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Phil AmmannJanuary 12, 2015

A Southern Super Tuesday could emerge as seven states are considering aligning voting dates in the 2016 presidential primary calendar. If that happens, Beth Reinhard of the Wall Street Journal believes what follows could become a focal point the battle for the Republican nomination. A Southern Super Tuesday could emerge as seven states are considering […]

Guest AuthorDecember 16, 2014

In the 1800s Americans could legally smoke opium. Then Chinese people came to California and started taking jobs from native-born Americans. California couldn’t kick out the Chinese, but they could take away their their opium, and that’s when the state banned opium. Until the 1900s, Americans could legally smoke marijuana. But when Mexicans started moving […]

Bruce RitchieDecember 11, 2014

Jon Steverson, Gov. Rick Scott’s choice as Department of Environmental Protection secretary, has been an outspoken director of the Northwest Florida Water Management District during his brief tenure there. Whether he will impress environmentalists with his passion and results at DEP is uncertain. Scott named Steverson, 39, on Thursday to replace Herschel T. Vinyard Jr., […]

Bruce RitchieOctober 30, 2014

Do you want to know where the candidates stand on the issues? You should. That’s a central tenet of a functioning democracy and separates us from the dictatorships that rule over much of the rest of the world. The job of journalists is to provide information to help readers understand how the candidates have performed. […]

Bruce RitchieSeptember 23, 2014

When Gov. Rick Scott last year announced Florida was suing Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court over water use, he selected a scenic view along Apalachicola Bay that had been purchased with state and local dollars. The Apalachicola Riverfront Park encourages tourism by providing a place where busy seafood festivals are held and where visitors […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 3, 2014

What if I told you that Florida has a law that that if you use it, you increase your chances of spending time in prison and being dependent on government services for most of your life? How about if I told you that 10 other states have this same law? Well, we and they do […]

Guest AuthorAugust 28, 2013

For the time being, the St. Johns and Withlacoochee are the only two Florida rivers that flow north. But if Georgia keeps sucking up more of its headwaters each year, the Apalachicola might just become the third. The good news is that the State of Florida has stepped up its efforts to keep that from […]

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A March 1 date for Florida’s presidential primary?

Mark O’Brien: War on Drugs needn’t be a bust

Bruce Ritchie: On Florida’s newly appointed Department of Environmental Protection director

Bruce Ritchie: Court order from 2010 still blocks public view in water fight between governors

Bruce Ritchie: Gov. Scott is circumventing funding formula for conservation

Ed Moore: We need to significantly reduce the number of high-school dropouts

Jim McClellan: More at stake than oysters in Apalachicola water wars