TFC News Brief – 6/14/17

  • Governor Rick Scott signed legislation that provides raises for state employees, modifies the default pension choice for new employees, and changes the state employees’ health insurance system.
  • The Legislature delivered its final batch of bills to the Governor for signature, including a bill that requires all lottery tickets to be imprinted with warnings about the dangers of gambling.
  • The Governor announced that Florida’s crime rate dropped 2.8% in 2016, with major drops in burglaries and robberies, but an increase in murders.