Florida is racing towards a severe shortage of qualified nurses and medical caregivers – a shortage that if left unchecked – will greatly reduce the quality of and access to medical care. This is especially true for women where there is a nationwide shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists. These doctors provide needed care for women […]
Our home is blessed with an abundance of sunshine and water that attracts people and businesses. Protecting Florida requires balancing development with conservation. Last summer, when Lake Okeechobee, and its two main outlets, were clogged with a thick, toxic, blue-green algae, it became clear we have not done enough. Florida had our Cuyahoga River burning […]
In February, Senator David Gruters introduced SB 168, a dangerous piece of anti-immigrant legislation that will break up families and hurt our communities. As this bill advances through the state senate, we find ourselves at a crossroads. Will Florida be a place where families feel safe and law enforcement is equipped to protect and serve […]
Florida is an innovative state. But we also have a big connectivity problem. There are millions of people living here who have no or limited access to mobile phone and broadband wireless internet services. Floridians who call South Florida, and particularly Miami-Dade, home are even more disadvantaged when it comes to connectivity issues. A report […]
My son Josiah is in the perfect school suited for him. He is six years old and is in kindergarten at St. James Catholic School. However, I am working 10 to 14 hours a day as a waitress, six days a week, to keep him there. And frankly, I am uncertain how much longer I […]
Facts are stubborn things, and facts should absolutely be used in discussing the merits of seismic testing on the Atlantic coast. Unfortunately, there seems to be more misinformation and baseless claims rather than actual scientific analysis when it comes to the topic of seismic surveying in particular. Hopefully, fact-based arguments will prevail over the fear […]
Our leaders in Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. have the opportunity to embrace offshore energy exploration - an opportunity they must not let pass by. Decades of federal policy decisions have blocked Florida from reaping the economic benefits of offshore natural gas and oil production, while those benefits flow freely into other states along the Gulf […]
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