March 29, 2024

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| 1/22/2016

Budget Deficit Slips as Public Priority

As Barack Obama begins his final year in office, the goal of reducing the budget deficit, which the public once ranked among the most pressing objectives for his administration, has continued its recent decline in perceived importance. More from the Pew Research Center and Politico.

Port Tampa Bay hopes to benefit from expanded Panama Canal

When behemoth container ships start sailing through the widened Panama Canal later this year, they will not come to Port Tampa Bay. But with more cargo expected to come to the eastern United States by sea, the port is betting that it can stake a claim to some of the new cargo traffic flowing through the canal. More from the Tampa Bay Times.

Can a fast-growing Florida pizza chain win over the Bay State?

Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza has opened more than 50 restaurants since launching in 2002, including one open and four planned Massachusetts locations. But opening in the Bay State took convincing. More from the Boston Business Journal.

Insurance customers begin new year with delays

Thousands of health insurance consumers around the country have started the new year dealing with missing ID cards, billing errors and other problems tied to an enrollment surge at the end of 2015. More from the Miami Herald.

NBCUniversal, NASA meet Orlando's tech community in economic matching event

Orlando’s startup community rubbed elbows with some of the larger companies in the region Thursday in an effort to drum up some home-grown business. Area tech leaders say Florida Tech Match could mean more companies stick around when they grow, secure in knowing they can sell their products here. More from the Orlando Sentinel.

Out of the Box
Dogs patronize Gainesville restaurants

mark howard City officials and local restaurant owners say dogs-in-restaurants is trending in Gainesville, with five restaurants actively pulling permits to officially allow the practice, and many others allowing it informally.

» More from the Gainesville Sun.

Of Counsel
Revising Florida's Constitution

cameras Work is beginning on forming the state's next Constitutional Revision Committee. Carol Weissert, director of the LeRoy Collins Institute, a non-partisan public policy group that’s trying to drum up interest in the constitutional-revision process, says it’s not too early for the public to begin paying attention to the process.

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