News

Client News

Florida Voices: Excessive Regulation Hurts Florida’s Small Businesses

As we enter the last leg of the presidential campaigns, a lot of voters are still asking, “Where’s the beef?”  After three presidential debates – in which Big Bird seemed to generate more attention than talk about serious economic recovery – the candidates have yet to offer much reassurance to the small business community, and […]

The Hill’s Congress Blog: Time to rein in the EPA

The scientific enterprise at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is broken, contrary to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s assertions that “science is the backbone of everything we do at EPA,” or that major regulations are based on the recommendations of EPA’s “independent” science advisors. As Americans face a fragile economy and skyrocketing energy prices fueled by […]

Jacksonville Business Journal: Failing North Carolina Government-Owned Network Examined in New Case Study

Coalition for the New Economy Report Outlines Past Failures, Questions Economic Implications of GONs for Taxpayers INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Coalition for the New Economy today released a micro study by Dr. Joseph P. Fuhr Jr., professor of economics at Widener University in Chester, PA, that examines MI-Connection, a failing government-owned network […]

Higher Education at a Crossroad: Florida Institutions Set Standard for the Nation

As we approach Election Day, it is perhaps a good time to evaluate the higher education issues and challenges facing our nation. Today’s college students are vastly different than 20 years ago. The fastest rising demographic in colleges across the United States is students who are more than 25 years old. This group is increasingly […]

Tampa Bay Times: Florida independent colleges and universities issue performance report card

At a time when Florida’s higher education system is under scrutiny, the state’s association of independent colleges and universities has issued an annual report documenting its successes in keeping enrollment up, graduating students without loads of extra credits, and issuing degrees in fields of high demand. Such issues are critical as the schools seek to […]

el Nuevo Herald: JOSEPHINE MERCADO: El Medicaid y los hispanos de la Florida

La atención sanitaria administrada por Medicaid está teniendo problemas en todo el estado, y en las comunidades hispanas estamos experimentando un impacto especialmente severo. En el estado de la Florida residen más de 4,200,000 hispanos y tienen la tasa de no asegurados más alta de todos los grupos raciales o étnicos en Estados Unidos. Los […]

New York Times: New Taxes on Global Reinsurers Would Hurt Response to Natural Disasters

J. David Cummins is a Professor at Temple University’s Fox School of Business. Bradley Kading is the President of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers. After disasters like earthquakes in California and hurricanes along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the public face of recovery often is the insurance companies. Just as important […]

Idea Capitalists: Vote Early and Vote Smart

Many issues have been discussed during the Presidential debates including entitlements, healthcare, federal debt, education, housing etc., but no single issue should be more important to the electorate than job creation and economic growth being THE very staple of how we as a general public of a free nation thrive. During the last days of […]