April 24, 2024
Government/Politics & Law
NORTHWEST: Playing off its Strengths
Okaloosa County business and military leaders unveiled plans in January for the 98-acre Emerald Coast Technology & Research Campus just outside Eglin Air Force Base.
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Published on 4/1/2007
Smaller, Stronger
Holland & Knight Managing Partner Howell Melton has closed 10 of H&K's 28 U.S. offices.
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Published on 4/1/2007
A Question of Diversity
"What have we done to ensure that the outside world views our community in a manner that accurately reflects a rich and diverse populace?"
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Published on 4/1/2007
All Business
Miami-Dade's 11th Judicial Circuit and Hillsborough County's 13th Judicial Circuit have launched business courts.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Experts
Test scores indicate that Florida's AP students know "less about civics and U.S. history than students in virtually every other comparable state."
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Published on 3/1/2007
Defending the Castle
When it comes to affordable housing, government makes things worse -- and better.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Minority Report
Through a series of acquisitions, Florida-based Adorno & Yoss has become the nation's largest minority-owned law firm
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Published on 3/1/2007
Business Tax Update
Information regarding federal and state tax issues for businesses
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Published on 3/1/2007
The NICA Experiment
Doctors and lawyers laud the 20-year-old, Legislature-created program, but lawyers cite widespread flaws.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Fear Factor: Medical Malpractice
Legal reforms have brightened the medical malpractice horizon, but physicians are still wary of lawsuits -- and still angry at high insurance premiums. More than 2,000 now choose to go without insurance.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Who's Lesley Blackner?
Meet the woman whose ideas are hated by every business group in Florida.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Hometown 'Is Already Here'
Patrick Slevin, a Tallahassee-based public relations consultant, has a message for builders and developers.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Drawing Board
Under former Mayor Dick Greco, Tampa began planning a facility to replace the 22-year-old Tampa Museum of Art.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Golden Gaetz
Don Gaetz is something of a legend even before he takes charge of the Senate PreK-12 Education Committee or casts his first vote as a state senator.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Here We Go Again
In 2005, the Legislature created the 15-member Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida, to counsel the state on growth issues.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Surf and Turf
AS the prosecutror in charge of sexual battery and child abuse in the 11th Judicial Circuit, Joshua Weintraub has won some of the highest-profile criminal cases in Miami.
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Published on 2/1/2007
In Plain English
While lawyers are trained to parse even the most arcane legalese, the average juror clearly isn't.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Leading by Example: Sustainable Sarasota
Sarasota County Commissioner Shannon Staub does not, at first glance, look like she'd be Florida's most aggressive elected leader on sustainability issues.
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Published on 2/1/2007
New Stormwater Rules on Tap
Florida regulators are behind the times in allowing for water-saving, less-polluting techniques such as pervious concrete, narrower streets, green roofs and swales.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Cleaning Up
Could Miami-Dade be winning its war on mismanagement and public corruption?
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Published on 2/1/2007
Combat Pay
A University of Florida law professor's analysis of how "payday loan" companies cluster near military bases provided ammo for those supporting...
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Published on 1/1/2007
Think Big, Guv'nr
Is it imaginable that Charlie Crist could be a great governor?
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Published on 1/1/2007
Feet in Both Camps
Nationally, most campaign contributions from lawyers go to Democrats. Florida's law firms bucked that trend last year.
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Published on 1/1/2007
Florida's New CEO
"I want to raise teachers' salaries. That's very, very important for me to do. What we mapped out during the campaign was to raise the salaries for the top 25% of Florida teachers.
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Published on 1/1/2007
