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Guest AuthorJuly 29, 2015

I sent my best friend Julie a selfie, while making a goofy face, and this was her response. “What’s up with your forehead?” We have more than 30 years of friendship under our belts, so ultimately I decided not to kill her. I did think about it for a while. I looked again at my […]

Guest AuthorJuly 29, 2015

In December 2013, at the United Nations’ 68th General Assembly meeting, the assembled countries could not, as usual, solve the problems of world conflicts, human slavery, wide-spread famine and the Israeli-Palestinian question. So, it decided to do something it could: It declared that 2015 would be the International Year of Light. I’m quite sure that […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday he has asked the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to immediately begin investigating the 16 Planned Parenthood offices in Florida that perform abortion procedures to ensure they are in full compliance with the law. His statement is in reaction to undercover videos that show Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of […]

Frank TorresJuly 29, 2015

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Seminole County Commission Chairwoman Brenda Carey joined other regional leaders in Maitland Wednesday morning to discuss ways to address homelessness in Central Florida. The Central Florida Landlord Summit to Address Homelessness is an event aimed to engage Orange, Seminole, and Osceola County landlords and is part of a continued tricounty effort to provide permanent supportive housing for the […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2015

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Many higher education officials, teachers and parents cheered this year when a single Florida GOP senator killed proposed legislation that would allow holders of concealed weapons permits to carry guns on Florida college and university campuses. Although the bill cleared three committees in the House and two in the Senate, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Miguel Diaz […]

Shannon NickinsonJuly 28, 2015

Can we put our money where our mouth is? That’s the question the Studer Community Institute’s metro dashboard is meant to ask — and hopefully answer. The dashboard aims to be a road map to help build citizen-powered change, to make Pensacola a stronger, more vibrant community. A guide to know if our community is […]

Ryan RayJuly 28, 2015

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If things break as the Florida Supreme Court has foreshadowed, House Majority Leader Dana Young might be headed to the state Senate. While sources are conflicted as to whether a likely re-drawing of the upper chamber’s district boundaries will leave Young with a viable district, there is broad agreement on one thing: if she runs, she’ll certainly be competitive. “If a […]

Phil AmmannJuly 28, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott appointed Miami-Dade grower Sam Accursio to the South Florida Water Management District, the regional agency that administers water resources for 16 counties. SFWMD serves 8.1 million customers from Orlando south to the Florida Keys. Accursio, 52, of Homestead, owns Sam S. Accursio & Sons Farms, which cultivates 2,000 acres in Miami-Dade County. […]

Phil AmmannJuly 27, 2015

Florida Medical Association PAC (FMA PAC) is endorsing dermatologist Ralph Massullo in his bid for Florida House District 34. In announcing the group’s support, FMA PAC President Chris Pittman noted the importance of supporting one of their own. “As founder and president of his dermatology practice,” Pittman said Monday in a statement, “Dr. Massullo has […]

Guest AuthorJuly 27, 2015

I’m a Southern, white, gun-owning male who worries one day my family will have to pay the price for America’s unwillingness to stand up to the gun lobby. I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but hear me out. I grew up bouncing BBs off the backs of the alligators in Lake Newnan outside of Gainesville, Fla. […]

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Catherine Durkin Robinson: 'What’s up with your forehead?'

Michael Bass: A toast to the International Year of Light

Rick Scott calls for investigation of Planned Parenthood offices in Florida

Central Florida leaders join landlords in trying to piece together homeless puzzle

Guns-on-campuses bill coming back to Florida Legislature in 2016

Shannon Nickinson: Make smarter community investments for a better future

Dana Young for Florida Senate?

Gov. Scott names Sam Accursio to South Florida Water Management District

FMA PAC endorses one of their own, Ralph Massullo for House District 34

Eric Conrad: We’re just haggling over price