Law Of The Land In Florida Is A Source Of Irritation For Asians
Here's a question we received from one of several hundred South Florida residents who attended a recent WLRN/Miami Herald Town Hall that was held just prior to the current legislative session.This one...
View ArticleWhy Revenue Neutrality Is Key To Enacting An Internet Sales Tax In Florida
Online shoppers in Florida may have to budget an extra 6 or 7 percent for their Web purchases if State Sen. Nancy Detert's sales tax bill (SB 316) makes it through the Legislature this year.But they...
View ArticleWhat Tallahassee Lawmakers Failed To Do in 2013
Editor's Note: Be sure to check out an interactive bill tracker of this year's session from the Miami Herald.
View ArticleNew Florida Law Bans Texting While Driving
It's official. No more texting and driving in the state of Florida.Gov. Rick Scott was in South Florida on Tuesday to sign SB 52, legislation championed by Sen. Nancy Detert (R-Venice) for the last...
View ArticleWhy Broward Is A Better Porn Market Than Miami Beach
Exxxotica should be a familiar word to any South Floridian who regularly reads a "What to Do This Weekend" column.It's a big sex-and-pornography convention that's been bringing fans annually to the...
View ArticleDemocrats, Labor Urge Gov. Scott To Veto Wage Bill
Florida Democrats and advocates for working folk are turning up all the pressure they can to wring a veto out of Gov. Rick Scott sometime this month.Their target? House Bill 655, passed during the 2013...
View ArticleMiami-Dade Knows Riots Too Well; Plans For Zimmerman Verdict
Miami-Dade County's Community Relations Board -- peacekeeper for the last half-century among the region's raucously contentious cultures and between the people and the police -- is getting ready for...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin's Uncle Says Media Should Have Challenged Pretrial Misinformation
Ever since a car crash that left him a quadriplegic 12 years ago, 50-year-old Ronald Fulton has been making the best of bad situations.His experience as a patient led him to found a healthcare advocacy...
View ArticleWhat To Expect During This Weekend's Supermoon, King Tide
The sun, the Earth and the moon will align this weekend to leave a supermoon shining on a king tide.But it’s all a little less spectacular than it sounds. At least, now it is. A few years down the road...
View ArticleHow The U.S. Supreme Court's Decision Gave Legal Gay Marriage What It Needed:...
The benefits will be substantial for those who get them, but the beneficiaries of the U. S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Federal Defense of Marriage Act are just a small subset of...
View ArticleBracing For A Boycott: How Scott's Defense Of 'Stand Your Ground' Could Hurt...
The calls to boycott Florida grew louder and more widespread on Friday after Gov. Rick Scott reiterated his support for the broad self-defense law that was key to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in...
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