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Guest AuthorMarch 17, 2015

As the chief of cornea and contact lens service at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, I specialize in contact lens fittings and know the good, the bad, and the ugly of contact lens use. The “good” which comes from contact lens use is that millions of people achieve excellent vision and improved lifestyle with […]

Guest AuthorMarch 17, 2015

As the chief of Cornea and Contact Lens service at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, I specialize in contact lens fittings and know the good, the bad and the ugly of contact lens use. The “good” that comes from contact lens use is that millions of people achieve excellent vision and improved lifestyle with […]

Bruce RitchieMarch 15, 2015

Rep. Steve Crisafulli suggests the state needs to take better care of its land before buying any more with Amendment 1 money. Amendment 1, approved by 75 percent of voters statewide in November, is expected to provide $757 million for water and land conservation programs in the coming year. Crisafulli, a Republican from Merritt Island, […]

Daniel TilsonMarch 15, 2015

If only marijuana decriminalization were the goal when Senate President Andy Gardiner and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli recently released a “joint agenda.” But no, turns out they were promoting their “5-point Work Plan 2015” for the in-progress legislative session. The new Republican legislative leaders know issues such as health care expansion and environmental protection are […]

Associated PressMarch 12, 2015

Class size limits could be eased for Florida’s schools under a bill now moving in the Florida Legislature. A House committee approved the measure Thursday. A 2002 state constitutional amendment limits classes in core subjects to 18 students in kindergarten through third grade, 22 in fourth through eighth grade and 25 in high school. The […]

Guest AuthorMarch 11, 2015

I’ve often heard the saying that “those who refuse to study history are destined to repeat it.” Well, what about those who refuse to examine the present? Recently, the director of the Children and Adults Health Programs in the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) at CMS revealed what those of us in the world of […]

Guest AuthorMarch 11, 2015

Only two months into the New Year and already the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has started to release polluted water from Lake Okeechobee, resulting in water flowing into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers, and the Indian River Lagoon, which is expected to continue over the coming weeks and months. Millions of Floridians are […]

Guest AuthorMarch 10, 2015

I’ve often heard the saying that “those who refuse to study history are destined to repeat it.” Well, what about those who refuse to examine the present? Recently, the director of the Children and Adults Health Programs in the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) at CMS revealed what those of us in the world of […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 9, 2015

One of the truthful boasts in Gov. Rick Scott’s curiously brief speech to the Legislature last week may not have been good news to all who heard it. “We are at a 43-year low in our crime rate,” he said. In fact, by 2013 crime in Florida had fallen 60 percent from its high point […]

Guest AuthorMarch 9, 2015

Last week, the Florida Senate and Senate President Andy Gardiner took a significant step on an issue with profound impacts on Florida taxpayers, businesses and, ultimately, our economy. The Senate filed SPB 7044, the “Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange” (FHIX), based upon A Healthy Florida Works Plan. This plan was thoughtfully proposed by a bipartisan coalition of business owners, hospitals, community leaders and individuals who […]

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Andrea Janoff: Allowing big corporations to make eye-care decisions is "terrifying"

Andrea Janoff: 1-800-CONTACTS-backed legislation is bad for eye patients

Bruce Ritchie: Manage state land better AND buy more. It's not either/or

Daniel Tilson: Legislative leaders' 2015 work plan insults our intelligence

Class size limits could be eased for school districts

Sal Nuzzo: We who oppose federal socialized medicine salute you!

Eric Eikenberg: To stop polluting rivers, buy land for reservoir

Sal Nuzzo: We who oppose federal socialized medicine salute you!

Martin Dyckman: Drop in crime bad news for Florida's private prison biz

Tom Feeney: Use 'A Healthy Florida Works' to reform medical coverage