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WFSU: Private Colleges And Universities Pleased With Scholarship Bump For Students In Gov’s Budget
Florida’s Independent Colleges and Universities have reason to cheer Governor Rick Scott’s budget proposal. Scott wants to boost the dollar amount of grants Florida students receive to go into those institutions. Tuition at private colleges and universities is the main source of funding for those schools and isn’t subsidized by the state. State grants given […]
Tallahassee Democrat: Miami Collins Center Closes, but Collins Institute Still Alive and Well
The announcement Thursday that the Miami-based Collins Center for Public Policy, mired in financial woes, is closing after 25 years will have no effect on the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State University. The institute and center, both named in honor of the late governor, split into two distinct entities in 2001 when the center, […]
LeRoy Collins Institute: Statement Regarding Closing of Collins Center for Public Policy in Miami
The LeRoy Collins Institute is saddened to learn of the dissolution of the Collins Center for Public Policy in Miami. Florida needs more, not less, quality public policy research. We want to emphasize that the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State University is independent of the Collins Center and is not affected by today’s action. […]
Tampa Bay Times: State Officials Will Discuss Fate of Bayonet Point Trauma Center
State health officials will hold a workshop at 9 a.m. Friday at the Hillsborough County Department of Health at 1105 E Kennedy Blvd. to discuss the fate of the state’s provision trauma centers, including the one at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, which are at the center of a high profile legal fight over who […]
Small-Town Florida Mayor Takes Up Pension Reform Fight
MIAMI-Comprehensive municipal pension reform isn’t coming fast enough in Florida, and it could wind up triggering a deep financial crisis. “Something needs to be done,” said Manny Maroño, mayor of the city of Sweetwater and president of the Florida League of Cities, an organization leading the charge to reform retirement plans for public employees in […]
Florida Voices: Government-Run Broadband networks Often Fall Short
Last year the R Street Institute expressed serious concerns with a proposed government-owned broadband network (GON) project in southwest Florida. After attending a public input workshop organized by the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council to discuss plans to establish a GON, we explained how government is fundamentally ill-equipped to manage such networks and keep up […]
Orlando Sentinel: My Word: Open managed care to more pharmacies
Florida spends more than it can afford on Medicaid services for the poor. To solve the problem, the state is extending its managed-care model of health-care delivery, currently as a pilot program in five counties, statewide. A Bloomberg study reports that managed-care programs in several states, including Florida, may not save taxpayers money in the […]
Sunshine State News: Government-owned Broadband Networks a Headache for Their Owners
Last year, the R Street Institute expressed serious concerns with a proposed government-owned broadband network (GON) project in Southwest Florida. After attending a public input workshop organized by the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council to discuss plans to establish a GON, we explained how government is fundamentally ill-equipped to manage such networks and keep up […]