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Associated PressApril 21, 2015

Federal investigators are targeting 700 businesses in the Miami area for enhanced scrutiny to detect trade-based money laundering schemes. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Tuesday that the focus would be on electronics exporters, including those in the cellphone business. The targeted companies will be required to file certain Treasury Department forms for transactions over […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 20, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott‘s administration is taking steps to try to win federal approval of a plan to draw down federal health funds after being criticized for not doing enough to ensure supplemental hospital funding will flow to the state. The Agency for Health Care Administration has scheduled two, two-hour meetings in Orlando and Miami April […]

Daniel TilsonApril 14, 2015

Marco Rubio is nothing if not…ambitious. Some would say, a “climber.” Little more than midway through his first term as Florida’s junior U.S. senator, Rubio wants to move on up to the Oval Office. He made the official announcement this week at Miami’s Freedom Tower. Watching it, I remembered the last time I was in […]

Bruce RitchieApril 13, 2015

Could the Freedom Tower in Miami, where U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday announced his bid for president, be underwater by 2060? Before Rubio announced on Monday that he was running for president in 2016, NextGen Climate suggested the building could be underwater by 2060. The political action committee said Florida is on the front line […]

Associated PressMarch 15, 2015

Miami-based Havana Air is expanding its operations to include Key West. The airline had been flying preapproved passengers between Miami and Havana for the last 18 months. Its first flights from Key West to Havana took off on Friday. CEO David Nesslein tells The Key West Citizen that Havana Air hopes new U.S. rules relaxing […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2015

Presidential elections only come around once every four years, and the Oscars don’t pull in the numbers nearly like they used to, so the Super Bowl has become truly the premiere American event over the past few decades. And that event is much longer than the 3 1/2 hours that the game is actually played on […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 23, 2015

The 114th Congress elected last November includes 246 Republicans in the House of Representatives, the most since 1947. But with such a large tent, it’s evident that there will be disagreements between moderates and conservatives — and between the GOP-controlled House and Senate, and such tensions are evident just three weeks into the new session. […]

Diane RobertsOctober 27, 2014

I don’t know about you, but this latest epidemic is really freaking me out. The experts say it’s hard to catch — you can’t get it merely by living in the same state as infected people or being exposed to toxic campaign ads. But what if they’re wrong? What if stupidity is airborne? Everywhere you […]

Marc YachtSeptember 22, 2014

Refugees escaping dangerous countries are traditionally welcomed to U.S. shores. Jewish refugees came through Ellis Island circa 1910 to escape Russia. Cuban refugees poured into Florida in 1959. They left family and possessions to escape Castro’s communism. The U.S. welcomed the “Lost Boys of Somalia” and other victims of rape and torture in the 90s. […]

Daniel TilsonSeptember 1, 2014

If most of Florida’s lower and middle-income working families were represented and protected by trade unions, Labor Day would be one hell of a big, statewide block party. Parades would wind along thoroughfares of cities large and small, honoring Organized Labor’s historic struggle for social justice and economic fairness, and celebrating its transformative success. Men, […]

Tag: Miami

ICE targets 700 Miami businesses for money laundering scrutiny

Despite bluster, Rick Scott administration moves ahead with hospital plan

Daniel Tilson: Back to the future with Marco Rubio

Miami’s Freedom Tower under water by 2060? Unlikely, scientist says

Miami-based Havana Air adds flights from Key West to Cuba

Mitch Perry Report for 1.30.15 -So when does the Super Bowl come back to Tampa?

David Jolly admits to GOP tensions at St. Pete town hall

Diane Roberts: Epidemic freaks me out; what if stupidity is airborne?

Marc Yacht: Pasco County should be helping refugee children, not hindering them

Daniel Tilson: Reimagining Labor Day in Florida