Tag: Florida
Boone Report: GOP retreat
By IN reporter Sean Boone According to Florida State Rep. Greg Evers, the Republican state lawmakers that met in Destin two weeks ago for a…
Florida has real financial crisis
State economists report that they project Florida will collect $31.4-billion less in taxes than expected over the next four years. Why? Fewer people are moving…
State pension fund plummets
St. Pete Times reports that in the last 13 months, the state pension plan lost more than a quarter of its value, or $37.9-billion. It…
Sansom takes over Nov. 15
Ray Sansom (R-Ft. Walton Beach) takes over as Speaker of the Florida House on Nov. 15. He tells the reporters that he doesn’t believe a…
Florida will have more mortgage troubles
According to Fitch Ratings, Florida could be headed to an mortgage crisis in 2010 when borrowers with adjustable rate loans see rates adjust. Nearly $100…
Living on $275 a week
The Orlando Sentinel asks, “Could you live on $275 a week?” Florida’s $275 weekly maximum benefit for the unemployed hasn’t changed in 10 years. In…
Greyhound track may get more regulations
Florida is No. 1 in greyhound racetracks. According to the Miami Herald, state regulators want more inspection power and penalties for animal abusers. The industry…
Budget sinks, leaders asleep
The Miami Herald reports that Florida’s sagging economy is giving lawmakers $2.9 billion less than they expected. State economists said Tuesday that all state revenues…
State colleges suffer under cuts
The state university system has lost $65.2-million for this budget year, thanks to emergency cuts made during the fall special session. Here’s a breakdown: *…
Census: Florida losing its attraction
The economic boom for the state appears to be over, and Pensacola missed it. Wait a minute. Do adding WalMarts, Walgreens and Starbucks count? Maybe…
Cancel Florida presidential primaries
With National Democratic Party saying it won’t count any of th e Florida votes at its national convention and with the Republicans only counting half…
State has budget crisis of its own
The reports from Tallahassee are that since March, the state has taken in millions less in sales taxes than it anticipated. The state collected nearly…
New report says Florida healthcare at the bottom
Commonwealth Fund releases a study today that shows Florida ranks 40th in access to care, 45th in quality and 39th in equity of care. Among…
State government has higher revenue, too.
With all the finger pointing by the state lawmakers over how local governments are growing and just keep absorbing property tax increases, the NY Times…
Whitehead thinks he’s doing great
The word we’re getting at the paper is that Escambia County Commissioner Mike Whitehead truly believes that his confrontations with State Rep. Dave Murzin and…
State Veto List
Dave Murzin emailed over the pdf of Gov. Crist’s line-item vetoes. Read: Â 2007 veto list
We thought we did well
Our local legislative delegation has been bragging about how well Escambia and Santa Rosa counties did in the past session. Well, what we got from…
Want to see the pork by county?
The Legislature has sent a $72 billion budget to the governor. Crist has line-item veto power to delete any items that he believes are pork….
Last day of state legislature
Miami Herald has put together a list of important legislation that’s still on the table for the state House and Senate to resolve on the…
House sales tax proposal hurts young, locals and active
The South Florida Sun Sentinel did a great story analyzing the House tax proposal that would raise state sales tax to 8.5 percent. Jonathan Hamilton,…
