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Guest AuthorJanuary 24, 2016

We live in a competitive world. Companies compete for our attention as consumers, and each state competes with all the others to entice those companies to move to their state. However, for Florida to attract new businesses, we must better market Florida domestically, nationally and globally. Florida’s low taxes and natural resources attract new residents, […]

Melissa RossJanuary 22, 2016

Child safety advocates are slamming legislation they say would endanger children and weaken Florida’s newly passed child passenger safety law, on the books only a year. SB 1394, filed by Sen. Jeff Brandes, officially defines the terms “service patrol vehicle” and “driver-assistive truck platooning technology.” However, it’s the language referring to children that’s sparking outraged […]

Melissa RossJanuary 21, 2016

Despite statewide pleas to veto it, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law Thursday a water policy bill decried by the state’s environmentalists but loved by agriculture interests. St. Johns Riverkeeper Lisa Rinaman joined the chorus of critics blasting the move as one of short-term expediency at the expense of the long-term goal of protecting […]

Scott PowersJanuary 20, 2016

Forbes has put a new spin on its annual release of the richest people in America this week by breaking out a second list naming the richest person in each big city for the first time. That effort, published Tuesday as “Meet The Richest Person In America’s 50 Largest Cities,” names Thomas Peterffy as Miami’s richest person, […]

Melissa RossJanuary 20, 2016

In a series of broadsides at Gov. Rick Scott and the state’s House leadership, a panel of national health policy experts convened by the League of Women Voters of Florida has released a blistering report to the media outlining the Republican leadership’s decision not to expand Medicaid – in particular, its growing effect on Florida […]

Melissa RossJanuary 19, 2016

Death penalty cases across Florida have been thrown into a state of uncertainty after last week’s Supreme Court ruling finding the state’s sentencing system for capital cases unconstitutional. That’s simply more heartache for Jacksonville’s Farah family, who say they simply want closure after the 2013 slaying of Shelby Farah. “I never believed in the death […]

Melissa RossJanuary 14, 2016

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One of the premier facilities in America treating veterans and NFL players for traumatic brain injury and PTSD has chosen Jacksonville as its location for expansion into the Southeast. The renowned Eisenhower Center, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, settled on North Florida in part because of the region’s international recognition as a medical tourism destination […]

Melissa RossJanuary 12, 2016

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Animal rights groups have scored a major victory against the Greatest Show On Earth, but that isn’t stopping the protests. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, America’s best-known circus, announced Monday it will relocate all its elephants to a conservation center here in Florida by the end of May. That pushes up the […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 10, 2016

I’ve noticed that as we get older, we become more sensitive to temperature. In our youth it really didn’t bother us. If it was cold, we put on a sweater or sweatshirt; if it was hot, t-shirts were the order of the day. We didn’t think twice about going outside on a snowy day to […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 9, 2016

“Keep it simple, stupid” (or KISS) is an adage that reminds us of the effectiveness of simplicity. From its origins in aeronautical engineering management, keeping it simple is usually good advice. At risk of being the contrarian, my argument is that sometimes things can be made too simple, especially where politics and economics intersect. To […]

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Ed Moore: Aiming toward a competitive future for Florida

Child safety advocates slam car-seat bill they say will endanger kids

St. Johns Riverkeeper blasts Rick Scott, Legislature over water policy bill

Forbes: Cities’ richest include Thomas Peterffy in Miami, J. Wayne Weaver in Jacksonville

Florida counties “in crisis” without Medicaid expansion, League report says

Jax death penalty case in spotlight after Supreme Court ruling

Amid growing NFL concussion concerns, Mark Brunell to lead Eisenhower Center’s expansion into Jacksonville

Ringling to retire elephants early; Jacksonville protests still planned

Tim Bryce: Older folks need their thermostats to stay comfortable

Dale Brill: Good policy is always complicated