Nancy Smith

A bill that originally sought to limit how much doctors can charge for dispensing repackaged drugs to workers' compensation patients died after one Senate subcommittee vote, but it got a kiss of li

Rolling under the radar like a Stealth bomber, through committee after insurance committee, are HB 4087 and SB 1152 -- among the worst proposed legislation of the 2012 legislative session.

Rather than just limit the amount doctors can charge their workers' comp patients for dispensing repackaged drugs in their offices, the Senate Health Regulation Committee's tennis match of amendmen

Bill Nelson scares America with a fundraising letter invoking "Karl Rove's dark-money group" and not a howl from a media watchdog. Not even one.

Repeat bad information often enough and it sticks. Luckily, though, some senators are getting wise to a bogus pitch coming from a coalition of business groups and the insurance industry.

At least with debates, you've got issues. No debates, round-the-clock, TV-time silliness.

Seems odd to me why a Florida senator would want to continue a system that exposes thousands of Floridians to identity theft.

Does the Florida Legislature really want to set itself up as the state food police?

No, Palm Beach County, you're not in some "Groundhog Day" remake. You're slap in the middle of Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher's time warp.

Mitt Romney seems more and more like the winner of the Republican presidential nomination, but looking ahead to a main event between the former Massachusetts governor and President Barack Obama, Ro

In its sleeping-with-the-enemy story last Thursday, Time magazine captured perfectly the eco-pretensions of a rich and powerful organization like Sierra Club.

Remember when former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty about-faced on a promise not to throw elbows during the 2012 GOP Presidential Primary campaign?

Neil Cavuto, cable television's unapologetic free-market voice, its vocal deficit hawk, describes his world as "an economic field of dreams," a paradise for viewers trying to make sense of trends d

There are silly bills and then there are the bat-crazy, dangerous, shoot-it-before-it-reaches-the-border bills. SB 1560 fits nicely into the latter category.

How sad is it that Florida, the state with the largest per-capita population over age 65, invests zero dollars in Alzheimer's research?

Zero.