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Phil AmmannDecember 2, 2015

An ambitious new Medical Center for the University of South Florida may be closer to reality, but school officials need to step up fundraising if they are to hold up their share of the cost. That’s the message delivered to the USF board of trustees during a workshop update Monday as the college works toward […]

Staff ReportsOctober 14, 2015

Florida policy leaders, educators and healthcare providers gathered for a symposium Tuesday hosted by Gunster law firm at the University of South Florida’s Center of Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in Tampa to discuss expanding access to healthcare, reports Daylina Miller of WUSF. The main topic introduced by panelists was a twice-failed bill to allow certain medical professionals […]

Jim RosicaOctober 13, 2015

The latest Sunshine State Survey data show “a conflicted populace” on the question of expanding gambling in Florida, with about a third wanting Nevada-style casinos and another 20 percent wanting no gambling at all. More survey results released Monday included a question on gambling: “Do you believe the State of Florida should allow casino gambling only at Seminole […]

Jim RosicaOctober 7, 2015

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Augustus Sol Invictus, a Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate from Florida, has been called a fascist and is a pagan who once killed and drank a goat’s blood. He’s also a lawyer licensed to practice in four states and federal court, a small-business owner, and is genially known as “Auggie Sunshine” to his law […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 12, 2015

Budget chairmen Sen. Tom Lee and Rep. Richard Corcoran came to terms early Friday on what was the biggest stumbling block during the 2015 session and what Lee called the “linchpin” of the budget: supplemental Medicaid funding. After working for days, the House made a Low Income Pool offer to the Senate that takes advantage […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 6, 2015

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The Florida Department of Health was the first health agency in the nation to earn the “gold seal” from a nationally recognize accrediting agency for its protocols involving human research. On Wednesday members of the DOH Institutional Review Board met in Tallahassee to discuss how the state can improve its Human Research Protection Program in […]

Associated PressMarch 18, 2015

State Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda says she favors allowing guns on Florida university campuses because she once used her gun as a student to prevent being raped. The Democrat from Tallahassee told her story Wednesday in the House Higher Education & Workforce Subcommittee as it approved a contentious bill, HB 4005, allowing concealed weapons permit […]

Associated PressFebruary 5, 2015

Researchers studying dozens of graves and deaths at a now closed Florida reform school describe a long history of horrific treatment of the boys. A report released by University of South Florida researchers this week identifies two more of the people buried in the graves at the former Arthur G. Dozier school in Marianna. Some […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 29, 2014

I know what it’s like to oppose John Thrasher. I was a very junior senator facing one of Florida’s most respected, influential leaders who believed, on his side, just as strongly as I did on mine. I felt the force of his muscular personality, his immense grasp of the issues and his access to great resources […]

Guest AuthorApril 2, 2014

On March 31, three legislators representing several ideological stripes attended a forum to discuss medical marijuana. Unfortunately, the one-sided discussion did little more than serve as a platform to promote passage of the issue in the Legislature and on the ballot in November. Democratic strategists hope that this initiative will bring young Dems to the […]

Tag: university of south florida

USF Health closer to downtown Tampa facility, but needs to pick up fundraising pace

USF symposium addresses expanded access to healthcare in Florida

Floridians divided on expanding gambling, survey says

Senate candidate Augustus Invictus no “cartoon character,” friend says

House, Senate agree on new LIP model

For human research, Florida Department of Health gets ‘gold seal’

House member tells story of using gun to prevent rape

Report describes horrific treatment, deaths at reform school

Don Gaetz: Thrasher has the skills, smarts and charm to be a great FSU president

Barney Bishop: Medical marijuana forum is all smoke and little substance