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Charters' Place   

Over the past eight years, groups across Florida have been starting charter schools at an average rate of about 40 a year. There are now about 370 charter schools in the state. [read more]


Fixes?   

A look at some possible approaches to attaining an equitable property tax structure in Florida. [read more]


Making Tracks   

Two pending deals between the state and CSX will reshape freight and commuter transportation in central Florida. Did everybody get a good deal? [read more]


Bringing Business   

It's OK to use public funds to attract businesses or help existing businesses grow, according to a recent survey. [read more]


Two-Way Street   

Mentoring once meant the old helping the young. But these days, it's a two-way street -- with teens helping elders all over Florida. [read more]


Premium Solutions   

On a plane trip some years ago, I sat next to an insurance company executive who gave me an interesting, if abbreviated, perspective on his business.  [read more]


Plastic - and Paper?   

New electronic voting machines aren't perfect, and some people around Florida haven't given up on requiring a paper trail as part of the voting process. [read more]


Prophet Without Honor?   

Leon County's test of its electronic voting machines angered the manufacturer and state officials - then California did a similar test. [read more]


Results   

From my window here at Florida Trend's main office, I can see close to $100-million worth of new investment without using my peripheral vision. [read more]


Roofs   

Until the run-up in home prices, discussions involving construction of housing for lower-income people occurred pretty much out of the mainstream, among do-gooders, bureaucrats and the few developers who specialized in "affordable housing."  [read more]


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