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Mitch PerryMay 15, 2015

A handful of U.S. Postal Service workers demonstrated with signs in front of a downtown Tampa post office on Thursday afternoon. They were calling attention to conditions affecting employees and the public a week before the American Postal Workers Union‘s (APWU) contract with the Postal Service is set to expire next Wednesday. The union is […]

William PatrickFebruary 10, 2015

Office Depot is packing up its corporate bags and shipping out of the Sunshine State, but not before scoring millions in state and local taxpayer incentives. The Boca Raton business giant announced this past Wednesday that Staples Inc., its chief office supplies competitor, is buying the Fortune 300 company and moving its South Florida corporate […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 13, 2015

President Obama today unveiled plans to revive a controversial 2011 cybersecurity bill designed to encourage the private sector to share threat and vulnerability information. The legislation would give legal protections for companies that disclose threat intelligence to the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, which would then provide that information to […]

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Postal Service workers say public must get involved or mail services will go away

Millions in taxpayer incentives later, Office Depot leaving business-friendly Florida

Bill Nelson proposes consumer data protections