Scott PowersMarch 29, 2019
4min325
Scott's drug-pricing bill also would require more disclosures on drug costs.
Tag: Canada(L-R) Lawyers Richard Cole and Rahul Patel were both reappointed to their alma mater's Board of Trustees. Images via University of Florida.
Scott PowersMarch 29, 2019
A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2019
4min428
Public comment was truncated, however, frustrating some on hand.
Jacob OglesJanuary 13, 2019
4min349
Dana Young, VISIT FLORIDA’s new president and CEO, doesn’t expect a funding fight over the agency. “The new governor has said he realizes the vital role of tourism in our state budget, in our economic prosperity,” Young said. “When you realize tourism dollars make up roughly one-third of our state budget, then it’s an easy, […]
Ryan NicolDecember 17, 2018
5min849
State Sen. Lauren Book has filed a bill (SB 160) which would seek to criminalize the sale of sex dolls designed to look like young children. “A person may not knowingly sell, lend, give away, distribute, transmit, show, or transmute … an obscene, child-like sex doll,” the bill says. “These obscene dolls are being shipped from […]
Jacob OglesJuly 14, 2018
3min497
Florida’s U.S. senators agree that those crossing the nation’s northern border should get to stay here for a while. Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Marco Rubio filed The Canadian Snowbird Act, legislation that would let older Canadian visitors to the United States stay here as long as eight months without being considered residents. “It’s no […]
Danny McAuliffeApril 23, 2018
4min388
State-backed tourism campaigns are producing a healthy return on investment. Numbers released Monday from VISIT FLORIDA, the state’s public-private marketing agency, indicate that more Canadians are choosing to retreat to the Sunshine State for vacation stays. The uptick follows increased marketing efforts in the United States’ neighbor to the north. Overall visitation saw an increase […]
Staff ReportsOctober 27, 2017
3min205
Florida Gov. Rick Scott continues his recent spate of travel next week with an international trip to America’s neighbors to the north. In Naples Friday, Scott announced that he will lead a tourism and trade mission to Toronto, with Florida business and tourism leaders. Scott seeks Canadian tourists — and job creators, per a release from the […]
Joe HendersonJune 13, 2017
4min185
Cuba enjoyed a record year for tourism in 2016 when more than 4 million people found their way to that island nation. That was a 13 percent increase from the year before, much of it attributable to relaxed travel rules between Cuba and the United States. That might change if President Trump, as expected, rolls […]
Associated PressFebruary 13, 2017
6min222
President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will participate in a roundtable discussion about women in the workforce Monday, showing the rising policy influence of the first daughter who has stressed her commitment to issues like child care. A White House official said the two countries would launch a new task force called […]
Associated PressOctober 1, 2016
7min145
“A clear and present danger to our country.” ”Xenophobia, racism and misogyny.” ”Beneath our national dignity.” Those aren’t excerpts from attack ads by Hillary Clinton‘s campaign. Those are longtime Republican newspapers disavowing Donald Trump. If newspaper endorsements equaled victory, Clinton would be in line for a historic landslide. She has been endorsed by dozens of […]