Herald Report Offers Reasons To Get Off Charter Bandwagon
Ralph De La Cruz: The Miami Herald shines light on a $400 million charter school industry that has grown out of control with little or no oversight.
Report: State’s Medicaid Overhaul Could Result in Disenrollment of 800,000
Ralph De La Cruz: According to a recent report, the state's plan to charge every Medicaid recipient $10 per month could result in the disenrollment of 800,000 Floridians, the overwhelming majority children.
Florida Farmers Feeling Pains of Immigration Politics
Ralph De La Cruz: Last legislative session, Florida farmers fought off harsher immigration enforcement measures that could have adversely affected their labor pool. Now they're concerned about the effects of such measures from outside Florida's borders.
Feds Issue Condemning Report on Shuttered State Youth Facility
Ralph De La Cruz: A Justice Department report documented a pattern of abuse and neglect at the recently closed North Florida Youth Detention Center.
Florida’s Poverty Crisis
Ralph De La Cruz: Florida's rise in poverty is easily outpacing the nationwide increase.
State Senate Maps Path Toward Court Action
Ralph De La Cruz: Florida voters overwhelmingly voted for fundamental changes in how political boundaries are drawn. But when state senators unveiled their redistricting maps Monday, it simply looked like more of the same.