Category: State & National News
Florida hit hard by GOP Medicaid plan
The Kaiser Foundation has analyzed the GOP Medicare plan. Projected federal spending on Medicaid for the 10-year period 2012 to 2021 would fall by $1.4…
The Donald tanks in latest poll
Daily Beast: Trump has fallen to 8 percent in Public Policy Polling’s most recent survey, just a month after he led the Republican presidential field…
What happens when GOP can’t agree?
More than 2,000 bills were filed during the 2011 session, but less than 300 were approved at the end of the 60-day session. Bills dealing…
Koch brother dictates FSU hiring
Charles G. Koch has pledged $1.5 million for positions in Florida State University’s economics department. With the funds comes strings. Koch and his representatives get…
Gov. Scott accused of intentionally lying or malfeasance
St. Pete Times reports some Republican lawmakers are upset with how Gov. Rick Scott rejected the $2 billion in federal funding for the proposed high-speed…
State Roundup: May 8
The state daily newspapers tackle the legislative session that just ended. State Rep. Clay Ford may win the “Invisible Man” award again. We know about…
More autism than we thought
CNN: Researchers believe the number of children who have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is much higher than previously believed, according to a new study…
Reporter talks of rape in Tahrir Square
CBS reporter Lara Logan talked on “60 Minutes” last night about what really happened to her in Cairo’s Tahrir Square as the dictatorship of Hosni…
President Obama’s speech to 101st Airborne Division
The White House has released the text of President Obama’s speech to the troops at Fort Campbell, Ky.: Hello, Fort Campbell! 101st Airborne Division–Air Assault,…
State Legislature has political meltdown
Miami Herald reports that the Florida Legislature had a meltdown with the House and Senate rank-and-file revolting from their leadership and voting down conference bills….
Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden is dead
While the GOP and Fox News need to see the death photos, Al Qaeda doesn’t and has confirmed Osama Bin Laden is dead, according to…
Those crazy Republican lawmakers
The Republicans in Tallahassee are on such a power high that they are passing bills on the data that is 10 years old. HB 353…
Viewpoint: Fed Reserve Chairman is real Public Enemy No. 1
From Trends analyst Gerald Celente: From the fans at Citi Field in Flushing to the mobs at the White House gates, “USA, USA,†was the…
New Hampshire Poll Shows Romney ahead
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is a clear front-runner in New Hampshire, while low favorability ratings from Granite State voters have left Donald Trump back…
Photo for the ages
President Barack Obama and his staff watching the Osama Bin Laden raid: Read CNN article.
St. Pete Times’ take on state budget
What do we get for $68 billion? Hospitals statewide face a $510 million cut, or 12 percent, in Medicaid reimbursements—which will hurt Sacred Heart significantly….
Birthers become deathers
Got this email this morning: I don’t know about you. But I’m asking “Where’s the beef?” How come they allegedly disposed of Osama’s body at…
Fairhope to get Pulitzer hotel and library
Press Release: Mac Pulitzer, great-grandson of Pulitzer Prize founder Joseph Pulitzer and son of New York Times best-selling author Roxanne Pulitzer, is moving to the…
Bin Laden dead
Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attack on U.S., was killed by an American forces yesterday. New York Times: Bin Laden Is Dead…
Just like Congress?
Washington Post Fact Checker writes Republican lawmakers like House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) stretched the truth in saying their plan will give Americans…
