Brittany Birken and her team at the Fed have just produced a paper — see the link below — using Florida as a case study in documenting how the benefits cliff in the childcare subsidy program acts as a barrier to economic self-sufficiency.
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April 26, 2024
Columns by Howard:
U.S. birth rates peaked in 1990 and have fallen below the rate at which our society can replace those who age out of the workforce.
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St. Petersburg sits along Tampa Bay, on the eastern edge of the Pinellas County peninsula. St. Petersburg Beach is eight miles due west across the peninsula, on the Gulf.
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Florida's medical system displays a disconnect between care and customer service.
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The most reliable statistic for the pandemic's impact on a given county is its mortality rate...
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Fifteen years ago to the month in this space, I wrote about an apprenticeship program that ...
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A decade ago, more than 5,000 graduate and undergraduate students were enrolled at the University of South Florida's College of Education.
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It didn't generate big headlines, but an important organization has relocated its headquarters in Tallahassee.
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Over the past 20 years, two of the biggest changes in Florida have involved the state's educational institutions.
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