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After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton

You probably can't imagine how much fun I've had at Sunshine State News over the last 10 years. I don't think anybody could. 

By Nancy Smith
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
The Ribault Monument

Florida Continues to Flow Down History's River

By Kevin Derby
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
Lighthouse Point vacation rental

Vacation Rental Giant on Winning Streak in Florida Courts

By JOHN HAUGHEY THE CENTER SQUARE
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am

Only You

By Henry Payne
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am

Columns

Dennis Baxley, Try Legislating Without Your Sheet
By Leslie Wimes
Dear Senator Baxley, About your statement that a Florida Slavery Memorial would "celebrate defeat" -- your opportunity to kill a tribute the entire Florida House voted for: There are those who are giving you the benefit of the doubt.  I'm not one of them.
Guest Column
COUNTERPOINT: I'm Tired of Apologizing to Families in Need of Medical Marijuana
By Rep. Katie Edwards
The following video is Rep. Katie Edwards' impassioned plea to Rep.
Guest Column
POINT: Legislature's Careful Approach to Medical Marijuana Is Right
By Barney Bishop
Medical marijuana seems to be the topic du jour as the Legislature is getting ready for its final week of session.
STRAIGHT, Inc. Victim: 'Where Is Our Apology?'
By Nancy Smith
"Kristy Fuss today" "Kristy Fuss, age 12, Christmas 1989"
In this month of legislative apology for atrocities done to child victims, there's a forgotten group of survivors out there. And they're asking, "What about us? Where is our apology?"
The 4th R
By Kathleen Tullie
A lot of time and attention in schools is focused on the well-known “Three Rs”:  reading, writing and arithmetic.  These are considered the foundations of a basic-skills oriented education program and are seen as the areas of core-competency children must master in order to progress in their education and—ultimately—succeed in life.  However, there is a 4th “R” that is essential to the foundation of a child’s education and development.  An “R” that we often forget or take for granted:  Recess.
Guest Column
Exposing the Tangled Webs of Insurance Networks
By Alieta Eck, MD
Nothing could be more confusing than fees charged by hospitals and doctors. There are many reasons why hospitals would like to keep it that way.
Where Is Cary Pigman's Disciplinary Action?
By Nancy Smith
Cary Pigman
In a House of Representatives that makes a priority of members behaving ethically, how is it Rep. Cary Pigman gets to come back from a DUI arrest where his dishonor and dishonesty were on full dash-cam display -- and carry on as if nothing happened?
Guest Column
Keep Survivors in Mind on Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Debbie Wasserman Schultz
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom Hashoah, we honor the memory of the six million Jews and other political, religious, and social minorities who were murdered in the worst genocide in human history. We take this moment to not only pledge to never let their memory fade, but solemnly rededicate ourselves to never allowing something so evil and heinous to occur again.
Donald Jong Un
By Kathleen Parker
Foreign leaders and local interlocutors, aka pundits, might as well take a vacation for the next few minutes until Donald Trump's next foreign policy "strategy" surfaces from deep within his amygdala.
Frank Artiles, SD 40 and Dwight Bullard
By Leslie Wimes
Happy Birthday, Frank Artiles. 
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