Promise Posts – Page 5

Greg Abbott

Focus additional spending on cancer screenings and treatment for low-income Texans

Abbott keeps vow to spend on cancer screenings, health care for low-income residents | January 30, 2017

Greg Abbott

Require state elected officials to disclose more about personal sources of income, contracts

Lawmakers, in reversal, advance mandate tightening disclosures of personal income, contracts | June 9, 2017

Greg Abbott

Allow schools to opt out of state mandates

Greg Abbott keeps promise to let schools opt out of mandates | September 12, 2017

Greg Abbott

Launch school principals leadership training program

Agency carries out Greg Abbott vow to improve training of principals | January 11, 2018

Greg Abbott

Grant college credit to high school students scoring well on Advanced Placement exams

Greg Abbott quickly fulfilled vow to tie college credits to above-average AP exam scores | August 3, 2018

Scott Walker

Return budget surpluses to taxpayers

Projected surplus tapped for sales tax holiday, child tax credit | September 28, 2018

Scott Walker

Increase higher education grants for certain students

Promise Kept: Increasing student grants | October 5, 2018

Scott Walker

Continue to reduce the tax burden on working families and seniors every year he is in office

Promise Kept: Reducing the tax burden | October 5, 2018

Scott Walker

Not support an increase in the state sales tax

Floated ideas, but didn’t back increase in sales tax | September 21, 2018

Rick Scott

Spend $25 billion on roads over five years to ease congestion

Scott kept promise on Florida road investment | November 29, 2018

Rick Scott

Reduce the state’s communications services sales tax

2015 cell phone tax cut adds up for Scott | January 25, 2016

Rick Scott

Eliminate the state’s manufacturing tax

Manufacturing equipment sales tax suspension made permanent | March 28, 2016

Rick Scott

Create a program for $10,000 STEM degrees

Students enrolled in $10k STEM degrees during Scott’s tenure | January 4, 2019

Rick Scott

Be in the Top 10 and Top 25 ranked public universities

With help from UF, FSU, Scott reaches university rankings goal | October 8, 2018

Rick Scott

Make Florida No. 1 in higher education affordability

Scott ends second term close to affordability goal on tuition | December 6, 2018

Rick Scott

Investigate every standardized test

Scott delivered on promise to study standardized tests | August 10, 2017

Rick Scott

Increase school security spending

Rick Scott signs bill strengthening school safety into law | April 5, 2018

Rick Scott

Double investment in digital learning initiatives

Gov. Rick Scott doubled digital learning | November 26, 2018

Rick Scott

Raise per-pupil education spending to an all-time high

Legislature brings spending up to Scott’s desired level | March 28, 2016

Rick Kriseman

Install signage at neighborhood entrances and wayfaring signage in populated areas

New signs installed in neighborhoods throughout St. Pete | October 25, 2017

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