By Randy Ray, Chairman of Senior Consumers of America Affordability, affordability, affordability, and yes, affordability. When I talk to people my age in what we might refer to as the wise senior class of folks, that’s the main thing that they say is their hot button issue. That is, when you get them to stop […]
For many senior citizens in our community, a broken motorized wheelchair or a dead hearing aid isn’t a mechanical inconvenience, it is a sentence of isolation and imprisonment. When these vital devices fail, owners are prohibited from calling the neighborhood repair shop down the street. They are forced to dial a corporate 1-800 number, wait […]
Before 2023, Florida's property insurance market was in crisis. Insurers were folding, others were leaving the state, and policyholders were facing astronomical increases. While some pointed to the insurance companies themselves as the source of all of these issues, the reality was that Florida's lawsuit abuse culture was driving up rates and killing smaller insurers. […]
Puerto Rico se está convirtiendo en un mercado hotelero cada vez más sofisticado. No se trata solamente de que lleguen más visitantes o de que las tarifas hayan aumentado. Se trata de un cambio más profundo: nuevas marcas globales, inversiones importantes, renovaciones de propiedades histĂłricas y una competencia de lujo que obligará a todo el […]
By Marie Clarke  The latest census shows that 61.2 million Americans are 65 or older – 18% of the total U.S. population. But only 14% of these Americans report being constantly online. Despite this digital gap, the federal government is pressing ahead with a suite of policies that will leave older U.S. residents behind.  Two federal agencies are advancing proposals that will […]
By Jennifer Riggs As a critical care nurse, I have spent years caring for patients on some of the most challenging days of their lives. Many of my patients suffer from the devastating health consequences of smoking, which tragically still kills over 32,000 Floridians each year. While it’s encouraging to see that fewer young people […]
By Al Navas As a small business owner who provides services for many other small businesses, there are two main financial expenses that can become a nightmare for every owner: taxes and insurance. Taxes are what they are. Payroll taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, specialty inventory taxes, you name it. However, for the most part, […]
I fix things for a living. I run a small device and computer repair business here in Central Florida, and on any given day my bench is covered with phones, laptops, tablets, and game consoles that people are hoping I can bring back to life instead of throwing away. Most of the time, I can. […]
By Congressman Mike Haridopolos (FL-08) A year ago today, I stood on the House Floor and cast one of the most consequential votes of my career. When the Working Families Tax Cuts passed in the early morning hours—with the landmark No-Tax-On Tips provision at its heart—I thought of every bartender, server, waitress, and delivery driver […]
By Randy Ray, Chairman of Senior Consumers of America We are 1 month into the 2026 hurricane season, and knock on wood, no hurricanes for the great state of Florida. Obviously, we have about 5 months to go. But in the meantime, we have more and more good news for the insurance market. Rates are […]
By Richard Williams Races aren’t won from the sidelines. Yet some rural communities are sidelining themselves as the nation competes for the next generation of economic investment. In Florida, I’ve noticed a growing trend of local governments considering moratoriums on data centers before they’ve had the opportunity to fully evaluate the pros and cons these […]
By Eric S. Warning and James Griffin We have logged tens of thousands of hours in the air between us. We have spent decades flying aircraft, building careers defined by safety, operational excellence, and a deep love of aviation. But nothing we have done in our careers has felt quite like flying the Boeing 737 […]
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s administration will appear before the County Commission to address the Fisher Island fuel depot crisis. Don’t be fooled by the choreography. This isn’t leadership. It’s damage control. Here is what actually happened, stripped of the spin. For nearly a century, PortMiami, one of the only major ports in the […]
As a board-certified emergency medicine physician and former paramedic, I see the mental health crisis up close every day. It goes far beyond statistics and headlines. These are real patients in my emergency room, often waiting hours or days for an inpatient psychiatric bed to become available. For children, those waits can stretch into weeks. […]
To the Editor, I enrolled in Medicare Advantage because it offered me something I hadn’t found in traditional Medicare: a plan that pulled everything together. Predictable costs, coordinated care, and supplemental benefits that address the real gaps seniors face. My plan has made a genuine difference in my life. I know what my costs are […]
The foreign policy leadership of President Donald Trump, and the strategic execution by Secretary Marco Rubio and Ambassador Tom Barrack, has fundamentally redefined the American role in the Middle East. For years, the Washington establishment warned that leaving Syria would be a disaster, handing the keys to Iran and triggering an ISIS comeback. But the […]
By Vanessa Vina I grew up thinking organ donation was something to avoid. In my family, it wasn't something people talked about openly. And when they did, it was usually with criticism. I had also heard this echoed by fellow members of the Hispanic community. So I never questioned it. Then I lost Steven. Steven […]
By RenĂ© GarcĂa In homes across Miami-Dade, generations have carried the weight of exile, a quiet but unshakable longing for a homeland taken by tyranny. I grew up surrounded by it. As a first-generation American of Cuban descent, I was raised on stories of sacrifice. Our parents and grandparents didn’t leave Cuba because they wanted to; they left […]
