Government – Page 125 – Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

In Florida, Doctors With Drug Company Ties Prescribe Drugs for Jailed Youth

May 24, 2011

ProPublica: About a third of psychiatrists serving Florida’s juvenile jails and prescribing drugs to incarcerated youths have accepted payments from the drug companies that manufacture antipsychotic medications, according to an investigation by the Palm Beach Post.

Controversial Election Law Places New Restrictions on Voters

May 20, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law that will make it tougher for Floridians to vote.

In Florida, Thousands of Teachers Could Lose Jobs

May 18, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: In response to the state budget cut, Florida teachers face layoffs. In Broward County alone, 1,400 teaching positions will be cut.

NRC Waives Enforcement of Fire Rules at Nuclear Plants

May 12, 2011

ProPublica: Last year, inspectors found that cables used to control reactor valves at the Turkey Point plant outside Miami were unprotected from fire. The protection had been missing since at least 2001 and was initially noted in 2004. Citing enforcement discretion, inspectors waived a violation.

In Koch Deal, FSU’s Academic Integrity Questioned

May 11, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: For $1.5 million, the Koch brothers received final say over who teaches economics at Florida State University.

PR Industry Fills Vacuum Left by Shrinking Newsrooms

May 5, 2011

ProPublica: As PR becomes ascendant, private and government interests become more able to generate, filter, distort, and dominate the public debate, and to do so without the public knowing it.