

Fla. Gov. Rick Scott Appoints Gary B. Anderson to the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- On Friday, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced the appointment of Gary Bryan Anderson to the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council.
Fla. Governor Rick Scott

Fla. Governor Scott Presents $8.8 Million in School Recognition Funds to Hillsborough County Schools

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday acknowledged Hillsborough County's public schools that have sustained high student performance or demonstrated substantial improvement in student performance by presenting a check totaling nearly $8.8 million in School Recognition Program funding to representatives from Hillsborough County schools.
Fla. Governor Rick Scott

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day: Stakeholders Praise Governor Scott’s Florida Families First Budget

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- Today, Florida Governor Rick Scott shared his proposed 2013-2014 budget, Florida Families First Budget, which provides $36 million in...
Move For Hunger

AMWAT Moving and Storage Honored as Mover of the Year

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- Move For Hunger, a nationwide non-profit hunger relief organization, is proud to announce that AMWAT Moving and Storage of Tallahassee, Fla., is the recipient of the 'Mover of the Year Award' for 2012.
Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson

William G. Hyland Jr.’s book ‘Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson’ expounds on the relationship between historian Dumas Malone and Jefferson

TAMPA, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- The magisterial 'collaboration' over half a lifetime between historian Dumas Malone and his subject, Thomas Jefferson, is the basis for William G. Hyland Jr.'s compelling book, 'Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson' (ISBN: 9781612341972). Malone, the courtly and genteel historian from Mississippi, spent 38 years researching and writing the definitive biography of the man who 'invented the United States of America.'
Advanced Resources Marketing Florida

LTCi Leader, Advanced Resources Marketing, announces Satellite Office in Tampa

TAMPA, Fla.. /Florida Newswire/ -- Advanced Resources Marketing (ARM), one of the country's largest distributors of Long Term Care Insurance (LTCi) announced today the opening of a satellite distribution office in Tampa, Fla. This location joins the main office in Boston, and satellite offices in Merion Station, Pa., and McLean, Va., as a growing part of ARM's distribution network.
Telovations

Telovations VocalQ Recognized for Innovation with 2012 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award

TAMPA, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- Telovations announces that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named VocalQ as a recipient of the 2012 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award. VocalQ measures the context and content of voice communications.
Dr. Nicole M. Berger

Nicole M. Berger, DDS is pleased to announce the launch of the first ‘South Florida Smile Spa’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- South Florida Smile Spa commenced its 2012 Grand Opening by launching a new dental office for families in the Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach neighborhood, which offers general and cosmetic dentistry, sedation, one hour whitening, oral surgery and root canal treatment; all procedures are done on the premises.
Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center

Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center now offering robotically-assisted da Vinci Surgical System as part of weight loss options

SEBASTIAN, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center is now offering robotically-assisted minimally invasive surgery as a weight loss surgery option. The addition of this technology to the practice makes Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center one of only a handful of bariatric surgical centers in Florida using the most advanced techniques to perform bariatric surgery.
Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center

STARR Treatment Bariatric Surgery now offered by Riverside Surgical Weight Loss Center, Drs. Patrick Domkowski and Jason Radeke

SEBASTIAN, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center is now offering the STARR Treatment to its bariatric surgery patients. STARR, which stands for 'surgical tiny access and rapid recovery,' is a state-of-the-art, micro-laparoscopic technique that is thought to improve recovery from a gastric sleeve or band procedure.
luxury RV rental from Allstar Coaches

Luxury RV Rentals from Allstar Coaches Serve Multiple Markets

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- Luxury RV rentals are not just for special occasions. Staff at Allstar Coaches will tell you that it gets creative and practical client requests as well. Rob Tischler, CEO of Allstar Coaches, says that there are so many reasons to rent a luxury RV that many people have likely never even considered.
Captain Morgan Rum Company

For eighth year Captain Morgan Rum Company and City of Key West team up to provide free Safe Rides during busiest...

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands /Florida Newswire/ -- For the eighth consecutive year, Captain Morgan Rum Company and the City of Key West have teamed up to provide free Safe Rides during the busiest night of Fantasy Fest, Diageo North America has announced. Beginning at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, all Key West Department of Transportation Buses will be free to ride.
Cosmetic Reconstructive Dentistry

North Miami’s Cosmetic Reconstructive Dentistry and Dr. Olga Kharevich to offer Free Diabetes Screening Days

MIAMI, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ -- Cosmetic Reconstructive Dentistry recently announced that they will be hosting free diabetes screening days at their Ives Dairy Road location in North Miami starting on October 18, 2012. Future screenings will be held on the third Thursday of each month.

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