Drug tests for welfare recipients now the law
Welfare recipients, mostly women with children, will now have to be drug-free to receive cash benefits under a bill signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott today. Under the new law, applicants for the...
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Bondi pranks urine-seeking Daily Show prankster
A reporter with Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” came up empty-handed when he asked Gov. Rick Scott for a urine sample yesterday. But Attorney General Pam Bondi was ready when Aasif Mandvi demanded...
View ArticleScott takes drug testing of welfare recipients to Supreme Court
Gov. Rick Scott will appeal a federal court ruling upholding a ban on drug testing of Florida welfare recipients. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta found that Scott’s lawyers did not make...
View ArticleStrippers, booze and slots soon to be off-limits for welfare recipients
Florida welfare recipients won’t be allowed to use state-issued debit cards at strip joints, liquor stores or casinos under a bill on its way to Gov. Rick Scott, who is certain to approve the measure....
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