November 30, 2012 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- Much speculation has followed the private luncheon between President Obama and Mitt Romney, about which little is known.
Men Find Careers in Collecting Disability
December 2, 2012 - 6:00pm
Americans are very generous to people with disabilities. Since passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act in 1990, millions of public and private dollars have been spent on curb cuts, bus lifts and special elevators.
Florida Less Free than Canada? FSU Economist Says, Not So Fast
November 29, 2012 - 6:00pm
The conservative Canadian think tank Fraser Institute caused a stir last Wednesday when it ranked six Canadian provinces freer than the state of Florida. But a researcher at Florida State University takes issue with some of thosefindings.
The study was published in the 2012 edition of Fraser's annual "Economic Freedom of North America" report.
It grades the economic freedom of all 50 U.S. states and each of Canada's 10 provinces on a scale from 1 (least free) through 10 (most free), and ranks these territories in comparison with each other.
Dining at the Cliff
December 2, 2012 - 6:00pm
No Safe Crossing
November 30, 2012 - 6:00pm
News Service Has Five Questions for Allison DeFoor
December 2, 2012 - 6:00pm
Allison DeFoor is in the news this week, leading the launch of the Project on Accountable Justice at Florida State University. The bipartisan think tank was created to develop information for making criminal justice decisions.
"The data will be its own advocacy," DeFoor said. "There are plenty of advocates in this mix. We don't need more advocates. We need more data."
Hospital Firm HMA Braces as '60 Minutes' Clock Ticks
November 30, 2012 - 6:00pm
The Naples-based hospital chain Health Management Associates rushed Friday to try to defend itself against a critical story that the CBS News show "60 Minutes" is expected to broadcast Sunday about hospital admissions of emergency-room patients.
Obama's First-term Gamble Will Determine Success of Second Term
November 30, 2012 - 6:00pm
One little-noticed and quite remarkable aspect of Election 2012 is that Barack Obama won a majority of the popular vote for the second consecutive time.
Alan Hays to Bring Back Cost-Regulating Doctors' Drug Dispensing Bill
November 29, 2012 - 6:00pm
Video: RNC Spoils Help Bolster Tampa’s Surveillance State
November 30, 2012 - 6:00pm
While most of the visitors to the Republican National Convention have long since left Tampa Bay, the millions of dollars in security costs awarded to local police departments have stayed put, engendering a new kind of technological surveillance state never before seen by Florida residents. Yael Ossowski has the story here.
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