May 20, 2010 - 6:00pm
Florida's "ultrasound" abortion bill is neither unique nor out of the mainstream of state policies around the country, a Sunshine State News analysis shows.
New Math Boosts Teacher Union Membership
Submitted by Anonymous on May 21, 2010 - 11:27am
The latest membership numbers from the National Education Association show 3,269,523 members as of Dec. 31, 2009 -- up 14,785 from the previous year.
The statistics conflict with an earlier report, which showed a decline of almost 37,000.
In that earlier report, Florida Education Association membership declined 3.5 percent to 125,033. But Mark Pudlow, spokesman for the FEA, says figures this year are up.
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Florida Unemployment Rate Falls
Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 21, 2010 - 10:35am
You might want to crack open a bottle of celebratory wine for this, readers. If you can afford it.
The state's unemployment rate for April was 12 percent, .3 percent lower than March's rate of 12.3 percent, according to statistics released less than an hour ago from the Agency for Workforce Innovation. This is the first time state unemployment has declined in four years.
The state registered 7,196, 600 jobs by the end of April, but job loss continued to outnumber growth, as it has for awhile.
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Surf's Up! Rep. Posey On Board With Kelly Slater
Submitted by Anonymous on May 21, 2010 - 10:14am
The U.S. House this week unanimously passed a resolution honoring surfer Kelly Slater for winning the 2010 Rip Curl Pro Bell Championship.
Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, who represents Slater's hometown of Cocoa Beach, offered House Resolution 792 in recognition of the surfer's lifetime achievements.
Slater has worked hard to master a sport that so many have tried but so few have actually been able to conquer, Posey said.
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Prayer Bill Praised By Free Speech Advocates
May 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
A bill aimed at encouraging school prayer is drawing praise from an unlikely pairing of free speech advocates and social conservatives even as some warn it could make it tougher for school administrators to discipline students.
Hurricane CAT Fund Safe For Now
May 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
The announcement that the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund can borrow $15.9 billion to supplement its own funds and meet its financial responsibilities for the upcoming hurricane season is being met with sighs of relief.
The insurance industry and critics of the states insurance regulation policies say the news that the fund, which reimburses insurers for hurricane damages, can pay a total of $25.4 billion in claims is a promising sign for Florida.
Investment Expert: Don't be Afraid of the Hedge Fund Bogeyman
May 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
Hedge funds have become the bogeymen of the investment marketplace. They can conjure bad memories of fraudulent operators like Bernard Madoff of Palm Beach and Arthur Nadel of Sarasota.
But hedge funds also can protect against sudden downturns in the market, an investment expert said Thursday.
With 600 New Appointments, Crist Will Impact Florida For Years to Come
May 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
While Gov. Charlie Crist may not be running for reelection, he certainly is not acting as a lame duck and, in fact, his recent appointments will be shaping Florida for years to come.
In the last week of the 2010 session, the Senate confirmed almost 600 appointments the governor had made to various bodies in Florida.
Ed Stein Cartoon
May 20, 2010 - 6:00pm
The Golden Age of Centrism Wasn't So Golden
May 20, 2010 - 6:00pm
Laments about polarization are filling the air -- or at least that part of the air in which friends and family members have political discussions. It has been widely noted that every Republican member of Congress has a voting record to the right of every Democrat and every Democrat is to the left of every Republican. There is no partisan overlap anymore.
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