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Associated PressSeptember 9, 2015

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is asking CNN to donate to veterans the proceeds from advertising sold to air during next week’s Republican debate. In a Tuesday letter to the cable news network, the billionaire says he is the reason the network sharply increased its rates ahead of the Sept. 16 debate in Simi Valley, […]

Melissa RossJuly 21, 2015

In an email to constituents, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is debuting a new interactive financial website for veterans called Serve, Save, Succeed. Atwater says the site will give Florida’s military service members and veterans an online platform for collaborative discussion and creative thinking about money management. “I know that financial success stories come […]

Guest AuthorJune 25, 2015

As you read this, property values, home prices and apartment rental rates are on the rise in Florida and, in some areas, starting to skyrocket. While this is good news for Florida’s economy, as well as the housing market, which has been limping toward recovery since the housing bubble burst in 2007, it’s a bad […]

Guest AuthorMay 27, 2015

The next time you’re in your doctor’s office, ask why he or she went to medical school. Chances are you’ll get this response: “I wanted to help people.” No matter how long physicians have been practicing medicine, they will tell you that caring for patients is their single greatest reward. It makes them love what […]

Guest AuthorMay 27, 2015

The next time you’re in your doctor’s office, ask why he or she went to medical school. Chances are you’ll get this response: “I wanted to help people.” No matter how long physicians have been practicing medicine, they will tell you that caring for patients is their single greatest reward. It makes them love what […]

Guest AuthorApril 7, 2015

Can it matter that a famous actress will play a drone pilot on stage in New York and play it as a troubled murderer with an updated effort to wash out the damn spot of blood on her famous hands? With permanent war declared the norm and entirely acceptable, only a generation removed from wisdom […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 24, 2015

As the likelihood of additional veterans nursing homes increases, the House of Representatives wants to put into law a selection process that the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs must follow. The House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee on Tuesday takes up HB 7045. The bill follows controversy surrounding the selection of St. Lucie County for the […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 24, 2015

As the likelihood of additional veterans nursing homes increases, the House of Representatives wants to put into law a selection process that the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs must follow. The House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee on Tuesday takes up HB 7045. The bill follows controversy surrounding the selection of St. Lucie County for the […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 1, 2015

Imagine a seizure striking without warning while attending your son or daughter’s soccer game, or watching helplessly as your child suffers from a debilitating epilepsy episode. This is the fear that more than 375,000 Floridians and their families face every day following an epilepsy diagnosis: when will the next seizure strike? The mission of the […]

Associated PressJanuary 26, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott wants money to start planning to build the state’s eighth and ninth nursing homes for veterans. Scott will announce Monday that he is asking for $7.4 million from state legislators. Scott wants the money to help build a recently-approved home in St. Lucie County as well as two additional homes. Groundbreaking on […]

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Donald Trump asks CNN to give debate advertising sales to veterans

Email insights: CFO Jeff Atwater launches “Serve, Save, Succeed” for veterans

Jaimie Ross: Funding for affordable housing comes at important time

Timothy Stapleton: FMA Cares honors human side of medicine

Timothy J. Stapleton: FMA Cares honors the human side of medicine

David Swanson: Can Anne Hathaway's 'Grounded' ground war drones?

House bill lays out site-selection process for new veterans’ nursing homes

House bill lays out site-selection process for new veterans' nursing homes

Karen Basha Egozi: Epilepsy group applauds new medical marijuana bill

Governor seeks money for more veterans nursing homes