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Tallahassee Democrat: Florida is fiscally unprepared for hurricane season
The National Hurricane Center is prepared for the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season that starts today, with their list of 21 names beginning with Alberto and ending with William for impending tropical cyclones. And, just recently, Gov. Rick Scott held a hurricane conference for officials involved in preparation and response. Unfortunately, and by no fault of […]
Florida Trend: A new paradigm for higher education in Florida
Both public and private colleges have grown more entrepreneurial in providing educational services outside the four-year, on-campus model. Meet the new model of higher education, where the focus is shifting away from traditional, younger college students who live on campus and study on a four-year degree track. Today, more students are taking courses online — […]
TAMPA BAY TIMES: In rural Taylor County, a timber giant grasps the long view
In rural Taylor County, a timber giant grasps the long view — but will development ever come? By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist In Print: Sunday, June 3, 2012 PERRY It’s a large, rural Gulf Coast county few Floridians have ever heard of, fewer can find on a map and fewer have (knowingly) visited. Now Taylor […]
SUNSHINE STATE NEWS: Taxing Students Now Hurts Our Economy Later
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 an unjustified tax on students and families. Making college less affordable for potential students will only hinder our economy in the long run. There is no market […]
THE GAINESVILLE SUN: Bad business
Forget about running government like a business, consider what happens when you try to run a business like government. The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is a state-owned “business” that is the property insurer of last resort for 1.4 million Floridians. It essentially exists to take the risks that private insurance companies won’t take. One problem. […]
THE CURRENT: Small business group’s Florida members in Washington this week
More than a dozen Florida members of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, a small business lobbying group, are in Washington, D.C., this week as part of the NFIB Small Business Summit. On the NFIB’s wish list is a push for deregulation, new laws to keep health care costs down should the Affordable Care Act […]
TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT: Regulations crush small businesses
As we move into the heart of the political season, the need to bolster small businesses in America has been front and center in just about every candidate’s message. And while all this attention is encouraging, the need for immediate action is imperative. That’s why this month I am traveling to Washington, with a dozen […]
THE CURRENT: Hurricane fund possible shortfall spurs calls for changes
Groups calling for changes to the fund that backstops the state’s property insurance market have seized on the latest estimates released this week, which show the state may not be able to borrow enough money to meet its obligations if a big storm hits. On Thursday, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Advisory Council estimated the […]