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Mark FerruloAugust 30, 2015

America’s roads and bridges are slowly crumbling and, to make matters worse, the fund that pays to maintain and improve our nation’s transportation needs is on the verge of going broke. But as Congress rushes to replenish the fund, it should not make a big mistake that will cost us hundreds of billions of dollars. […]

Melissa RossAugust 28, 2015

Animal advocates from across Florida say they’ve organized a statewide protest against a bear hunt that officials have scheduled for Oct. 24 to 30. “We think there are other ways to solve this problem,” says Adam Sugalski, the campaign’s director. “Killing is not conservation. We need to protect these animals and find other nonlethal solutions,” he said. Sugalski […]

Melissa RossAugust 25, 2015

One of the state’s leading pollsters says Republican legislators may live to regret seeing Florida’s redistricting mess turned over to the courts. “There is absolute risk,” says Mike Binder, University of North Florida political science professor and lead pollster at the school’s Public Opinion Research Laboratory. “While the Senate is willing to compromise, the House is […]

Melissa RossAugust 21, 2015

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Florida attorney Roger Gannam, who spoke out against adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the Atlantic Beach human rights ordinance in 2014, is now involved with the defense of a Kentucky county clerk who has religious objections to marrying same-sex couples. On Monday, U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis to issue […]

Melissa RossAugust 18, 2015

In the wake of The Florida Times-Union’s powerful dive into dangerous gaps in the state’s mental health care system, advocates pushing for change say they’re readying their strategy to press legislators hard to enact reforms in 2016. “We’re coordinating a statewide advocacy effort, bringing together mental health professionals, advocates, families, and consumers, to really have […]

Melissa RossAugust 17, 2015

As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush continues to take heat over calling Common Core education standards “poisonous,” Duval County’s superintendent is taking a more positive spin about the new state curriculum being unveiled this fall. “We’re going to see another level of instruction at the elementary level, especially when it comes to writing and reading,” Superintendent Nikolai […]

Melissa RossAugust 12, 2015

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Many Americans are familiar with the famed pioneers of racial integration in sports: Jackie Robinson with the Dodgers, or Althea Gibson at Wimbledon. But after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, many lesser-known African-American athletes also became firsts in their sport, and faced a lonely and sometimes terrifying road. One of them was […]

Melissa RossAugust 11, 2015

Rep. Ron DeSantis, a Naval Reserve Officer, has blasted out another email expressing frustration with the Department of Veterans Affairs, responding to reports that the VA has denied 35,093 combat veterans benefits due to an ongoing computer error. “Over 35,000 combat veterans have been stuck in limbo due to a computer glitch that could have easily […]

Marc YachtAugust 4, 2015

The pro-life proponents continue their efforts at fever pitch. Their success continues to chip away laws designed to protect the right of choice. The battle typically sets religious conservatives against women’s rights advocates. Although the violent nature of the anti-abortion crowd has settled for protests and not killings of late, the confrontations at women’s clinics […]

Melissa RossJuly 30, 2015

As the two massive government programs that insure poor and older Americans turned 50 Thursday, leading insurers in Florida are brushing aside Jeb Bush‘s recent comments that Medicare should be “phased out.” “We’re not policymakers,” said Michael Lawton, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Florida. Lawton represents the nation’s largest private health insurer serving millions […]

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Cecilia Tavera-Webman (third from left) was among several Miami-Dade Democrats recognized as "Local Champions for Change" during the organization's annual Blue Gala on Sept. 21, 2024. Image via Miami-Dade Democratic Party/Instagram.

Mark Ferrulo: Fight over infrastructure funding will reverberate in Florida

“Stop the Hunt” activists plan statewide protests against black bear hunt

UNF pollster on redistricting: “absolute risk” for GOP leadership

Florida’s Liberty Counsel reps Kentucky clerk in same-sex marriage standoff

Florida mental health summit: “We will impact the 2016 Legislative Session”

Nikolai Vitti: Florida Standards will be “another level of instruction”

“Strong Inside” takes compelling look at race, college sports in 1960s South

Email insights: Ron Desantis says “no accountability” within the VA

Marc Yacht: Pro-life, pro-choice combine to create lightning-rod issue

Florida’s insurers defend Medicare at 50