May 26, 2016 - 6:00am
People often ask Gallup, "Are millennials really that different?"
The answer is yes -- profoundly so. Millennials will change the world decisively more than any other generation.
Rick Scott's Education Summit Lights Up College Trustees
May 26, 2016 - 6:00am
Gov. Rick Scott's Degrees to Jobs Summit is making believers of dozens of Florida college trustees, many of whom arrived unsure that they would get much out of the event -- but left the program's first day sharing ideas and chattering about "exciting possibilities."
Supreme Court Ready to Wade into Major Cases
May 25, 2016 - 8:45pm
For legal junkies, the Florida Supreme Court will be the best show in town during a three-day period in June.
Justices are poised to hear arguments on a series of high-profile issues, including gambling, the death penalty, guns and medical malpractice, according to a schedule released Wednesday.
Here are five cases to watch:
--- GAMBLING: Justices will take up a closely watched case about whether a pari-mutuel facility in rural Gadsden County should be able to offer slot machines --- a case that could have implications for five other counties across the state.
Medical Marijuana Ballot Amendment Shaping Up to Be a Costly Fight
May 25, 2016 - 8:30pm
The general election isn’t until November, but the fight to legalize medical marijuana is already gearing up to be costlier than ever.
Two years ago, the same constitutional amendment to green light medical pot fell short of the 60 percent to pass by only three points -- so this year, groups in support of and opposed to the measure will be putting everything they’ve got into their efforts.
To put it in perspective, the supporters and opponents of the amendment raised over $14 million in 2014.
Trump: Jeb Bush Will Come Around
May 25, 2016 - 6:45pm
Jeb Bush will come around and back him, Donald Trump told a crowd in California on Wednesday. Unlike most of Trump’s others dispatched rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Bush hasn’t endorsed the presumptive nominee. Rick Santorum was the latest former rival to throw his support behind Trump, endorsing him earlier this week.
Repressive Castro Regime Attempts to Silence Ladies in White Leader
May 25, 2016 - 7:00pm
According to reports, Berta Soler, the iconic leader of the Ladies in White, has been arrested and charged with bogus crimes, and stripped of her ability to travel.
'Ferguson Effect' Is Real, and It Threatens to Harm Black Americans Most
May 25, 2016 - 7:00am
University of Missouri at St. Louis criminologist Richard Rosenfeld has had "second thoughts." Like many academic criminologists, he had pooh-poohed charges that skyrocketing murder rates in many cities in 2015 and 2016 result from a "Ferguson effect" -- a skittering back from proactive policing for fear of accusations of racism like those that followed the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014.
Short Leash
May 25, 2016 - 2:00am
American Crossroads Endorses Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Submitted by Nancy Smith on May 24, 2016 - 11:58pm
American Crossroads announced Tuesday it is endorsing Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida's 23rd Congressional District Democratic primary.
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South Florida Gets the Super Bowl Back and Look at How It Happened
May 25, 2016 - 6:00am
"Super" news -- best news of Tuesday, in my opinion: NFL owners voted in spring meetings in Charlotte, N.C. to return the Super Bowl to South Florida. The 2020 biggest game of the professional football year has been awarded to the Miami Dolphins' stadium.
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