University system Chancellor gets new contract
Thursday, the Florida Board of Governors approved a one-year extension of the contract for Marshall Criser as chancellor of the state university system.
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Rick Scott reappoints picks to State University System Board of Governors
Gov. Rick Scott Thursday announced the reappointment of Syd Kitson and Darlene Jordan to the Board of Governors of the State University System. The move comes after the Florida Senate, which must confirm Scott’s appointments, failed to do so during this year’s Legislative Session. Kitson, 58, CEO of Kitson & Partners, “had a notable career in the National Football League, playing offensive guard for both the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys,” Scott’s statement said. Kitson’s term beginsĀ June 22Ā and…
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Florida Blue Symposium to feature health care policy wonk Alan Levine
While Republicans in Congress struggle with ārepeal and replaceā of the Affordable Care Act, a group of leading health care professionals look to the future of health care in America by asking āWhatās next?ā āAffordable Care Act: Where Do We Go From Here ā The Politics of health careā is the featured roundtable at the Florida Blue Foundationās annual Community Health Symposium and Sapphire Awards held April 19-20 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee. Among the…
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Chris Timmons: Just who is FAMUās biggest critic?
Talk about having a flighty state of emotions. When I first read Florida Board of Governorsā (FLBOG) member Alan Levineās op-ed published in the Tallahassee Democrat, I went from āHmmā to āUghā to āHell nah!ā Everyone likely believes that the battle for Middle Earth ā err, FAMU (geek moment!) has been won. Those who attempted the āpresidential coup,ā as some FAMU watchers call it, of FAMU President Elmira Mangum have resigned from FAMUās Board of Trustees or their positions within…
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Today on Context Florida: #BlackLivesMatter, FAMU coup and dangerous polling
Today onĀ Context Florida: Julie Delegal writes that some whitesā approach to theĀ movement presumes a zero-sum game: If one group is āawardedā national attention on any issue, the reasoning goes, then other groups by contrast, necessarily must lose something. But #BlackLivesMatter doesnāt mean that only black lives matter. It means, rather, that we can no longer pretend that institutions in our country, like our criminal justice system, are race-neutral. It means that we canāt turn a blind eye to disparate treatment…
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Gov. Scott tells Legislature: Get a Medicaid block grant
Gov. Rick Scott wants a Medicaid block grant. That was the governor’s message in a gaggle with reporters on Tuesday to discuss his meeting with Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, on Wednesday. The governor said he hopes the federal government will reconsider its decision on Low Income Pool funding so the state can prepare a budget for the upcoming year. Scott said the government should continue the program because it helps low-income people. When…
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Senate grills, then confirms AHCA Secretary Liz Dudek
The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee voted 8-1 to approve Liz Dudek‘s appointment as head of the state Agency for Health Care Administration but only after she answered more than an hour’s worth of questions regarding Low Income Pool funding, Medicaid expansion and how negotiations are evolving with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Senators asked some pointed questions and Dudek–a longtime state healthcare planner who is held in high regard by the Florida Legislature–gave senators the answers…
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