Mark Halperin, editor-at-large for TIME, [referred to] President Obama [as] ‘a dick’ on ['Morning Joe'] and then quickly apologized, writes Mike Allen in the Politco Playbook. ‘I thought he was a dick yesterday,’ said Halperin,… referring to the President’s conduct during his press conference. Host Joe Scarborough hoped to prevent the comment from being broadcast, [...]
Editor’s note: Over at the Spencerian, my friend and colleague Ben Kirby offers some advice for Rick Scott’s communications director Brian Burgess, who may or may not be on his way out of the administration. If he is sticking around, he’d do well to heed Ben’s advice… Being in the communications business myself, I’m always surprised to [...]
Hustling to make a Friday deadline, state social service officials met Wednesday to map out and get last-minute public input on broad policy guidelines as Florida begins drug testing new applicants for welfare benefits, reports Michael Peltier of the News Service of Florida. Following up on legislation passed by lawmakers only a few months ago [...]
Florida — tied with Tennessee — ranks as the 18th best state in which to do business according a new CNBC analysis. The state advanced 10 spots from the 2010 analysis, making it one of the most improved states, writes Christine Jordan Sexton of the Florida Current. Virginia was ranked the best state in which to [...]
Thanks to a story about Charlie Crist, generously linked to by the Miami Herald‘s Marc Caputo, among others, SaintPetersblog.com welcomed more than 44,000 unique viewers yesterday, according to this report from Google Analytics.
A research group at Brown including “economists, anthropologists, political scientists, legal experts, and a physician” has tackled the always complex question of the costs of America’s post-9/11 wars — economic, human, and politica, writes Justin Elliott. On the economic front, the team found that the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have cost $2.8 trillion [...]
Remember Ma Bell’s good old days? You know, the days before 11-year-olds carried cell phones and Skype was a verb. Well, a new report shows those days are long gone. The Florida Public Service Commission signed off Wednesday on a draft report that reflects the continued transformation of the telecommunications industry, as residents ditch their [...]
Federal officials this week granted a 30-day extension of Florida’s Medicaid pilot program, amid discussions about continuing the program for three more years. The state Agency for Health Care Administration requested the extension last week, as the pilot was scheduled to expire June 30. AHCA and federal Medicaid officials have been in long-running talks about [...]
Florida Public Service Commission members will dig through a stack of 120 applications and recommend top picks next month for the agency’s executive-director job, reports the News Service of Florida. Commissioner Julie Brown, who is spearheading the search to replace former Executive Director Tim Devlin, asked other PSC members Wednesday to come back next month [...]
