Friday, April 1, 2011

Top 10 dying industries

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From Phil Izzo of The Wall Street Journal on March 28: The U.S. economy is recovering from a severe recession, but some industries are unli...

Action Alert: webinar on Economic Liberty
and the Constitution

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Hillsdale College is hosting April 16 a free online town hall called Economic Liberty and the Constitution. The erosion of private property...

Hidden bad signs in a good jobs report

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From Phil Izzo of The Wall Street Journal on April 1: There was lots of good news in Friday’s jobs report, but there are still some caveats...

Gov. Rick Scott orders immediate cuts
to programs for disabled

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From Kate Santich of the Orlando Sentinel on March 31: Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered deep cuts Thursday to programs that serve tens of th...

More jobs doesn't necessarily mean more good jobs

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From The Wall Street Journal on April 1: The U.S. economy is producing jobs, that much is clear. But whether those jobs are good jobs is le...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Florida Senate releases larger budget plan than House

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From Brandon Larrabee of The News Service of Florida on March 28: Senate budget-writers unveiled a spending plan late Monday that was $3.3 ...

GOP memo: Wall Street reform to cost
agencies $1 billion in first year

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From Peter Schroeder of The Hill on March 28: House Republicans say implementing the Dodd-Frank financial reform law will cost agencies nea...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Health care, global warming impede budget deal

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From Andy Sullivan of Reuters on March 25: Healthcare, global warming, birth control and other hot-button political issues are threatening...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Immigration bills rile farmers

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From Cameron McWhirter and Jennifer Levitz of The Wall Street Journal on March 25: ROBERTA, Ga.—Arizona-style immigration bills are under...

Tea Party movement grows weary
of GOP budget plan

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From Stephen Clark of FoxNews.com on March 24: As U.S. lawmakers seek a compromise on how much federal spending to cut in order to avoid a ...

Solution to the problem in Libya

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This was forwarded to me: Solution to the problem in Libya: They want a new Muslim leader, I say, give them ours. Solves two problems.

Boehner faces Tea Party pressure

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From Janet Hook of The Wall Street Journal on March 25: Home-state tea-party activists have access to House Speaker John Boehner that any ...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

RPOF announces 2011 Presidency 5
debate and straw poll

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Tallahassee –- Republican Party of Florida Chairman Dave Bitner announced March 7 that the RPOF will host the Presidency 5 Straw Poll from ...

Justice Department sues on behalf
of Muslim teacher, triggering debate

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From Jerry Markon of The Washington Post on March 22: BERKELEY, Ill. — Safoorah Khan had taught middle school math for only nine months in ...

Action Alert: beach clean-up with Allen West

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What: Help pick up trash and keep our beach barefoot-friendly with Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. Trash bags and gloves are provided, and c ommunit...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

Sessions ‘flabbergasted’ by increase
in Obama transportation budget

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From Erik Wasson of The Hill on March 3: Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) took Transportation Secretary Ray L...

Florida Supreme Court to rule
on high-speed rail suit Friday

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From Janet Zink and Philip Morgan of the St. Petersburg Times on March 3: TALLAHASSEE — With two state senators charging that Gov. Rick Sc...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Senators call Scott's decision short-sighted,
tragic, and technically not allowed

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From Mary Ellen Klas of The St. Petersburg Times on Feb. 16: Legislative reaction continues to be swift to Gov. Rick Scott's decision t...

All voices heard as House brainstorms for budget trims

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From Philip Rucker and Felicia Sonmez of The Washington Post on Feb. 17: As the House explores ways this week to trim federal spending bey...