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Anne LindbergJune 2, 2016

Democrat Robert Tager has filed papers to run for Florida’s 12th Congressional District seat currently held by Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis. Tager is an attorney and business owner who has lived in northern Hillsborough County since 1998. He practices law in Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. He is admitted to practice in the federal courts […]

Associated PressApril 8, 2016

A year after it ravaged South Florida, flakka – the synthetic street drug known for causing psychotic outbursts – is virtually gone. The deaths. The hallucinating users. The arrests. All of it. Broward County became infamous as the epicenter for the amphetamine, making national headlines in April 2015 after slowly building on the scene for […]

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” which comes from contact lens use is that millions of people achieve excellent vision and improved lifestyle with […]

Guest AuthorNovember 14, 2013

One of the great wonders in the study of history is how things so remote can still hold valuable lessons for us today. Such is the case with the presidency and assassination of John F. Kennedy, whose brief but energizing administration came to a shocking and tragic end 50 years ago this month. To the […]

Julie DelegalSeptember 23, 2013

Florida’s public schools may be educating up to 30,000 students with autism, given the figures that Autism Speaks has provided. That group puts the autism diagnosis rate at one in 88 children. Some of these children will one day be able to go to college. So far, science hasn’t been able to tell us why […]

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Gus Bilirakis draws second Democratic challenge in CD 12

Street drug flakka ravaged South Florida, then disappeared

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

George L. Hanbury II: JFK’s dynamic skills hold a good example for today’s leaders

Julie Delegal: The autism ramp and opportunities for college