First, the usual disclaimer: It's notoriously difficult to predict how the U.S. Supreme Court -- or many other courts, for that matter -- will decide complicated cases.
But landmark Supreme Court hearings this week added fuel to the arguments of Attorney General Pam Bondi and other Florida Republicans that the 2010 federal health-care overhaul is unconstitutional.
Overnight, the United States of America laid claim to a top spot it didn't want -- "the highest jobs-killing corporate tax rate in the indistrialized world," 39.2 percent.
Unfortunately, says a key member of the Business Roundtable, we're No. 1.
It happened Sunday, when Japan cut its rate to 36.8 percent. What to do about it now, how to get back in the competitive mix to keep the U.S. a leader in the worldwide economy -- that's a top priority for economists the country over -- but particularly for the Business Roundtable.
WASHINGTON -- There are so many appalling aspects to the Trayvon Martin case that it's hard to find a permanent home for outrage.
"I don't worry about the Constitution," said Rep. Phil Hare, Democrat of Illinois, at a town hall meeting where voters questioned his support of the legislation that became Obamacare. You can find the clip on youtube.com, where it has 462,084 hits.
There have already been complaints from those in Little Havana that they havent seen the promised benefits from the construction of a salsa-pulsating $640 million, retractable-roof stadium that replaced the Orange Bowl and dwarfs their community.
Miami and Miami-Dade taxpayers will see an amortized tax of $2.4 billion over 40 years due to the local contributions into the construction ofMarlins Park that is still in search of a corporate sponsor.
Pushing to get an east-coast rail line back on track, proponents say their venture would complement plans for privately operated high-speed passenger service between Miami and Orlando.
Meeting in Daytona Beach on Friday, about 75 municipal representatives heard officials from the Florida Department of Transportation and Amtrak discuss resurrecting a coastal run between Jacksonville and Miami.
In an election year, it's all too easy for politicians to defer hard choices until after the polls have closed in November. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has taken the more difficult road with his "Path to Prosperity" budget.
A bipartisan "tweak" in a citizen-protest law is eliciting squawks from activists on the right and the left who call it one more way for politicians to distance themselves from the public.
As Gov. Rick Scott entices New Yorkers to consider the reduced taxes of the Sunshine State, Floridas unemployment rate dropped to its lowest mark since February 2009, as the number dipped 0.2 percent between January and February, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment mark for the Sunshine State stood at 9.4 percent for February, representing 869,000 Floridians listed as jobless.
The monthly gains have continued for 19 consecutive months following three years of declines.
