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Phil AmmannFebruary 10, 2015

If Florida state parks and trails were not great enough, the state’s improved website at www.floridastateparks.org makes planning a day outdoors even more convenient. Launched by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the new website includes enhanced maps and search abilities for specific facilities, activities or events. With a smartphone and tablet friendly look, as well as […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 10, 2015

If Florida state parks and trails were not great enough, the state’s improved website at www.floridastateparks.org makes planning a day outdoors even more convenient. Launched by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the new website includes enhanced maps and search abilities for specific facilities, activities or events. With a smartphone and tablet friendly look, as well as […]

Associated PressFebruary 9, 2015

Just 12 hours before police say a man threw his 5-year-old daughter to her death off a Tampa Bay bridge last month, his own attorney called Florida’s child abuse hotline, warning that his client was suffering from mental delusions. But the hotline operator didn’t refer the call to investigators because she didn’t think the child […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 9, 2015

Like most everyone else in Florida politics, I read with interest the Tampa Bay Times‘ profile of Rick Scott’s Chief of Staff, Melissa Sellers. Because I have personally done almost as much research on Sellers as Times reporters Adam Smith and Steve Bousquet, there wasn’t much that they wrote that surprised me. In fact — and this is […]

James CallFebruary 9, 2015

Drone technology has evolved to enabling the remote-controlled aerial devices to provide crisp clear video from hundreds of feet in the air instantly and cheaply. And while this appeals to law enforcement looking to stretch resources, farmers wanting to monitor livestock and the media covering outdoor events it alarms privacy rights advocates worried about flying […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 9, 2015

A Florida nursing home organization wants to see changes made to the statewide Medicaid managed care program. Tony Marshall, director of reimbursement for the Florida Health Care Association, said his group would like to modify the program so patients who use long term care services can have the same managed care plan for their traditional […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 9, 2015

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The Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission has been a favorite whipping boy among critics for years, but its attracted more criticism in recent times as ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft have broken into the market – and not gone along with PTC rules. Uber’s premier ride service known as Uber Black entered the Tampa market during the […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 9, 2015

When Chet Bell started in the mental health arena 35 years ago the work, he said, was more akin with the justice system than the health-care arena. That has slowly changed, said Bell, now a management consultant with Stewart Marchman-Act Behavioral Healthcare, with locations throughout central Florida, including Daytona Beach, St. Augustine, DeLand, DeBary and […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 9, 2015

Always the optimist, state Sen. Aaron Bean predicted at the Florida Health Care Summit in Orlando on Monday that 2015 is the year for a telehealth bill in the Florida Legislature. Bean moderated a trio of experts on medicine and technology who chimed in on what the state should do to ensure that Florida is […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 9, 2015

Unfinished business surrounds former U.S. Rep. Trey Radel’s exit from Congress this past year, namely $166,000 in cash left in campaign accounts. The Fort Myers Republican, who had one of the shortest stints ever for a congressional representative from Florida after his cocaine possession arrest in Washington D.C., released his most recent campaign report Jan […]

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Florida DEP launches updated state parks & trails website

Florida DEP launches updated state parks & trails website

Hotline ignored calls on girl thrown over bridge by dad

Make fun of Melissa Sellers all you want, but not for this…

Drones spotted on Capitol radar with proposal to curb flying robotic monitors

Nursing home industry wants to see changes in statewide Medicaid managed care program

Judge could rule on Hillsborough PTC minimum fare rule by end of February

Florida needs to spend more money on mental health and substance abuse, provider says

Is 2015 the year for telemedicine/telehealth?

Trey Radel’s unfinished business: $166K