February 1, 2013 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- Polling that shows Americans favor women in combat by 2-to-1 is evidence only of the power of misinformation.
Florida's Conservative, Pro-Life Leaders Unimpressed with Obama Contraception Mandate Revision
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 1, 2013 - 5:38pm
If President Obama was expecting religious conservatives to be satisfied with his proposed expansion of the religious exemptions to his executive mandate that employers subsidize their workers' contraceptives and abortifacients, he seems bound to be sorely disappointed, if the initial reactions reported by FOX News and the Associated Press are any indication.
But how are Florida's conservative, pro-life leaders reacting to this latest development?
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Joint Legislative Meeting Monday on Health Care Exchanges
Submitted by Anonymous on February 1, 2013 - 5:19pm
The Senate and House committees reviewing the federal health care law will hold a joint meeting Monday on Floridas options on health care exchanges.
The choice to remain in the default federal exchange, build a state exchange, or pursue a partnership exchange is one of the most important policy options facing the state ofFlorida as the federal government implements PPACA, Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, stated in a release.
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Consumer Energy Alliance Backs Natural Gas Bill
Submitted by Anonymous on February 1, 2013 - 4:48pm
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Weekly Roundup: The Budget of Milk and Honey
February 1, 2013 - 6:00pm
The Glass Is ... Drowning?
February 3, 2013 - 6:00pm
Bad Sign
February 1, 2013 - 6:00pm
Pam Bondi: Leon County Woman Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Medicaid Fraud
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 1, 2013 - 3:44pm
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that Titilayo Osholaja Dokun, owner of Capital City Area Care, a Leon County Medicaid home services company, was sentenced today to eight years in state prison for submitting more than $100,000 in false claims to the Florida Medicaid Program. Dokun was convicted last December on four counts of Medicaid provider fraud and grand theft.
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Sandy D'Alemberte on Supreme Court Tuition Ruling: University Funding More Important than Governance
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 1, 2013 - 3:15pm
Sandy D'Alemberte, former president of both the American Bar Association and Florida State University, and one of the eight plaintiffs in the landmark case Bob Graham v. Mike Haridopolos, has shared with Sunshine State News his reaction to yesterday's Florida Supreme Court decision, which ruled that it is the Legislature, not the state university system Board of Governors, that has authority to set tuition policy:
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Rick Scott Takes Bold Risk With His Swing-to-the-Left Budget
February 1, 2013 - 6:00pm
When Gov. Rick Scott proposed his first budget in 2011, he staged the announcement at a tea party rally in Eustis. On Thursday, the governor announced his latest budget at an event at the state Capitol -- with the tea party movement almost forgotten.
At Eustis in 2011, Scott proposed a state budget of $65.8 billion. Now, less than two years later, he is calling for a budget of $74.2 billion, an increase of almost 6 percent over last years budget. After the legislative waltz ends in May, the final budget will almost certainly be higher than the governors proposal.
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