Published on May 22, 2013. Tags: Ashley Lopez, Gay Rights, Immigration, Immigration reform, Labor Unions, Marco Rubio, Mario Diaz-Balart
Ashley Lopez: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill Tuesday night. The bill, which includes a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants and tighter border security, now heads to the U.S. Senate floor for final consideration.
Published in Blog, Government, Immigration, Politics
Published on May 22, 2013. Tags: Homeowner Association, Nathan Mandler, Norman Rogers, Steve Miller
Steve Miller: Stuck with a $1,600 legal bill, one Miami condo owner describes his Florida-style problem.
Published in Blog, Government, Housing
Published on May 21, 2013. Tags: Ashley Lopez, Ballot Measures, Medicaid, Politico
Ashley Lopez: Advocates across the country, including in Florida, are proposing ballot initiatives to bypass legislatures unwilling to expand Medicaid.
Published in Blog, Government, Health, Politics
Published on May 20, 2013. Tags: Jeffrey A. Lill, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Trevor Aaronson, U.S. Postal Service, WUSF
Trevor Aaronson: The case of Jeffrey A. Lill, a U.S. Postal Service employee injured at a mail-sort facility in Orlando more than two years ago, is still unresolved.
Published in Blog, Environment, Government, Health, Justice
Published on May 20, 2013. Tags: AirTran, Charlie Crist, Economic Incentives, Enterprise Florida, Southwest Airlines, Steve Miller
Steve Miller: When the state of Florida handed over incentive funds of $3 million to airline AirTran in 2008 for a new systems-operations center, the deal included a caveat: a public announcement of AirTran’s featly to Florida.
Published in Blog, Business, Government
Published on May 19, 2013. Tags: Economic Incentives, Enterprise Florida, Gartner Inc., Hertz, Rick Scott, State Contracts, Steve Miller, T. Rowe Price Associates, Trevor Aaronson
Steve Miller: An FCIR analysis of state data shows that 25 companies awarded millions in Florida economic incentives receive millions more in state contractor payments.
Published in Business, Economy, Featured, Government, Open Records
Published on May 17, 2013. Tags: Ashley Lopez, Economic Incentives, Enterprise Florida, Integrity Florida, Rick Scott
Ashley Lopez: Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law today that would create some transparency in the state’s controversial economic incentives program.
Published in Blog, Business, Economy, Government, Open Records, Politics
Published on May 16, 2013. Tags: FairWarning, Myron Levin, SawStop, Table Saw
FairWarning: Each year, more than 67,000 U.S. workers and do-it-yourselfers suffer blade contact injuries, according to government estimates, including more than 33,000 injuries treated in emergency rooms and 4,000 amputations.
Published in Government, Health
Published on May 16, 2013. Tags: Alan Suderman, Center for Public Integrity, Money in Politics, National Institute on Money in State Politics, Super PACs
Alan Suderman: In Florida, it’s virtually impossible to track how much was spent by outside groups trying to hurt or help a particular candidate.
Published in Government, Open Records, Politics
Published on May 15, 2013. Tags: Ashley Lopez, Florida Legislature, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Rick Scott, Will Weatherford
Ashley Lopez: At the same time the Republican-led Florida Legislature was turning down federal funds that would pay for expanding the state’s Medicaid program to more than 1 million people who cannot afford health insurance, those same state lawmakers were working to keep their own insurance premiums lower than most other state employees.
Published in Blog, Government, Health, Insurance, Politics