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Orlando Sentinel: Transportation bill good for Florida
Last month, while most of us were cleaning up from Tropical Storm Debby, Congress did something rather remarkable, something that rarely gets done in today’s politically polarized Washington. Lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill to help fund highway and transit projects. The overdue surface-transportation legislation, signed into law on July 6, ensures our tax dollars come […]
Tallahassee Democrat: July brings improved access to vaccines
This month marks an important advancement in the field of health care as the Vaccine Access Act will take effect, allowing trained pharmacists to administer key vaccinations to Floridians. As an expert in the geriatric health care and education field, I want to encourage Floridians to take advantage of this opportunity by visiting their physicians […]
Palm Beach Post: NFIB, a pioneer in legal challenge, condemn’s court ruling
The National Federation of Independent Business, which early on joined Florida and 25 other states in challenging the Affordable Care Act, condemned the Supreme Court’s decision Thursday that maintains central parts of the sweeping law. “Florida’s small-business owners have been fighting this battle alongside the Florida Attorney General’s office from day one, and after months […]
Tampa Tribune: Mr. President, address overregulation
President Barack Obama was in Tampa recently to give a campaign speech at Hillsborough Community College. As a Floridian and concerned business owner, I would like for our president to include a peel-back of excessive regulation in his stump speeches. One of the greatest challenges to my company’s well-being comes from federal agency regulation. Every […]
Florida Voices: Wrong Call on Fly Ash Amendment
The Florida Concrete & Products Association and its coalition partners have joined the National Federation of Independent Business – Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations group in order to increase the voice of duplicative, over-arching regulation. Last week the federal transportation committee elected to move forward with the transportation bill. FCPA has been watching the debate […]
Sunshine State News: Student Loan Volume Grows as Additional Options to Pay for Higher Education Dwindle
By: ED MOORE, PH.D. | Posted: June 28, 2012 3:55 AM There is a strong link between economic mobility and education that still remains, even in these toughest of times. There is also a strong link between the values of our homes and how we perceive our economic futures to be. Each is intertwined for the late baby […]
TCPalm: Solution to student loan interest rate debate is not to fix the rate; it’s to make it variable depending on marketplace
To solve gridlock, use marketplace benchmarks as rates for government-subsidized student loans Ed H. Moore is president and CEO of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida. The debate in Washington about whether to raise student loan interest rates from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent is nothing more than a debate on whether to place […]
Miami Herald: If a hurricane hits, we’ll all pay
With hurricane season upon us, sensible consumers have been hanging hurricane shutters and putting together a hurricane-preparedness kit. While these steps are important in getting ready for the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season, the financial consequences we all face in the wake of a major storm or series of storms may be far harder to recover […]