Today on Context Florida: Restaurant chain Subway recently announced they would discontinue using the additive azodicarbonamide in its bread, writes Steve Kurlander, also used in a variety of plastic products and linked to asthma in people. Eat fresh, indeed.
Dr. W. Alan Harmon, president of the Florida Medical Association, warns that a measure in the Florida House to expand the powers of advanced registered nurse practitioners, allowing them to prescribe medicine and treatment, fails to take in account the difference in education between physicians and nurses.
A move by the Florida Legislature to install a privately funded statue of Henry Flagler in the Capitol courtyard gives Ed Moore an opportunity to reminisce about the icons that made Florida what it is.
Florida League of Cities Director of Legislative Affairs Scott Dudley is a strong advocate of the ethics reforms currently in the Legislature, while steadfastly defending his group’s “desire to champion integrity in local government.”
