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Sunshine State News: Coming Together on Higher Education
Elections are over and now elected officials will again focus on some of the critical policy issues facing our state and nation. Much of the U.S. economic recovery conversation has focused specifically on the success of our current student generation and the need to provide proper tools for these students to flourish. The National Association […]
Sunshine State News: Relief Our Businesses Need: Keep Tax Cuts
Now that election season is behind us, Floridians can begin to focus on the policy changes being presented on Capitol Hill. The issues addressed should focus on creating policies that reflect the best interest of our nation’s constituents. The Florida Concrete and Products Association is particularly concerned with proposals that will increase taxes for small-business […]
Tallahassee Democrat: ‘Smarter justice’ goal of new Project on Accountable Justice
Allison DeFoor is pushing for a sea change in the way decisions are made involving the criminal-justice system. DeFoor, a former Monroe County sheriff turned lobbyist (and Wakulla County representative on Tallahassee Community College’s trustee board) wants data and evidence to be at the heart of the justice system, much like they have become with […]
Tallahassee Democrat: Rick Watson: Extend tax relief to boost business
As Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida works to protect the largest statewide network of commercial and industrial contractors, we feel it is important to openly support a federal tax issue being considered on Capitol Hill. The dividend and capital gains tax rates are set to expire at the end of this year. The current […]
Seminole Chronicle: Internet sales tax will hinder business
By Erin Lang | November 20, 2012 Being a Florida small-business owner means that I am continuously cultivating the health of the company that I built from the ground up. After many long nights as a working mom, I launched the patent-pending ZIPaboo clothing line for infants and toddlers. I worked tirelessly to develop product […]
Tallahassee Democrat: Alan Daley and Steve Pociask: Government-funded CAT funds are wrong
The news of the horrible devastation from the East Coast storm has brought calls for a national government-run catastrophe (CAT) fund. However, government-run insurance and CAT funds have proven to be the wrong approach for protecting lives and property from these major disasters. Each inevitable calamity pushes government-run insurance and CAT funds into the limelight. […]
Sunshine State News: Rick Scott: Winter Haven Rail Terminal ‘Means More Jobs’
Gov. Rick Scott joined elected local and state officials and executives from several Florida-based companies as dirt was turned for a ceremonial groundbreaking on Thursday for the Winter Haven Intermodal Rail Terminal. HDR Engineering has estimated the terminal, to be built and run by Jacksonville-based CSX Transportation affiliate Evansville Western Railway, will create 200 jobs […]
Herald-Tribune Letter to the Editor: Catastrophe Fund Risky
Your suggestion that Hurricane Sandy should force lawmakers to reconsider enacting a national catastrophe fund actually helps make the point against one (“Time for national catastrophe fund,” Nov. 1). Indeed, many private insurance companies have increased rates, reduced policies, or left Florida altogether in recent years. However, this is not a failure of the free […]