Poverty, Access Issues Blamed For Poor Health In Broward's Black Communities
Black residents of Broward County are much more likely than whites or Hispanics to experience infant mortality, obesity or HIV/AIDS, according to an alarming new report from the Urban League, and...
View ArticleYouth Is No Barrier To Power In Tallahassee
Number crunching by a Florida university professor has led to an odd conspiracy theory about the Florida House of Representatives.Not that Prof. Mark Soskin actually subscribes to the theory himself....
View Article$5 A Pound? Tomato Price Threat Seen As Tactic In Trade Dispute With Mexico
Will stopping Mexican tomatoes at the border raise tomato prices prohibitively for American consumers?An importers group predicted recently that if the 1996 tomato agreement with Mexico is terminated,...
View ArticleDown To One Runway, Ft. Lauderdale Airport Will Be Vulnerable To Mishaps And...
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International will increase its capacity for yearly takeoffs and landings by more than 50 percent once its new runway goes live 20 months from now.But it's going to be tricky...
View ArticleStudy Makes It Clear: SoFla Traffic Is Terrible
Researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute have quantified what most South Florida drivers already know deep in their guts: they are wasting more time, money and gasoline than ever sitting in...
View ArticleTwo Years Later, State Voting Law Fixes Take Root Where The Problem Was Caused
In Tallahassee, a series of proposals to repair the state election system is finding broad support in the Legislature that many say broke the voting process two years ago.A Senate bill instituting one...
View ArticlePlug To Be Pulled On Stricken Florida Nuke
Disabled by bungled repair work more tan three years ago, Duke Energy's Crystal River nuclear power plant will not be reactivated, company officials have concluded.The plant in Citrus County on...
View ArticleDolphins Stadium Plan's First Approval May Encourage Public Funding For Other...
A Florida Senate committee's smiling approval of the Miami Dolphin's request for stadium renovation money may have set off a flurry of similar campaigns by sports teams and enterprises around the...
View ArticleOn Immigration, Rubio Surrendered To Win
How did Florida U. S. Sen. Marco Rubio seize the leadership of the Republican Party from Paul Ryan, the Minnesota congressman who ran for vice-president with Mitt Romney?By leading the trend to the...
View ArticleSchool Policies Send Students To Jail
Florida school systems have eased up on the "zero tolerance" behavior policies that sent so many students to jail for minor misconduct.But vestiges of the old policies are still sending thousand of...
View ArticleCandidacies On Hold As Democrats Wonder: What Will Alex Sink Do? Or Charlie...
Former state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink now has what she desperately needed in 2012 when she ran for governor against Rick Scott and lost: name recognition.And that may be why a handful of the...
View ArticleAs National Proxy, Florida's A State To Watch
Florida has always been a state to watch, if only as a guilty pleasure or perhaps in self-defense. But some major political stars are aligning and the pundits are beginning to agree, Florida will...
View ArticleDemocrats In Tallahassee Less Outnumbered Than They Used To Be
The election results and new leadership in the Florida legislature have made life a little easier for the state's elected Democrats.Not that that there's been a substantial change in how the state's...
View ArticleFlorida Hospital Association Won't Accept That Medicaid Will Not Be Expanded
Burdened with the expense of medical care for more than a million uninsured Floridians, the Florida Hospital Association isn't ready to accept that Medicaid won't be expanded in Florida under...
View ArticleInternet Cafe Gambling Scandal Overshadow Florida Lieutenant Governor...
Jennifer Carroll's days as lieutenant governor and presumed running mate for Gov. Rick Scott's reelection campaign may already have been numbered when she resigned this week because of her connection...
View ArticleHouse Panel Votes To Outlaw Internet Cafes
Reacting to an Internet gambling scandal that forced Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll to resign this week, the Florida House gambling committee today (Friday 3/15) approved a bill that outlaws gambling...
View ArticleCampaign Contributions Bill Touches A Nerve That Lawmakers Are Already...
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida House and Senate are taking ethics and elections seriously this year. Bills to widen voting opportunities by restoring pre-2011 early voting days and hours are making their...
View ArticleBookseller Wonders, Why Doesn't Florida Get Sales Tax For Stuff You Buy On...
Florida's sales tax is a huge competitive downside for local retailers who sell the same products as their Internet competitors.Because online sellers rarely collect the sales tax, it leaves the...
View ArticleWhat's Snuffing Out Medical Weed In Florida?
A medical marijuana bill sponsored by two South Florida Democrats has reached the end of the line in Tallahassee.
View ArticleNothing Says 'Miami' To Tallahassee Like A Vat Of Paella (And A Pitch For Funds)
TALLAHASSEE -- If your plan is to manufacture paella on an industrial, thousand-meals-a-batch scale, first thing you need is a truck. And a trailer, with a heat source. A giant cooking pan, maybe a...
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