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Monroe Property Appraiser Challenges Balfour Beatty’s Tax Exemption in Key West

April 30, 2013

Steve Miller: In a court filing, the Monroe County Property Appraiser alleges multinational corporation Balfour Beatty rents to private citizens 74 percent of apartments that are currently tax exempt due to their designation as military housing.

Washington Post Cites FCIR’s Reporting on FBI Investigation of Boston Bomber

April 26, 2013

In an editorial this week, the Washington Post cited Trevor Aaronson's story about how the FBI in Boston launched an elaborate sting operation against a suspected terrorist with a far-fetched idea and no capability for terrorism just as it stopped tracking Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

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Florida Senate May Consider House’s More Restrictive Anti-Sick Pay Bill

April 25, 2013

Ashley Lopez: The House bill not only prohibits local government from requiring employers to offer sick pay benefits but also cancels out living-wage ordinances.

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Florida ‘Fracking’ Bills Moving Through Legislature

April 24, 2013

Ashley Lopez: Will the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing come to the Sunshine State?

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State Review Finds K12 Certification Problems

April 24, 2013

John O'Connor and Trevor Aaronson: A state inquiry found that online educator K12 Inc. employed three teachers in Florida who lacked proper certification to teach some subjects.

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State Lawmakers Might Not Make Decision On Medicaid Expansion

April 23, 2013

Ashley Lopez: Florida's legislative session ends in two weeks and state lawmakers say they might not reach a decision on whether to accept the federal government's health care reform money to expand Medicaid.