May 7, 2013
The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting has been nominated for awards from Public Radio News Directors Incorporated and the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Published in Blog, Journalism
May 3, 2013
Steve Miller: The Florida Education Association has been operating since January without its coveted tax exemption.
Published in Blog, Education, Government
May 2, 2013
Ashley Lopez: Gov. Rick Scott signed bills into law that will reform some of the state's campaign finance laws and enact new ethics rules for public officials in the state.
Published in Blog, Government, Open Records, Politics
May 1, 2013
Ashley Lopez: In a repeat of last year, the Florida Senate voted down the controversial "parent trigger" bill in a tie vote this week.
Published in Blog, Business, Education, Government, Politics
April 30, 2013
Ashley Lopez: Sen. Marco Rubio's plans to pass bipartisan immigration reform this year have put him in the hot seat with conservatives, and Rubio is now trying to claw back into their good graces.
Published in Blog, Government, Immigration, Politics
April 30, 2013
Grant Smith: FCIR compiled data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission of all the boating accidents reported in 2011, the most recent year for which data is available.
Published in Health, Transportation
April 30, 2013
Mc Nelly Torres: Las normas poco estrictas sobre equipo de seguridad y capacitación crean peligros en las famosas aguas del Estado del Sol.
Published in Economy, Español, Government, Health, Transportation
April 30, 2013
Mc Nelly Torres: Lax regulations on safety equipment and few mandates for formal boating safety education have made the Sunshine State’s world-famous waters hazardous.
Published in Economy, Government, Health, Transportation
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.
Published in Blog, Government, Housing
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.
Published in Blog, Government
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