Category: News
Americans for Prosperity attack Senate LIP plan
Americans for Prosperity, conservative political advocacy groups established by David and Charles Koch, released a new ad today to fight the Florida Senate’s plan to…
Rolling Hills landfill on fire
This morning, Inweekly received a phone call that the Rolling Hills landfill had caught fire. When we arrived Rolling Hills workers were spraying the smoldering…
Baptist, Sacred Heart and Santa Rosa Medical will lose nearly $2.5 million under Scott LIP replacement plan
Governor Rick Scott is still going after hospitals. Of Pensacola’s three hospitals, West Florida Hospital is the only one that will benefit from his proposed…
League asks state lawmakers to give up their health insurance until statewide plan approved
The League of Women Voters of Florida State president Pamela Goodman yesterday challenged Florida lawmakers to suspend their state-paid subsidized health care coverage–for which they…
Replace GOP presidential debates with a playoff system
The 2016 Republican presidential field continues to grow. Yesterday Rick Santorum announced. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to announce next week. People are…
DOH releases official statement on Charlotte’s Web ruling
The Florida Department of Health released the following statement today upon the announcement of the Administrative Law Judge’s ruling on the challenge to the low-THC…
Breaking News: Judge throws out last Charlotte’s Web challenge
Judge W. David Watkins has thrown out the last challenge against the rules established by the Florida Department of Health for Charlotte’s Web. The application…
DBPR, FICPA encourage accounting students to apply for Clay Ford Scholarship
Press Release: The Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) Division of Certified Public Accounting and the Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA) are encouraging minority…
Amended Senate health care plan for the uninsured not welcomed by Scott and House
The Florida Senate’s FHIX (Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange) is not getting much praise from Gov. Rick Scott and Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli. Senate…
D.C. Buzz: Gaetz vs. Hayward for Congress
The talk from Washington, D.C. is Rep. Jeff Miller will run U.S. Senate. I was told it’s a 85 percentage chance he will jump in…
Charter school problems Jacksonville and Orlando
The Florida Times-Union reports on the abrupt closure of Acclaim Academy and other schools run by Dennis Mope. Acclaim’s teachers are left without their June…
Florida Senate offers health care compromise
Senate President Andy Gardiner sent out today a press release on an amended Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange – a key component of the Senate’s…