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Report: Florida’s Cuts to Higher Education Hurting Middle Class

August 24, 2012

Ashley Lopez: Demos, a progressive public policy think tank, released a study that says the state's continued cuts to higher education have shifted high costs to middle-class students and families that have for years been weathering a tough economy.

State Officials Still Turning Down Federal Money for At-Risk Families

August 22, 2012

Ashley Lopez: Even after Florida lost its legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, state officials continue to turn down grant money connected to the law.

FCIR Project Tracks Funding Behind Florida’s Proposed Constitutional Amendments

August 22, 2012

Voter's Edge Florida is a nonpartisan source of information about this year's constitutional amendments.

Election Observers Watch, Take Notes at Polls

August 21, 2012

AJ Vicens and Natasha Khan: A conservative initiative called True the Vote trains and dispatches observers to polling places, prompting concerns that voters are being intimidated.

Scott Attempts to Reduce Early Voting in All Counties

August 21, 2012

Ashley Lopez: Despite a federal court decision striking down the state's reduction of early voting days in five counties, Gov. Rick Scott is asking all 67 counties to cut them anyway.

Freshman Congressmen Follow Washington’s Ways

August 17, 2012

Ashley Lopez: A new report found that congressional newbies are doing pretty much the same thing their "Washington-insider" predecessors did before them -- taking a lot of money from special interests and the big-business lobby.