Scott Vetoes Funding for Annual WCRI Study

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefFlorida Gov. Rick Scott has vetoed funding for an annual benchmark study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute, even though the business interests that would pay for the research believe that the earmark would be a prudent use of state revenues.Scott removed the $195,000 annual funding measure in a list of $142.7 million in line-item vetoes on Tuesday before he signed the $70 billion 2012-2013 state budget into law. Members of a Florida workers' compensation coalition of business groups and insurers expressed concerns about the cut on Wedn...