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TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, anticipating a healthy budget surplus next year, says he wants to cut taxes and fees by $500 million during his re-election year.

With the sea of orange barrels gone and the roadwork on Highway 87 complete, Donna Harvell can now get back to what she loves doing best — being an auctioneer.

An independent probe led by former FBI Director Louis Freeh found evidence of a plot by lawyers to “corrupt” the BP settlement program but nothing that warranted shutting down payments to victims of the company’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a report issued Friday.

Florida’s economy has been losing ground since about 2000 on almost every measurement, including income, unemployment and inflation, a report released Monday says.

Bryan Boney is home.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott has drawn fire over the last few months in his repeated attempts to recruit businesses away from other states.

The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is revamping its priority mail program to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business.

TALLAHASSEE — A national report issued last week maintains that more than 120,000 Floridians have received billions in aid so far from five major banks.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s unemployment rate remained flat for a third straight month, but that didn’t stop Gov. Rick Scott and Republicans from using the latest round of economic news as a way to criticize potential opponent Charlie Crist.

APALACHICOLA — Gov. Rick Scott, saying it’s time to fight for the economic future of the Apalachicola Bay region, announced Tuesday that Florida will file a lawsuit against Georgia over its consumption of freshwater in a river system that serves three Southeastern states.