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 requires all adult recipients of federal cash…
Category: State & National News
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 chant heard across the nation. Jubilant Americans…
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 with a crowded pack of Republican presidential…
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. Public school funding is down by 8…
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 sea? And why did Obama delay the…
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 coastal town of Fairhope, Ala., to open…
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 Washington Post: Osama bin Laden is killed…
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 the same health care that members of…
State Newspaper Roundup: May 1
Sun Sentinel gives rundown on what our state legislature will do this week. Public schools will get 7.9 percent budget cut. Bright Futures will be cut by 20 percent. Orlando Sentinel reports…
GOP has defections in fight against unions
NY Times reports that Florida legislators on the Republican side of the aisle are feeling the pressure from the fire and police unions. By some counts, 12 of the 28 Republican senators…
Relentless smear campaign against Obama
Washington Post columnist Colbert King writes about FOX NEWS attacked President Obama for not recognizing Easter Day with an official proclamation —even thought the prior day he had mentioned it in his…
Wonkette: New anti-Obama conspiracy
Michele Obama has three hands. See photo.
Low point of American politics
New York Times: People are out of work, American soldiers are dying overseas and President Obama is pressured to show his birth certificate. The NYT calls it “A Certificate of Embarrassment” –“a…
Senate Continues Campaign Against Voters
Press release issued jointly by Florida PIRG, AFL-CIO of Florida, the League of Women Voters of Florida and ACLU of Florida: With less than two weeks of the Legislative Session remaining, the…
CNN: No doubt Obama born in Hawaii
CNN has completed its investigation into the birth certificate of Barack Obama. Conclusion: He was born in Hawaii. Dr. Chiyome Fukino, former director of the Department of Health under Republican Governer Linda…
GOP leaders squabble over state budget
Sen. J.D. Alexander, Florida Senate’s budget chairman, is fighting with House Speaker Dean Cannon and Senate President Mike Haridopolos over the state budget. St. Pete Times has the barbs. Read more.
GUANTÃNAMO FILES
The recent release of classified documents on Guantanamo Bay detention center have provided insights into how the facility was run, the prisoners held there and the government policies regarding it. The NY…
Florida lags in dental care for children
Sun-Sentinel reports: A recent study by the Pew Center for the States found that only 23.5 percent of Medicaid-enrolled children, age 18 and under, received any sort of dental care in 2008,…
National news cheat sheet
NY Times viewpoint worth reading: “Human trafficking is more similar in America and Cambodia than we would like to admit. Teenage girls on American streets may appear to be selling sex voluntarily,…